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In Reply to: RE: Modding up CD player posted by rockanroller on May 26, 2015 at 17:30:09
I used to have one of these. Go to my homepage, search the Tags for "Sony." That'll pull up the 20 posts I've written so far, regarding Sony (be sure to click on the number "20"). You will find the 8 posts dedicated to the Sony CDP-X707ES.
In those posts, I neglected to show the player's innards. IIRC, it had a single fuse. If you are facing the front panel, it is located on your left-hand side, just behind the Sony logo and power switch. You'll have to read the writing on the small printed circuit board, to determine what the fuse's value is. Or just pluck out the fuse, and read its value(s).
Because the CDP-X707ES has a smaller and thinner (versus the CD playback gear I normally have at my disposal) sound, it is ripe for the Synergistic Research Quantum Red (which I'm currently reviewing) or Audio Magic liquid-filled fuses.
If you want energy, clean gloss, focused imaging, and non-stop PRAT, go for the Quantum Red.
If you want the most realistic instrumental textures, go with the Audio Magic fuses.
If you want the player to be the most chameleon-like, reflecting the discs you feed it, it's hard to beat the Hi-Fi Tuning Supreme.
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My very first CD player was Sony's CDP-520ESII, which I got in April 1987. I think I bought an NAD 5000 in January or February 1992. That allowed me to bring the old Sony down to UCSC.
During my senior year, 1992-93, I had the Sony CDP-520ESII the entire year, while I was in Santa Cruz. Interestingly, this was when the CDP-X707ES was made.
Though the CDP-X707ES does not sound like many of today's CD players [for some listeners, that is a very good thing], it was vastly superior to my old CDP-520ESII. The X707ES looked much classier, still operated quickly enough, had a coaxial digital output, and was free of the "digititis," which plagued the 520ESII.
If you don't want to go through the expense, time, and effort to change any of the 707's parts, pay attention to AC quality. My X707ES did have enough resolution, that AC wall outlets made significant changes. The wrong AC outlet can make you go, "Meh, the 707 isn't worth the effort." But the right AC outlet can make you smile, "Hey, this way better than I thought possible."
rockanroller,
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