Do You Remember Your First CD Player?


I had owned the first of the first. I purchased the unit in 1982. It was a Sony CDP 101. It was the most obnoxious, raspy, annoying, piercing, grading, non-musical component I had ever heard.

Also, at the time, the complete CD library that was available consisted of about 15 CDs.

Now? I listen to my newest CD rig more than I listen to my turntable. My, how times have changed.

What was your first CD player and when did you purchase it?
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Showing 1 response by daveherm69

I happened to be driving by an Audio/Video store in a near by town when an ad came on the radio saying this store had just received one of the first shipments of cd players in Canada. If you were one of the first 50 people to get to the store you could have one for the low,low,price of only $500.00(cdn).Regular price was supposedly $1500.00.
I wheeled around and got in line and purchased the unit (a Technics-model forgotten).I spent the next two hours trying to find a cd to play on it.
When it was finally fired up, I thought the thing was broken.Laser bright sound that was like a head drill.I spent the next year or two returning cds cause I thought they had to be defective they sounded so bad.
My next cd player was a Rotel RCD 855.A step in the right direction. My buddy has it and still enjoys it.