ERRATA: I inadvertently said "discs" when I should have sadi "songs" when describing the function of the display. The machine counts down the seconds during pauses between tracks. Also, this machine happly plays pressed CD's up to and over 80 minutes... I was talking about my old Sharp CD player when I was saying the logic wouldn't handle longer discs. Upon listening ;later, I could see how that might be confusing. :)
I have one of these I got for Christmas 1985. It still works. I've found that the Yamaha CD-3X is the dead ringer for the Emerson CD-150A. So I'm willing to bet they were built by Yamaha.
So sorry that happened. Had my HiFi gear stolen many years ago. I have a Magnavox player too. Not sure of the exact year. It is from the 1980’s. They were, from I understand made by Dutch Philips. It also does not have a remote. It sounds fantastic.
I have a similarly early Realistic CD-2300 whose insides I'd guess are very similar if not identical to that Emerson. I also have an early Magnavox CD player with a somewhat similar button design and layout on the right hand side. The Magnavox is a much larger and higher end player, though.
The Realistic was made in Japan and the Magnavox is a re-badged Philips. Both are good machines, too. .Between the two, I'd' bet the Magnavox sounds best. :)
I never even thought about streaming a transport section's output into another player's DAC. I don't think I've ever even seen a whole player with a toslink input.
It's a CD recorder so it has digital and analog inputs. It has come in very handy for dubbing audio from records onto CD. I can use a CD-RW and then rip the audio into a computer for processing and then erase the RW and use it again. :)
I agree. My first cd player in 1986 was a yamaha. Styling and fonts are very similar. Sadly wore out the spindle motor on that. Had I not tossed it I could probably get a replacement motor for a few bucks these days. But no internet or ebay when it started skipping about 1991. Plus everyone wanted a multidisc changer with remote control by the 90s.
ERRATA: I inadvertently said "discs" when I should have sadi "songs" when describing the function of the display. The machine counts down the seconds during pauses between tracks. Also, this machine happly plays pressed CD's up to and over 80 minutes... I was talking about my old Sharp CD player when I was saying the logic wouldn't handle longer discs. Upon listening ;later, I could see how that might be confusing. :)
I have one of these I got for Christmas 1985. It still works. I've found that the Yamaha CD-3X is the dead ringer for the Emerson CD-150A. So I'm willing to bet they were built by Yamaha.
Most likely. The Yamahas of that time were better than most other players. This sounds just like them too. :)
@EzeeLinux if you can compare the insides of each player, the circuit boards, transport, everything is an exact match. I've had them side by side.
I am using a Panasonic DVD-RV32 to playback my CDs, but it is really cool to see these older CD players in action!
Cool. I just looked that uint up and it looks like a nice machine. It would certainly do the trick. :)
My first was a Magnavox CBD 650. I lost it in a fire and in my memory it was the best sounding one I've had.
So sorry that happened. Had my HiFi gear stolen many years ago. I have a Magnavox player too. Not sure of the exact year. It is from the 1980’s. They were, from I understand made by Dutch Philips. It also does not have a remote. It sounds fantastic.
Nice heads up re time base corrector in the ce275
There's not much info about these Sony DACs but I found a theory of operation on line somewhere that broke it down. They did good. :)
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What do you think of the first CD players from Sony or Philips? These TDA1540 chips are considered the holy grail of great sound.
I had a Hitachi in 1988. Long box cd's!
My first CD I think the year was 1985 and it was a Philips CD104. CDM-1 transport, TDA1540 DAC. I now have a Marantz CD-52 Special Edition.
Now we're talkin'.
I have a similarly early Realistic CD-2300 whose insides I'd guess are very similar if not identical to that Emerson. I also have an early Magnavox CD player with a somewhat similar button design and layout on the right hand side. The Magnavox is a much larger and higher end player, though.
The Realistic was made in Japan and the Magnavox is a re-badged Philips. Both are good machines, too. .Between the two, I'd' bet the Magnavox sounds best. :)
Funny, Looking at the thumbnail picture for this video I have every album in the pile! On vinyl anyway.
I never even thought about streaming a transport section's output into another player's DAC. I don't think I've ever even seen a whole player with a toslink input.
It's a CD recorder so it has digital and analog inputs. It has come in very handy for dubbing audio from records onto CD. I can use a CD-RW and then rip the audio into a computer for processing and then erase the RW and use it again. :)
I have never seen a CD changer in the UK in the wild! They were not popular here like in the US!
Really? I find them to be fun to play with and some actually sound good. :)
It reminds me of cheap Philips models.
Philips was sold under the Magnavox brand name in the US. :)
@@EzeeLinux I live in Europe, so this was new for me :)
Made by Yamaha
I agree. My first cd player in 1986 was a yamaha. Styling and fonts are very similar. Sadly wore out the spindle motor on that. Had I not tossed it I could probably get a replacement motor for a few bucks these days. But no internet or ebay when it started skipping about 1991. Plus everyone wanted a multidisc changer with remote control by the 90s.
I was leaning that way myself but I can't find any solid data one way or another.