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This just in today!
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/s...baXR-Z900c.jpg
A Toshiba XR-Z90 1st Gen vertical loading CDP.
I think it must have been the deal of the century, because I picked it up for £9.99 and it's available here for $718 :)
And here, for €559 http://www.audioscope.net/toshiba-xrz90-p-814.html :lol:
It's in fantastic condition, weighs a ton and sounds great!
The eBay Gods were smiling on me :)
Wow! Looks like a tape deck! I wonder if it will be as much fun as the Hitachi?
Maybe we should do our own CDP bake off as well! ;)
I think this machine is higher-end than the Hitachi, but the door on the Hitachi is motor controlled. This one is manual. It looks great atop my DA-20 :) And you know the only reason I'm so fascinated with these decks is the fact they think they're tape decks :mental: :mental: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by symon
We need to get that bake-off sorted. I want to hear your Revox! A friend has just invested in a B710...
The early CDP that I'd LOVE to get my hands on would be the Meridian MCD...
I always just loved the way it looked and I love top-loaders!
Why oh why did I EVER get rid of my Sony 777ES! What was I thinking! :(
You had an X-777ES and you let it go? Oh dear, you are a very mad boy! :eyebrows:
I bet you replaced it with something newer and, errm, 'better', too...
Marco.
I was a bloody idiot, that's what I was!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
I'd just aquired my M3 amp and absolutely loved it and got carried away and traded the 777 in against the 3D CDP to go with it.....
Muppet.
Apart from anything else, the sheer beauty of the way the 777 was put together would have made it worth keeping......
Grrrrrrrr!!!
We've all done things like that. I had a Sony SCD 777es (second Sony SCAD top loader, baby SCD S1), fabulous build, silent drive mech even while playing SACD (they spin much faster), but despite the looks, build etc it was not great with cds (very good with Sacd though), the Marants SA11 was sonicaly better, but noisy on Sacd playback. I got rid of it and eventually got a Marantz Sa7 much, much better but the Sony's mech was and is the best Sacd mech so far IMHO/E. I miss it. A friend has it, but I can't buy it back and I don't have anything to swop for it and its huge too...I have a lack of room for such big items.Quote:
Originally Posted by twelvebears
http://www.purecable.co.kr/%EC%A0%9C...1%EB%8B%A8.jpg
Regards D S D L
I've done some stoopid things in my time flogging bits & bobs..Always liked top end Sony CDP's..They just sound right...
Most really early players were build around philips units ..Cambridge Audio 'CD1', Mission DAD7000, Meridian 'MCD/PRO' I've noticed a lot of intrest in early players, maybe cos the Mechs were very well built back then..
If i was to splash out it would deffo be a used Sony SCD-1..The picture deosnt do it any justice.. (Not intrested in SACD btw)
http://www.avland.co.uk/sony/scd1/scd1sideonbig.jpg
Wanna swap it for an M75ED as they're worth about the same......? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Beechwoods
Cart in the post first class, but may take a few days 'cos of strikes etc.....
I would love to have one of these just for the 'laboratory' build. Great with SACDs, but only OK with CDs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Still sticking with my Sony CDP 720E, not the best player but I like the use of the filters. Will possibly upgrade in the New Year.
Regards