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Has anyone heard of this cdp? It is a 1984 Mitsubishi DP-205 "Medallion" cdp. I just picked it up today at the thrift store. There's just about zero information about it on the web. This thing is HEAVY and basically has a surprisingly very crisp, wide-open soundstage with lots of space in between instruments giving you the feel of expansive, three dimensional sound. It definitely sounds more natural than digitized and is easy on the ears except..there is a definite crackle or static in the background on mainly the first two tracks of a cd. Don't ask me why, but starting with the third track, the background noise lessens a bit. Strangely, the extra noise is not even on all tracks of every CD. The electrolytics definitely need replacement being over 30 years old, but I am wondering whether a recap would clean up this extra noise in the background or not..Otherwise I probably won't bother going to the trouble of trying to bring it back to its former glory.
I did a little digging and found it is almost identical to the Diatone DP-105. Is anyone familiar with either of these cd players? I believe the "Medallion" line was supposed to be TOTL Mitsubishi but feel free correct me if I'm wrong. The two main boards are sandwiched on top of one another, connected with a flexible and easily removable nylon hinge, like a book. LCD readout is bright and large and the play button has a little green play symbol that illuminates when pressed. Large transformer, Elna caps, headphone jack and Gold plated RCA jacks on the back. These are some of its better attributes. I cracked it open but couldn't readily identify the DAC, can you? I was expecting to the see the venerable PCM56P in there, but it appears to use either one or two different types of Sony DACS. Most of the chips are Sony, Toshiba and Mitsubishi.
Laser seems to read discs alright after a dry q-tip rub to remove haze/dust, although I noticed there were also a few electrolytics on the laser assembly itself that may? need replacement. Also, there are lots of laser adjustment pots on the board. Does anyone know if a laser adjustment pot might help with this particular anomaly, if so, what pot or adjustment would you make to correct this issue? If recapping would clean up the signal a bit I'd consider putting the time in as this sort of thing is a hobby of mine. Worth a recap, yea or nay?
I did a little digging and found it is almost identical to the Diatone DP-105. Is anyone familiar with either of these cd players? I believe the "Medallion" line was supposed to be TOTL Mitsubishi but feel free correct me if I'm wrong. The two main boards are sandwiched on top of one another, connected with a flexible and easily removable nylon hinge, like a book. LCD readout is bright and large and the play button has a little green play symbol that illuminates when pressed. Large transformer, Elna caps, headphone jack and Gold plated RCA jacks on the back. These are some of its better attributes. I cracked it open but couldn't readily identify the DAC, can you? I was expecting to the see the venerable PCM56P in there, but it appears to use either one or two different types of Sony DACS. Most of the chips are Sony, Toshiba and Mitsubishi.
Laser seems to read discs alright after a dry q-tip rub to remove haze/dust, although I noticed there were also a few electrolytics on the laser assembly itself that may? need replacement. Also, there are lots of laser adjustment pots on the board. Does anyone know if a laser adjustment pot might help with this particular anomaly, if so, what pot or adjustment would you make to correct this issue? If recapping would clean up the signal a bit I'd consider putting the time in as this sort of thing is a hobby of mine. Worth a recap, yea or nay?
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