Vintage Philips Cd Player

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Vintage philips cd player. Cdm 1 transport tda1540 dac. Three extra samples of the original signal were created. Marantz s cd 63 was a badge engineered cd100 and both ably captured a track s size and character. No digital out in fact it had captive rca cables iirc and no remote but it was built like a tank.

Introduced in 1986 the philips cd 160 was a midi sized cd player using the newly developped 16 bit dac the tda1541. Very compact only a 14 bit dac but it used a very simple filter on the output. Add to cart add to wish list compare this product quickview. It wasn t the only player to do this.

The one used in this unit was manufactured in 1986 week 31 in holland the mechanism used for this player was the philips cdm 2 10 a lightweight version of the famous philips swingarm mechanism. It was called the philips cd 101 magnavox fd 1010. Free shipping on many items. Philips cdr765 audio compact disc recorder w remote.

I ve tried nads pioneers marantz s etc but it was an old cd player from philips the cd 615 that finally opened my ears. Until i got my sony xa777es sacd player it was the best cd player i d ever heard. Its dac can only output 14 bits but despite this and probably thanks to the oversampling invented to make up for the bit loss it nevertheless sounds very refined. To check that it was functional i loaded the tray with a morten abel cd and headed for the kitchen but i stopped in my tracks in amazement as the sound streamed out of the loudspeakers.

Make offer vintage philips cdr778 17 cd player audio cd recorder combo. These were then fed into the dac at four times the original rate cleverly matching the resolution of 16 bit in the process. Product vintage philips cd304 cd player 1984 1987 the philips cd304 features the famous philips cdm 1 cd mechanism and 2 x the philips tda1540p d. Entire chassis is made of cast zinc and it is very heavy for such a small player 7 kilo.