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Vintage CD Players?

Denon DCD-1800R

Hello, all

Just pick up a Denon vintage CD player, DCD-1800R, it's in mint condition, it shown the commitment of Denon towards PCM CD format, it sound pretty good.

Any other out there who get this first generation CD player can share their opinion/comment towards this vintage? Any feedback will be welcome.

I love vintage audio.... a lot. :music:

Ming.
 
Hi RHX,

I haven't come across a Denon, yet but I've currently got an Alpine AD-7100 that's awesome. Good looks and very solid construction, even for first gen cd players.

I've also got a Philips cd-200 that's quite nice but prefer the looks and the cassette style loading of the Alpine.

Hold onto the Denon RHX as early models are getting harder to find.

If anyone has any thoughts on the Alpine or the Philips I'd love to hear from you.

Cheers.
 
Personally, I belive the best "bang for the buck" older CDP's are the mid 90's 900 series Rotels. (money where my mouth is,I've three of em: 930AX, 940BX, 945AX).

Reliability hasn't been an issue and their sound is marvellous considering that you should pay less than $100 for any model Rotel from that time. They are far more musical than my Sony CD591 of similar vintage.
 
Hi ,I have a denon DCD 910 that I bought at a pawn shop over ten years ago. I ended up buying tha remote and the rosewood side panels for it on Ebay. It still works very well and I really like the sound from it. I never see this model number mentioned on AK sooooo I was wondering if anybody else has an opinion On the Denon DCD 910. Thanks
cheers Wolfgang
 
I have collected a few Denon and other vintage CD players, and if you're a tube head, see my web page http://pw2.netcom.com/~wa2ise if Earthlink ever gets around to restoring it. Where I describe adding and modifying the analog audio output circuits with tubes. Maybe early October?... Anyway, they sound great.
 
I wish that I knew the model number, but my brother's six or seven year old Marantz CD player is the best damn sounding CD player that I have ever heard. It sounds downright analog, in the most positive sense of the word.
 
My daughter has my old 90's Denon DCD 820 CD player.
I just picked up a Denon DCD 1500 CD player.
I also have an old Denon DCD 520 at home.
I've always been a Denon fan!

Steve
 
You can't go wrong with a Philips CD-80. Built like a tank, from the 80's, many buy them just for the transport mechanism, good sound quality, and we're still running 2 of them today (along with other high end models and low end magnavox), so they're reliable too
 
I'll have to agree. The old Philips and Magnavox players are nice.The Philips transports are indestructable and many of the players used the 1541 dac ,which many think is one of the best ever used. I happen to have 8 Magnavox players and they either have the 1541 or the 1543. Also these players are favorites to get modified,I'd like to hear one modded to non-oversampling. Does anyone out there in AK land know of a "trustworthy" cdp modifier that won't steal your origional 1541 and replace it w/a copy while doing mod's?
 
I think we can agree that all that hot new glitz for sale today is worthless junk, and the only rule is to buy the cheapest because it will break within the first month to two years and have to be replaced with more worthless ( but not cheap) junk.
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Well, no, we can't all agree to that. If you want the illusion of quality created by a heavy box, or of you just want to play frisbee with your cd player, hey, I'm ok with that. But one of these...

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...at $169, probably sounds as good or better than most "vintage" cd players, even ones that cost 10 times that. And they've been on the market for awhile without reports of unreliability. I'm sure they are just one example. Some things actually get better as technology marches forward.

Tim
 
hot new glitz, worthless? vintage digital mystique? cha!

I do remember the first time some kid called me "sir" jeez...stop, already.
ones and zeros have retained some youthful integrity through the last 20+yrs...to my ear, they really haven't aged that much.... think features, think value, think oppo.

noppo affiliation
 
redd6054 said:
Hi ,I have a denon DCD 910 that I bought at a pawn shop over ten years ago. I ended up buying tha remote and the rosewood side panels for it on Ebay. It still works very well and I really like the sound from it. I never see this model number mentioned on AK sooooo I was wondering if anybody else has an opinion On the Denon DCD 910. Thanks
cheers Wolfgang
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I have one and it's had problems reading discs. And I have posted it on here. It just sits for now.
 
I remember my DCD-1420. I bought IT and another denon at a garage sale for $20. For BOTH.

I had to sell them.


I remember what real tanks they were... but what I can't remember was the model number of the old one. It had a pop-out "drawer," with the laser pickup seated right in the drawer. Silver colour.
 
A vintage cd player must play cdr for me to buy it. Most of my cds are cdr s. I have resorted to carrying cdr s in my car and getting them for a trial before purchase mostly at garage sales. They play if the transport indicator is moving on play. I will take my chances on the rest and do not hook them up to a amp and speakers.
My limit is only $10 for a nice Sony CPD or JVC or Kenwood usually 5 tray disc or 6 disc cassette player. I like the single play slot ones the best.

Charlie
 
Here's a question -- I have a couple of Magnavox FD-1000's that I'd like to revive. Both are dead, and attempting to build a good one from the two dead ones resulted in nothing. They're apparently suffering a problem on a common board, although the failure exhibits itself differently for each one. One spins the disk, attempts to read, but never quite finds TOC. The other won't spin at all, but swapping components and boards results in no change at all. Anyone have a service manual?

Thank you!
 
ha1156w said:
Here's a question -- I have a couple of Magnavox FD-1000's that I'd like to revive. Both are dead, and attempting to build a good one from the two dead ones resulted in nothing. They're apparently suffering a problem on a common board, although the failure exhibits itself differently for each one. One spins the disk, attempts to read, but never quite finds TOC. The other won't spin at all, but swapping components and boards results in no change at all. Anyone have a service manual?

Thank you!
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Stereopile loved it, but thats an OLD (1984 prox) machine. Parts are probably unobtainium.
 
I worked on an early Magnavox recently and I found that there were lots of through board connections that were failing. I ended up putting wires through each of them and making sure they were soldered to both sides of the board. If yours has double sided boards and does't use plated through hole vias this may be your problem.
 
I think this is kind of vintage a Cambridge Audio CD6. Still sounds really, really good. The two CD players that have made me want to give it up have been the Ayre cx-7e and the Esoteric DV60. I tried a couple others and they really didn't sound that different to me. I liked the Ayre so much I couldn't listen to mine for 2 days...
 
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