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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?
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ebkesq
17 posts
 
Sony Discman, 1987
jman66
54 posts
 
Onkyo Integra DX-200, 1986, still operational and in active duty.
dgad
782 posts
 
Mine was a Yamaha w. oversampling 2 times. One of the first. I sold it & bought a Maganavox 630 I think. Then I bought the big heavy Marantz. That was a very musical player. All bought in the 1980s. Fond memories. Sold my Yamaha to finance the purchase of a Colnago bicycle. Sold the Magnavox because I didn't like it. Sold the Marantz to go travel. Less choice back then. Wadia, Theta & Krell were great then.
thunderbroom
2 posts
 
i still use mine that i got for xmas 93. sony cdp-315. prior to it i was buying cassettes. i would save up my lunch money(2.00 a day) and at the end of the week i would buy a tape at sam goody. oh man i remember getting dinosaur jr.,the dead milkmen, the dead kennedy's,fugazi,bad brains, the pixies,sonic youth,sebadoh. those were the days
larryi
3,718 posts
 
Yup,

First was a Sonographe player (a Philips modded by Conrad Johnson), second was a Wadia 6 player, third was a Sony SCD-1, and finally, a Naim CDS3. So far, I had the Wadia the longest time. None of these machines have had any serious problems (the Wadia had one problem with its control circuitry shortly after purchase, but no other problems for the remaining 8 years until I gave it away).
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