Administrator / Magnetic Tape Person
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 9,966
I'm Nick.
This just in today!
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
It's in fantastic condition, weighs a ton and sounds great!
The eBay Gods were smiling on me
Senior Member
Location: Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Posts: 727
I'm Peter.
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!
Last edited by symon; 08-07-2009 at 20:34. Reason: had more to say.
Peter
Administrator / Magnetic Tape Person
Location: Bristol, UK
Posts: 9,966
I'm Nick.
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-20Originally Posted by symon
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!
We need to get that bake-off sorted. I want to hear your Revox! A friend has just invested in a B710...
Senior Member
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Posts: 1,074
I'm Steve.
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!
Steve aka 'Twelvebears' (it's a long story)
System: Technics 1210 Mk5, Jelco 750 arm, AT33EV via MF X-LP2 Phono Stage, Oyaide mat and record clamp. SB Touch via Marantz PM-11S1 amp and Wilson Benesch A.C.T. speakers. Mark Grant cables and PS Audio Power Plant Premier mains regenerator.
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Site Owner/Administrator
Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
Posts: 110,474
I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
You had an X-777ES and you let it go? Oh dear, you are a very mad boy!
I bet you replaced it with something newer and, errm, 'better', too...
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Senior Member
Location: Hemel Hempstead
Posts: 1,074
I'm Steve.
I was a bloody idiot, that's what I was!You had an X-777ES and you let it go? Oh dear, you are a very mad boy!
I bet you replaced it with something newer and, errm, 'better', too...
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!!!
Steve aka 'Twelvebears' (it's a long story)
System: Technics 1210 Mk5, Jelco 750 arm, AT33EV via MF X-LP2 Phono Stage, Oyaide mat and record clamp. SB Touch via Marantz PM-11S1 amp and Wilson Benesch A.C.T. speakers. Mark Grant cables and PS Audio Power Plant Premier mains regenerator.
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Moderator
Location: North Down /Northern Ireland/ UK
Posts: 19,474
I'm Neil.
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.
Regards D S D L
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Regards Neil
ELP Fanboy
Location: Yorks
Posts: 16,643
I'm Nobody.
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
Senior Member
Location: A Strangely Isolated Place in Suffolk with Far Away Trains Passing By...
Posts: 14,540
I'm David.
Wanna swap it for an M75ED as they're worth about the same......?This just in today!
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
It's in fantastic condition, weighs a ton and sounds great!
The eBay Gods were smiling on me
Cart in the post first class, but may take a few days 'cos of strikes etc.....
I can't go on and I can't go back, I don't feel so matter of fact,
I tried and tried to make good sense, What's the good to try it all again?
Fount Master & Administrator
Location: Essex
Posts: 37,701
I'm openingabottleofwine.
I would love to have one of these just for the 'laboratory' build. Great with SACDs, but only OK with CDs.
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
Barry
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