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Personal CD player evolution

To take a cue from the previous threads 'amp' & 'speaker' personal evolution, I bid you this question...

for me it was a Hitachi small black box circa 1983, bought from a Luskin's discount electronics store (I think I paid around $250), then...

-Yamaha COX-700U (1985 or so, still in use by my father)
-Carver ? model to match a Carver amp I had at the time
-Rega original Planet
-Cary 303/100
-Cary 306/200
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trelja
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Pioneer PD-5100 (1987). Still own it
Cambridge D500SE (2001). 3 of them, all defective
Music Hall MMF25 (2002). Great, underrated player
Sony SCD-C333ES (2002). SACD changer. Still own it
Granite 657 (2004). Still own it
Samsung HD841 (2005). Universal. Still own it
theduke
372 posts
 
Magnavox FD1000 (1983)
Magnavox 460 (1987)
Sumo Theorem and Axiom (1993)
Denon DCD-1650AR (1999)
Benchmark DAC1 w/Sonic Frontiers CDT-1 (2005/2006)
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artizen65
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1986 JVC 6 disc changer
1989 Denon
1989 Adcom
2002 I think Denon 2800
2003 Theta Data Basic II Transport and Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista DAC. My last stop
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hokhost
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1997 - Arcam Alpha 6 (still have it)
1997 - Proceed PCD1 (MRC300)
1998 - Marantz CD 94 + Wadia 12
1999 - McCormack Signature
2000 - Sold everything (gone to college)
2004 - Micromega Premium DVD2 (still have it)
2006 - Computer (U24 USB/SPDIF converter) + Stax Dac Talent (wow)
ackman00
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Back in the late 80's I had a Denon, sometime around 2000 I picked up a Meridian 506 20. I am now awaiting delivery on an APL 3910.
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