Let me see if I can remember:
ONKYO DX530
AMC CD-6
PROCEED PCD-2
AUDIO ALCHEMY DDS3
CAL DX-2
OPPO DV-970
ROTEL RCD-850
CAMBRIDGE AUDIO AZUR 850C
AUDIOLAB 6000CDT / AUDIO-GD NPB-1S DAC
Personal CD player evolution
To take a cue from the previous threads 'amp' & 'speaker' personal evolution, I bid you this question...
for me it was a Hitachi small black box circa 1983, bought from a Luskin's discount electronics store (I think I paid around $250), then...
-Yamaha COX-700U (1985 or so, still in use by my father)
-Carver ? model to match a Carver amp I had at the time
-Rega original Planet
-Cary 303/100
-Cary 306/200
for me it was a Hitachi small black box circa 1983, bought from a Luskin's discount electronics store (I think I paid around $250), then...
-Yamaha COX-700U (1985 or so, still in use by my father)
-Carver ? model to match a Carver amp I had at the time
-Rega original Planet
-Cary 303/100
-Cary 306/200