Sony's best dedicated cdp before sacd...

What was Sonys top of the line player before the Sacd craze?

phasecorrect03-08-2005 12:55am

the_kid Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 465 posts 03-08-2005 at 03:45am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete XA7ES.. I still kick myself for selling mine. An excellent CDP. Chris
stehno Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,453 posts 03-08-2005 at 05:13am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete But I wouldn't be surprised if their absolute top-of-the-line redbook cdp is the SCD-1. -IMO
aplhifi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 515 posts 03-08-2005 at 08:34am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It was the CDP-XA7ES, but it is not as desirable as the CDP-X707ES and CDP-X779ES. The XA7ES has a really cheap and unreliable transport (built around $15 laser pick up) which is not even close to the one found in X707ES/779ES as used also in the top Accuphase CD players/transports. The only other transports to compare are the legendary "swing arm" by Philips and "VRDS" by Teac. You can forget about "belt driven's" and "stable platters" with confidence. Regards, Alex
trelja Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,215 posts 03-08-2005 at 01:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Interesting point, Stehno!
elizabeth Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,726 posts 03-08-2005 at 01:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I bought the SCD777ES (notice the "7"s) just for the redbook play. $1,700 as a demo, (last one in my area!) and am happy happy happy.