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I want to purchase an early but excellent sounding "battleship build" Philips CD Player. Was there a pecking order for the models which were marketed at the same time eg:104,204,304.Which early models are the best ones to go for( 100,101,200,300,202,303,104,204,304, 304 Mk11?)
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Why do you want an old Philips CD player? It is very unlikely that it would equal something new of equal price, either as a transport, or as a player.-Aaron.
I made some cassette tapes from my 1986 CD104 (14 bits, 2x oversampling). They still sound respectable, and at least as good as any tapes I made from the more expensive and elaborate 16-bit and bitstream cdp's I owned through the '90s.But the 104 stopped working during the warranty period and their Philips service agents couldn't fix it, or didn't try. They even tried to charge me for warranty "repairs" that didn't work. In the end it took legal action to force them to refund my money - they offered me a new machine but there was no way I was going to take on their appalling reliability and service standards again.
Once again, putting my son through law school paid off. The legal fees of the local Philips agents,spent responding to my legal challenge over a $500 machine, would have been in the thousands, and I am sure they would have spent even more had they not discovered I was being represented by my son on a pro bono basis. Then they caved in and refunded the purchase price in full.
Never heard one that was both. And Lord knows I tried. The cheapest current Toshiba DVD player (39xx) will run rings around any of them, IMHO.
I have a CD-880 that I picked up on ebay several years ago for around $90. It was mint when I got it. Not a scratch or mark on it. It could have come out of a sealed box. The only thing wrong with it was the variable outputs (back panel and headphone) didn't work. The people selling it (single owner) didn't even know it was broken since they used only the fixed output and never tried the headphone jack. It still works great. I use it on my headphone system with my HD600s. Still working and it's around 18 years old.
Don't recall the model.The fluorescent display quit. The dealer took it back after learning that Philips was completely incompetent about repairing equipment under warranty.
Call me prejudiced, but even though some people swear by older digital gear, I'm not impressed. My own ears tell me that digital sources have improved tremendously over the last 20 years.The old Philips players do, however, make excellent paperweights. ;-)
Exactly. Some of the analogue sections from the late 80's players made up for the shortcomings of the digital sections, but the only way I would buy a player from the 80's would be if it was next to free.Not to mention that parts will be unavailable.
Yes, Philips units had issues from the start....Avoid
Eat Mo' Hot sauce,
crazychile
Philips QC sucked even in their battleship designs.
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