Im building a "silver" system and am looking for a decent CD player in AL silver or champagne (Hitachi and Akai circa '78) Not a silver plastic sony but a real brushed AL face? This is on a "side" budget so I cant afford any exotic niche brands...as most of my stuff is approaching 40 years old, I doubt a really NICE one would sound any better than a decent one.....
Silver CD players....?
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mario.bono
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I think there are a few older threads here covering the various silver faced options out there.
I finally settled on a Cambridge Audio DVD. Good sound and looks at a low (under $100) cost.
Your pool of potential players expands a lot if you're open to the DVD option.
I finally settled on a Cambridge Audio DVD. Good sound and looks at a low (under $100) cost.
Your pool of potential players expands a lot if you're open to the DVD option.
The first generation Philips/Magnavox top loaders were silver. Probably the best sounding early decks, and have very reliable transports
tyeeslayer
Super Member
Luxman D-01 came in Champagne.
Are you open to DVD players? If so, several Sony ES models fit the bill, as does a particular non-ES model I have that's a champagne-ish color, DVP-S745D (pictured. ...there is also a silver model, perhaps it is a different model #, but I have seen it in a thrift store). I also have a Samsung HD841 that i believe has a metal face but i can't remember for sure. The Sony NS900V is highly touted by some here but I'm not certain it has a metal face (I'm almost certain it does).I need to look at mine when I get home...I'm pretty certain it's metal. I love its understated looks. Sounds nice too.
chicks
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Mitkraft
Super Member
This is what I'm currently using for the same reason. I just happened to already have one. I had no idea it also did DVDA and SACD. That's good to know.
My Pioneer P-D70 from 1984, Great sounding units but not very common though in good operating condition.
Mrv8q
Audiofool
I don't think you will find a silver face CD player dating back that far.
1982-83 is about as far back as you can go, as best I recall...
I interpreted the OP mentioning that as the look he was going for not necessarily that he needed something from around that year...
62vauxhall
Super Member
Just went through that same effort - finding a silver (preferably metal front CD player although I would have accepted plastic) and Kyocera was one also. Wound up buying a silver Rega Planet 2000 found locally. Someone (also local) was selling a silver Yamaha CDX510 but I'd already bought the Rega. Yamaha also produced later models in a Ti (titanium) finish. I have a vague recollection of a single disc CD player but at that time, everyone was buying changers so most (if not all) Yamaha's in that series would have been 5 disc - higher end stuff excluded. .
I own several CD players which are silver, or have some silver coloring. One, as pictured above, is a Magnavox FD-1000, aka Philips CD-100. It is equipped with their very first CD transport, the CDM0. Another is the Technics SL-P1, which wasn't their first, but pretty close. Third up is the Bang & Olufsen Beogram CD50, with their usual sleek styling matching the rest of the Beosystem 5000. Fourth is the Kyocera DA-910, which is a very solid unit with a ceramic baseplate. Finally, the Realistic CD-1000, which was based on a Hitachi mechanism (think from the DA-800). All of these are from the early days of compact disc, 1984 or so (though B&O retained some vestiges of silver trim throughout their entire CD player line well into the '90s).
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Mrv8q
Audiofool
Now that I see your post, I agree...
