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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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rgd
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Denon dcd-500
Adcom gcd-600
NAD 522
Arcam 8SE
Philips 963SA
Philips SACD-1000
Sony SCD-333ES(stock then modded)
Sony SCD-9000ES
Marantz SA-11s2
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oddiofyl
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Sony 101, first player imported to the U.S.

Sony 302 mkII

Sony 520ES

Audio Alchemy DDS

Sony X33ES

Pioneer PD 65

Sony DVP 9000ES SACD/DVD
karelfd
476 posts
 
Denon DCD 1500 II (the mid 80s type, I noticed there is a new DCD 1500 AE these days, makes it somewhat confusing)
Marantz CD 72 SE
Camtech "Laufwerk" + Camtech "Digital Analog Wandler"
Jadis JD3
Abbingdon Music Research CD-77

2nd system: Ayre CX-7
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cerrot
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After fighting it off for a few years, I went with a Yamaha in 1986; lasted with poor sound (vinyl does rule) until I went with a Rotel RDV-1080 CD/DVD Audio player.
Then it was a Meridian 588 which I didn't care for, but still the best I owned til then. Musical Fidelity kW SACD was next and now I enjoy the Esoteric X03-SE, which I'm finally very happy with.
merlinus
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Sony C77ES in 1991, and Marantz SA-7S1 about two weeks ago.

The difference is beyond astounding.
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