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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
pehare
tvad
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-JVC Something-or-other entry level player c.1985
-Sony C77ES Changer c.1992 (still own it)
-Modwright Sony 999ES - pre outboard power supply
-Electrocompaniet EMC 1-UP SE (later modified by Empirical Audio)
-Marantz SA-14
-APL Philips SACD1000
-Exemplar Denon 2900
-APL Denon 3910
-Exemplar Denon 3910

That's way too many...
:)
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warrenh
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Can't remember the dates, but here goes:

-Nad--cd players were just out this year--had to have one-

-Pioneer Elite-don't remember the number, but it was the first of their Elite line-

-Micro Mega Stage 2-

-Audio Aero Prima MkII-

-Eexemplar Denon 3910-
mechans
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Sony 5 disc ? model 1983
Sony 5 disc ? model 1994 works but don't ever use.
Music Hall CD mmf 25 use as back up 3rd system
Jolida JD 100 for WAF system rolled Mullard outputs
Audio Aero Prima- Transport died used CV2493 and Siemans 6922 tubes mainly Sometimes Amperex Holland.
Present Main Rig Granite Audio 657 non tubed

Sorry Warren H I would have bought an Exemplar, honestly ran out cash!
bartokfan
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NAD > Rotel > Cayin15 > Cayin17
The End to my cdp journey.
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jond
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1. Unmemorable mass-market junk
2. Rega Planet (original)
3. Timbre TT-1 Dac with Rega as transport
4. Meta Research Laser 1 Transport with Timbre Dac
5. Copland CDA289
6. Krell KPS-30i
7. Cary 303-200
8. Tube Technology Fusion CD64 (still current)

Phwew!! I didn't realize there were so many until that exercise. Thanks for the memories!
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