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    Join Date: Aug 2016

    Location: Kent UK

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    I'm Paul.

    Default What's your oldest fully working never been repaired CD player

    Hi all

    Going through a box of old documents for my various Hi-Fi items got me wondering.
    One of my CD players a Pioneer PD-4300 bought new in 1988 is still going strong after 32 years of quite heavy use and never been repaired, and never missed a beat.

    Is it doing well or quite common for an 80's CD player to still be working, most of the 90's players I know of with my friends etc all died within 5 years, were the original players better or am I just lucky.

    Paul
    Current setup Thorens TD-160 Mk1 with Denon DL-110 MC Cartridge, Pioneer PD-8700 CD Player, Yamaha AX-592 Amp, Yamaha CDX-810 CD Player, Yamaha KX-480 Cassette Deck, Yamaha TX-492RDS Tuner, Monitor Audio Bronze 5 speakers, Van-Damme Cables throughout.

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    Join Date: Jun 2014

    Location: Plymouth, UK

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    I'm Barry.

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    I am still using a Philips CD 850 from about the same time period.

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    Join Date: Apr 2014

    Location: Hampshire

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    I'm Gary.

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    I’ve started using a NAD 5420 in my upstairs room; like many people, I’ve been working from home for a few weeks. So you could refer to it as my office system!

    I think the NAD goes back to the late 1980’s


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    Join Date: Mar 2014

    Location: KY - Scotland

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    I'm Mike.

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    Marantz CD52 SE here.

    Not used in anger for years but still working fine last time it tried it a few months ago. Bought around 1991 after we were burgled and I lost all my record collection, went CD with the insurance money.

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    Join Date: Apr 2012

    Location: N E Kent

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    I'm Geoff.

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    My Meridian 507 was bought new around 2002, but my Trichord 'Digital Turntable' transport is considerably older, as are the couple of Pioneer PD-S505 Precision players I have. I like them all equally and they sound just fine to me. I only use the players as transports.
    It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!

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    Join Date: Aug 2009

    Location: Staffordshire, England

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    I'm Martin.

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    Marantz CD54 - it will be thirty six years old this year.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Join Date: Mar 2009

    Location: Nottingham

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    I'm Ian.

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    My 2 system has a 1989 version cd50 which i picked up for a fiver, as long as its played a few times a year itd fine. Bit hit and miss while it warms up if its been left for months without use

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    Join Date: Jan 2008

    Location: West Yorkshire

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    I'm Andy.

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    My oldest is a Technics SL-PJ28A - from '92
    Still a youngster at 28 years young
    Main system:
    Analogue.
    Michell Orbe with arm decoupling kit & Pete's Pylons. SME V arm, Denon DL103M (FGS), Firebottle OPT MKII phono amp
    Technic SP-10 in Obsidian plinth, AT1010 PMAC v8b arm, Goldring Elite MC Cart and BB3 Phono Amp
    Leak Lenco GL75 with Ortofon OM10 cartridge
    Technics RS-BX404 Cassette Deck
    Network Player.
    Raspberry PI plus R2-R DAC (also used as a CD player) plus Pi NAS Server
    Digital.
    Philips DCC 730 player
    Marantz CD50SE
    Amp.
    Audiolab 8000A
    Speakers.
    Reiver Jenna floor standers
    HeadPhones.
    Sennheiser HD545 Ref, HD600, HD477

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    Join Date: May 2012

    Location: Toulouse, France

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    I'm Kevin.

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    My Pioneer PD-S703, probably bought around 1994 after winning the What HiFi awards.
    It was partnered with a Kenwood KS3020SE amplifier, which also won a What HiFi award in the same year.
    Kevin

    Too busy enjoying the music....

    European loan coordinator for Graham Slee HiFi system components..

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    Join Date: Dec 2019

    Location: Leeds

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    I'm Martin.

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    My old Akai cd m88 is still going strong in the hands of my brother, I bought it for £400 in 1984 from a hifi shop in the hyde park area of Leeds after being on a trip to Leeds railway station where they had a demonstration of this new technology, the only choice at that time was a Philips 104 or the Akai and the Akai grabbed me as the best, so off to the phone box and rang around till I found one and went to buy it, then off to HMV in Leeds to be alarmed at the small selection of cd's and bought 3 cd's can only remember one of them Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair, when I first played it I thought it was brilliant...makes me realise how old I am and still as impatient when I want something...LOL

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