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Re: Classic CD Players

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The Puris 100 are small (but heavy!) and cost about 60 Euros. I recently bought a Pioneer Pl-514 with an AT-120e for a friend through ebay-kleinanzeigen. It was 90 Euros and sounds fine. It's belt driven but really fine for that price. Then the NVA starter system and an ArtDJPre for 50 Euros (a used Phono 1 would be too much?!). Your within the range and your friend will have a lot of fun!

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My very first turntable was a Pioneer PL-514 with an Ortofon cartridge.

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Re: Classic CD Players

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Fretless wrote: Wed Apr 24, 2019 10:55 pm My very first turntable was a Pioneer PL-514 with an Ortofon cartridge.

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And did you both like it?

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Re: Classic CD Players

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Gathering dust in the attic I have a truly strange and idiosyncratic CDP from the misty dawn of digital audio. The Cambridge CD2.

Cambridge designer Stan Curtis hadn't been too clever with his taxes and had to spend a few months incarcerated for his sins. During this time he pondered the up-and-coming digital Compact Disc situation (expected by many at the time to just be a passing fad) and he had a few ideas. Firstly was the 3-box Cambridge CD1, hooked together with Din cables (all he had lying about at that moment): a transport unit sitting on top of an external DAC / analogue output box with volume control and finally an extra unit that was an error-counter. This displayed the number of drop-outs and corrections made to the data while a CD was playing (a lot!).

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With the CD2, he built his own disc transport and hooked 4 TDA1541 audio processing chips in series to create the world's first 16x oversampling player. Hand drawn PCB's and cottage-industry construction. I just had to have one when they came out.

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Soundwise? Sadly the analogue outputs packed in years ago - although the coax digital output does still work and I have run it through a DAC occasionally. I remember the sound as being smooth and powerful with a rich midrange but lacking 'sparkle'. Despite it's strangeness it did serve me well for about 10 years and I'll have to plug it in and give it another listen-to one of these days.
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Re: Classic CD Players

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Hannes-Gregor wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:31 am And did you both like it?
I found the PL-514 to be a great little TT and have considered getting one off Ebay just for fun.
Very reliable and a pleasant sound.

It certainly turned me into a music-freak :grin: :guiness; :dance:

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NVA: P50sa - Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a (x2)
Downstairs:
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Logic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
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Get that CD2 looked at. Surely they are worth a bit now.
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karatestu wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 9:30 am Get that CD2 looked at. Surely they are worth a bit now.
Good thought - it's sitting next to my old Logic DM101 which is also in desperate need of an overhaul.

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Logic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
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HP: HifiBerry Digi+ PRO + Sabaj A10d
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Re: Classic CD Players

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Fretless wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:54 am
Hannes-Gregor wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:31 am And did you both like it?
I found the PL-514 to be a great little TT and have considered getting one off Ebay just for fun.
Very reliable and a pleasant sound.

It certainly turned me into a music-freak :grin: :guiness; :dance:
There's one near you in Aachen for 100 Euros:
https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anz ... 3-172-1923

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Re: Classic CD Players

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Hmm. That's only an hour's drive away.

Upstairs:
Vinyl
Pro-Ject 1.2 + Grado Sig Jr + Cambridge Alva Duo
DigiVolumio PC + Kiss DP-500 + Sabaj A20d
NVA: P50sa - Cube2 - SSP - LS6+ Sabaj A10a (x2)
Downstairs:
Vinyl
Logic DM101 + Syrinx LE1 + Grado Sig MCX
DigiDenafrips Ares II + Volumio PC + Cambridge CXC
NVA: P50 - BMU+ Aiyima A07 MAX (x2) + Arcam One
HP: HifiBerry Digi+ PRO + Sabaj A10d
Office:
Allo DigiOne SIG + SMSL M300se + Douk G4 (x2)
Mission 760 + Monolith THX AAA 887
Headphones: German Maestro & AudioQuest

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