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Do You Remember Your First CD Player?

I had owned the first of the first. I purchased the unit in 1982. It was a Sony CDP 101. It was the most obnoxious, raspy, annoying, piercing, grading, non-musical component I had ever heard. Also, at the time, the complete CD library that was available consisted of about 15 CDs. Now? I listen to my newest CD rig more than I listen to my turntable. My, how times have changed. What was your first CD player and when did you purchase it? Buscis2  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-30-04

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Click title to read one, or click date to read all below it. 01-30-04   Still have mine in the basement. my brother still has his a ...   Elevick 01-30-04   It was a yamaha. bought it in 1984 or 1985. it cost $450 b ...   Holzhauer 01-30-04   I was a late converter. in 1986 i bought a magnavox;can't re ...   Avguygeorge 01-30-04: Jeffloistarca It was VERY early on for me, there were two CD's available when I bought my machine (1812 Overture and Peter Gabriel). It was a Yamaha Natural Sound CD-X1 (I think)... I bought it thinking the days of caring for vinyl were over. No more cleaning records, worrying about surface noise (clicks, pops, skips...), getting up to change sides, you name it. The "perfect sound forever" sure sounded like an awesome technological feat and I was first in line to sign up. Digital sounded horrible back then, I kept wondering why the sound was so incredibly bright and what the hell happened to the soundstage? No centerfill and certainly no depth to the sound at all. Fast forward to today and yes digital has improved but it still does not compare with a good analog set up. Happy listening, Jeff Jeffloistarca  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread) 01-30-04   A sony cdp-45 and my first cd was zz top afterburner; i purc ...   Brianmgrarcom 01-30-04   I still have mine. it is a nakamichi oms-7. it was a great c ...   Mark7767 01-30-04   Yamaha cdx1 for me as well. followed by a magnevox 480 or 48 ...   Slipknot1 01-30-04   Magnavox cdb-473.   Unsound 01-30-04   Magnavox fd-1000. the original top loader, no numeric readou ...   Theduke 01-30-04   I bought a sony 101 in the early 80's and very few cd's - ju ...   Newbee 01-30-04   These are memories best forgotten. those who do remember ma ...   Rlapporte 01-30-04   I remember my first actual cd player and my first "good ...   Audioman4 01-30-04   I had an early sony myself. i experienced the same results ...   V1rowt8 01-30-04   Bang & olufsen cdx. i still have it in my office system. am ...   Dearle 01-30-04   H. h. scott in 1986, i forgot the model #. paid $200. i wa ...   Upstateaudio 01-30-04   Um, i had this little magnavox boom box thing. it was awful ...   Thedautch 01-30-04   When i first heard a cdp i thought it was awful & held out u ...   Driver 01-30-04   Yeah, a sony cdp-302, now residing with much dust at my sist ...   Timo 01-30-04   Very first sanyo $1,000 cd toaster tilt drawer job with 5 fr ...   Elizabeth 01-30-04   V1rowt8, i think you might have had the "auto off" ...   Buscis2 01-30-04   My first cd was madona's blue (something...) i remember that ...   Jahaira 01-30-04   Nakamichi oms-1 purchased for $300 in 1988. i still have it ...   Polidori 01-30-04   1987 jvc model who knows? but it had 4x oversampling hadn't ...   Mejames 01-30-04   My first was a denon dcd-1500 purchased in 1986. it's still ...   Jetmek 01-30-04   Mission pcm-7000. i thought i had hit digital nirvana. probl ...   Danlib1 01-30-04   I also purchased a sony cdp 101 way back in 1983. however, u ...   Mgattmch 01-30-04   My first cd player? in 2001 i bought a used rega planet. yea ...   Xiekitchen 01-30-04   Yep! mine was a meridian 206b. still have it and it is used ...   Topoxforddoc 01-30-04   An nad 502(?) in 1985. reasonably mediocre, but more listen ...   Rcprince 01-30-04   A radio shack 1985 model. i still use it in my kitchen with ...   Jimcrane 01-30-04   There are in my humble opinion no classic cd players.the 1st ...   Vayasteve 01-30-04   The news was a surprise to me when dgg announced they will d ...   Yu11375 01-30-04   Mine was a proton cd player, my first cd was the soundtrack ...   Hepl 01-30-04   I waited for a while and bought a magnavox cbd 650. i don't ...   Nrchy 01-30-04   I bought the first sony cdp-101 in columbia mo with the exce ...   Tumbler 01-30-04   An hitachi which was given as a gift in early 80's. still wo ...   Kotta 01-30-04   The year 1989, the player, luxman dz111. i used it for 10 ye ...   Soundsgreat 01-30-04   Like timo above, a sony cdp 302mk-2, a lot of in betweens, c ...   Rx8man 01-30-04   I held out longer than most, listening to a sota sapphire/al ...   Gliderguider 01-30-04   Yep, i remember it, because i still have it. it's a dbx dx-5 ...   Dbx 01-30-04   Am i the only one who got suckered into buying a carver with ...   Odavid9 01-30-04   I don't remember! my second cd player was made by kyocera. ...   Pardales 01-30-04   I held out for quite some time after hearing the best that c ...   Sean 01-31-04   I had the same philips cbd-650 as nrchy (circa '86 maybe?). ...   Zaikesman 01-31-04   Yeah, we didn't use any protection and i was really excited ...   Jax2 01-31-04   A sylvania-branded 2040, which of course is really a magnavo ...   Dopogue 01-31-04   Magnavox, my wife bought it for me for christmas. i shook th ...   Scottht 01-31-04   It was a dual. i don't remember the model number. it was ter ...   Tbg 01-31-04   Dopogue: right you are! i didn't even remember that my firs ...   Zaikesman 01-31-04   Mine was a techniques $199, best buy special. circa, 1988is ...   Weekendtoy

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