The Compact Disc revolution: Part 1: 20 iconic CD players

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  @graemeknowles1431 · 3 years ago

  CDs rule. Being buying them since 1988. And will always be my choice of music format.

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• ER

  @ericjensen9091 · 3 years ago

  I was 29 years old in 1995 when my parents were thoughtful enough to buy me my first CD player! I was buying mostly cassettes at the time. I never purchased another cassette again. I still buy an occasional record, but I still buy about 25 to 30 CDs every year. I think it's a truly great invention. Physical music media forever.

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• BO

  @Bobtek · 2 years ago

  Anyone else watch this waiting and hoping he'd mention a CD player you own(ed)? :D

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• DI

  @DigitalJunior2003 · 3 years ago

  My first CD player was a Philips Cd373 with the FTS system

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• BR

  @brynybach7741 · 3 years ago

  I bought the first Sony as a package system as soon as it first came out and it still plays as good as the day I first had it. The touch buttons on the front needed to be modified when I had it serviced two years ago. The CD drawer seized but now is as good as new. It still produces a great sound. Built like a tank. The drawer glides out with no shudder like cheaper brands.

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• KA

  @karlisdizbite6432 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I have Nakamichi CDP-2E with Philips chip. And it sounds beautiful.

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• QU

  @quantumleap359 · 3 years ago

  Good informative video. I've always liked CDs for three main reasons. No contact playback, small size versus playing time and virtually NO noise, no wow, no flutter on playback. I've had a Technics player since 1990, no repairs, gets played at least 15 hours each week, still sounds great to my old ears.

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• CE

  @cengeb · 3 years ago

  Still have several Philips players, changers...and Marantz units

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• ST

  @stephenv7706 · 3 years ago

  My first cd player bought in the early 80’s was a Hitachi DA-1000 and I can still remember the sales man telling me that only 100 classical music disc’s were available at that time nothing else, sadly long gone along with my early cd’s which had deteriorated so no longer played, so much for ever lasting held up to a bright light they looked like the night sky 🫣

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• CJ

  @cjmillsnun · 2 years ago

  The original Rega Planet had a manual loading mechanism.  You lifted the top up and slightly back to get to your CD and lowered it back down again.

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• KE

  @kevinfestner6126 · 3 years ago (edited)

  One of my instructors in grad school James Russell was the inventor of the triple interweave process used on CDs for its error correction system. SONY is correct. They wanted to make sure that the CD could fit Beethoven's 9th without having to change CDs. That's where the capacity of a CD came from, Beethoven.

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  @DonHamlin · 3 years ago (edited)

  This is fantastic, cannot wait for part 2.  I’ve loved cd’s ever since my first player in 1990. You have the best audio channel on YouTube.

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