Personal CD player evolution

1. JVC circa 1985
2. Adcom GCD 500 I believe? It was Adcom's first cd player.
3. Nakamichi MB5 - The music bank was a great idea but not reliable.
4. Pioneer Elite CLD 79 - I know, I know, this was a laser disc player but it had a separate cd tray that worked quite well at the time.
5. Jolida JD100 - I've had this for a few years now and am quite happy with it. I'm just waiting for the upgrade bug to bite again!

These treads bring back nice memories...:). Thanks!
1. Technics, first model of Cd player, 1985, $900.00
NB. As I've arrived in Toronto with around $1000 in my pocket, I've spend all of them in second hand audio gear,
"to fill the empty apartment with something nice...MUSIC!".
2. Tandberg, TCP-3015 A, $1900.00, very good at the time.
3. Phillips LHH 1000, 2 piece, made in Japan (!), $4000.00
Best manufacturing quality that I've met in audio so far, except for the Gryphon, Accuphase, Burmester...
4. Conrad Johnson, DAC with DR2 transport, great $7000.00
I'm sure that after many years, this still is a contender.
5. Audio Aero Capitole, MKI, superb sound, dubious quality construction...but it never breaks down...:) and is one of the most analogue sounding out there, if not...the most.
In the price range...seems that no improvement is possible still!

CAL Alpha/Delta in 1992
ARC CD2 in 1998
Pentagon CD 70 in 2002

Yonojo, no s**t! I just got my Elite CLD 97 back from the repair shop. I have a large collection of LD's, including some rare music LD's. I'm using an outboard DAC, and listen with a pretty good headphone rig.

Years ago, I had a nice home theater set-up using the Elite SP-99D processor for AC-3 [Dolby Digital], as most LD's incorporated this, right towards the end of this format. Quite a few friends were more than impressed [so were my condo neighbors!] before the arrival of DVD with most folks getting a sub-par home theater. Had to break up the home theater when I moved.

Tvad, is your Exemplar Denon 3910 replacing your APL? I know you are a huge fan of APL. Could you share some of your listening impressions comparing the two? thanks in advance. warren :)

Sorry for digressing a bit, Prehare, with your thread, because Tvad has asked me to never email him on the side. I must keep all in the open forum. thanks...:)