Sony Playstation 1 for a CD player ???

i've had one for years and all i can say is i dare anyone come up with anything that sounds as good for less than 2grand.

I have been using the Playstation 1 periodically in my system with fine results. However, when I put my Modwright 9100 back in the system the magic returns. PS1 is very good & for the money & it is a no brainer. If you don't want to spend thousands on a cdp the PS1 is a good choice.

hi coffee2:

i own three of them and will probably sell two or three. if you don't use an aftermarket power cord, it is a mediocre cd player.

Damn this guy never did answer my question of how he connected it, ic's or whatever.

Bad news in Playstation-land. Rhing, I appreciated the link you passed along above, but the process to tune the player was beyond my technical abilities. So I bought a second Playstation on eBay. And it turns out that not only would it not play burned CDs either as I described above, but after a few days it started skipping the same way (though not as badly) on perfectly good new CDs. So I put the old one back in the system, and after a day it started doing the same thing. So I'm thinking the inability to play burned discs may have been a symptom rather than the problem itself. I'm bummed.

In any case, though I love the sound of the Playstation I'm looking now at spending a few bucks more on something a little more reliable and less quirky in its operation (and with a remote! and a non-plastic case!). I'm thinking of an Onkyo DX-7555, though I'm going to take some time looking around. I'll post a comparison when I'm able.