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
128x128pehare
Sony C77ES in 1991, and Marantz SA-7S1 about two weeks ago.

The difference is beyond astounding.
A boom box with CD player
Yamaha Single player. Changer 1990
Yamaha Laser Disc/Cd player 1994
Classe CDP .3 1997 ( still have it- there something about this player...)
Classe CDP .5 2000
Classe CDP 1 2004
Classe CDT-1/DAC-1 2006
Jadis JD3 (still have it Bedroom system) 2006
Metronome Kalista/ C2A signature DAC combo (In current system-2006)
Zanden 2000 Transport/5000 sig DAC ( In current system- 2007)

Let me see if I can remember:

 

ONKYO DX530

AMC CD-6

PROCEED PCD-2

AUDIO ALCHEMY DDS3

CAL DX-2

OPPO DV-970

ROTEL RCD-850

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 850C

AUDIOLAB 6000CDT / AUDIO-GD NPB-1S DAC

 

Great Thread-

Sony 520ES -1988

Philips 563 Universal - 2002

AYRE DX-5 Universal - 2019

Accuphase DP-65v - 2020

Marantz SA-11S2 Universal - 2021

Esoteric DV 50 Universal - 2022

Pioneer Elite BDP-09FP - 2022

Pioneer Elite 59- AVi (modded) - 2022

Lexicon BD30 - (enroute) 2022

 

Happy Listening!