Scored a Denon DCD-1500 straight out of 1986. From what I could find these originally sold for about $700 in '86 money. Sounds warm, fantastic. Now to go dig the rest of my CD's out of the basement.
Congrats. I scored a denon pma 360 for $40 from eBay before they exploded in popularity. I’ve explored replacing it with something more recent, but I just love the warm denon sound too much to let go of it.
I'm no connoisseur, but I love me some AV gear with a VFD display
I love that CDs are making a resurgence like vinyl did last decade. In the past couple of years, I've been buying more and more new albums on CD again. It's cheaper and (let's be real) sound better than vinyl. Still buy LPs periodically when they don't cost an arm and a leg or when they aren't pressed as a damn double LP. Who honestly wants to flip a 40 minute album 3 fucking times?
Very nice pickup.
Have you got the mini-shelf ready to hold and display the 'now playing CD'?
That’s perfect!
Oo v nice, digital output? You could use a much better DAC now and get far better sound than an 80s DAC.
That's a nice cd player! I have a Denon DRA-335R amp and it's just fantastic. Keep the old physical media stuff alive!
Beautiful machine. I have a Sony from around the same time. Unfortunately, it doesn't work properly.
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