Yamaha cdx?
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the-real-mandak
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I have not forgotten and hope to do a comparing of CDX-550E; 870; 880 and the 993. Maybe also the 1060 if I can get it ready in time (I need a new laser TAOHS-KP2).
Just for fun I might bring back the SONY CDP-D11 as a newer ref. CD player or a Pioneer CDJ1000 MKII.
I will properly use the CX-1000 for easy A/B listening and then later maybe the C-2X, for TT comparison I will use the PX-3.
Music wise analogue vs. digital I will use Kate bush's AERIAL since I have that on both vinyl and CD.
BUT I would like some suggestions for music also and what particular detail to listen for. I will make a separate thread for these suggestions, so DON'T post them here.
Music thread is here: http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=745048#post745048
Just for fun I might bring back the SONY CDP-D11 as a newer ref. CD player or a Pioneer CDJ1000 MKII.
I will properly use the CX-1000 for easy A/B listening and then later maybe the C-2X, for TT comparison I will use the PX-3.
Music wise analogue vs. digital I will use Kate bush's AERIAL since I have that on both vinyl and CD.
BUT I would like some suggestions for music also and what particular detail to listen for. I will make a separate thread for these suggestions, so DON'T post them here.
Music thread is here: http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?p=745048#post745048
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rulerboyz
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Today I recapped most of a CDX-550 with Panason FC caps. This included the sound shaping/DAC circuit board that has the metal cover on it. I took the metal cover off and changed the caps in there. Kind of tricky to insert some of those caps, but it worked out pretty good. The output pot needed deoxit too.
the-real-mandak
Super Member
biggal76 said:
I believe the CDX-2000 is from year 1987, the CDX-2020 is from 1989 and if my info is right the 2020's data is a little better. The 2000 might be the little sister to the CDX-5000. My info also indicates it is capable of playing CD-R/CD-RW.
At 20 bucks it is a steal.
What is the weight of it?
biggal76
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It's silver with wood sides. Unfortunately, the guy I got it from lost the remote. If anyone knows a place to get the remote pretty inexpensively, please let me know. Also, I am looking for a users and/or service manual for it. I saw the service manual for it on Ebay once but didn't bid. I blew it.whyaskit said:
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the-real-mandak
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Holy Moses you really struck gold, it seems to be the little sister of the CDX-10000.
Go here for more data (in Japanese, use Babelfish or some translator):
http://k-nisi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cdx-2000.htm
Go here for more data (in Japanese, use Babelfish or some translator):
http://k-nisi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/cdx-2000.htm
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Nice score!! Little older DACs, etc., but a very smooth sound if at all like the CDX-1120 I listen to. Seems to take away most of the grain/edge from CDs. It will probably work fine with most of the older Yamaha CD remotes you find on eBay. These are easily recognized by the 25+ buttons they have on them.biggal76 said:
But, should work fine. Well worth the effort to get running correctly and would probably respond well to a cap up-grade. If I listened to much in the way of CDs, I'd do that to my CDX-1120.
Yamaha B-2 said:Nice score!! Little older DACs, etc., but a very smooth sound if at all like the CDX-1120 I listen to. Seems to take away most of the grain/edge from CDs. It will probably work fine with most of the older Yamaha CD remotes you find on eBay. These are easily recognized by the 25+ buttons they have on them.
Yeah, and if I had YOUR money, Yamaha B-2, I'd throw mine away! :lmao:
Just kiddin'...actually, been thinking of doing that to my 1100U. Sound very VERY good, but don't be putting a scratched cd in there....boy, will it ever let you know about it. I would not be shocked if one could hear dust motes on the cds... seems to be a very exacting player. Also, it will read those black cdr's with some degree of accuracy, but it hates any other type of cdr.
Lust
from Sweden
the-real-mandak said:
Isn't the CDX-993 from the late 90ies? At least in Europe they were launched in 1998 I believe?
Maybe it explains "the little less then one would expect"...
BTW - I've found an older and heavier brother (some CDP:s can not be girls) to my CDX-1120 this summer - a CDX-1110. I was listening around in lots of shops for new CDP:s, but had problems to find anything more appealing to me than the 1120. And then I saw this ad...
It is also a stunning machine...
The CDX-1100/1110/1120 are all 18-bit CDPs. How about the CDX-993? While Yamaha apparently made the transports for the 11xx series, I wonder who made the transport for the 993?
the-real-mandak
Super Member
Great score and yes the "monster" CD-P from Yamaha are great.
About the CDX-993 I have a test done by the Swedish HIGH FIDELITY and I think I found the source, the test is done in 1999, so a first year in 98 fits other sources and it was sold for a long time, I se German forums talking about buying new ones in 2005! It was only sold in Europe and maybe Japan.
The article says Swedish price of 5.000, - SEK ($704), but the homepage mentioned a price error in the article and states that the real price was 7.995, - SEK ($1.126).
http://www.hifi-corner.com/cdx_993_bild.htm
So it seems you are absolutely right, and my CD-P got a lot newer
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B-2 the CDX-993 is 20bit.
About the CDX-993 I have a test done by the Swedish HIGH FIDELITY and I think I found the source, the test is done in 1999, so a first year in 98 fits other sources and it was sold for a long time, I se German forums talking about buying new ones in 2005! It was only sold in Europe and maybe Japan.
The article says Swedish price of 5.000, - SEK ($704), but the homepage mentioned a price error in the article and states that the real price was 7.995, - SEK ($1.126).
http://www.hifi-corner.com/cdx_993_bild.htm
So it seems you are absolutely right, and my CD-P got a lot newer
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B-2 the CDX-993 is 20bit.
The CDX-993 does not show up in the newest Orion, so is does not appear to be a NA product. But, the owner's manual is on the Yamaha USA owner's manual website. Looking through the manual on-line, there is very little info in the way of technical spec's. And, my Swedish is a bit rusty. Does that article state that it uses single-bit DACs and bit-streaming, ala SACD?
the-real-mandak
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Yes it is a singel bit DAC (Yamaha YAC 514F).
This tell a bit more about it, but no specs: http://www.zero-distortion.com/tests/yamaha-cdx993/yamaha-cdx993.htm
This tell a bit more about it, but no specs: http://www.zero-distortion.com/tests/yamaha-cdx993/yamaha-cdx993.htm
Yamaha B-2 said:
I think Yamaha CDX-993 is 20-bit, but sometimes I have found something about 1-bit. i think Yamaha used some kind of 'upsampling' from 16 to 20 bit and called it Pro-bit, but it is hard to tell because it is hard to find any data sheet for Yamaha DAC in this model. Pro bit is for Yamaha what is Legato link for Pioneer.
993 using Sony laser, that's for sure.
