Scored DCD-1500

Scored a Denon DCD-1500 straight out of 1986. From what I could find these originally sold for about $700 in '86 money. Sounds warm, fantastic. Now to go dig the rest of my CD's out of the basement.

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bridgeenjoyer 6 points 4 days ago

Oo v nice, digital output? You could use a much better DAC now and get far better sound than an 80s DAC.

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DickHertz 7 points 4 days ago

No... Its got dual Burr-Brown DACs with variable and fixed outputs. I wish it had digital output but for $50 i'm not complaining. Sounds good on my little Edifier R1280T speakers, works for now. 😅

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nightwatch_admin 4 points 4 days ago

I don’t think 1986 had digital outputs on consumer, probably not even on professional devices.

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DickHertz 5 points 4 days ago

I had to look it up. It wasn't till the Denon DCD-1500 II that they added the coax output.

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DickHertz 4 points 4 days ago

Denon DCD-1500AE (2005) for a Toslink optical jack.

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