vintage silver face CD players??

JayMX
JayMX Posts: 446
in 2 Channel Audio
I would like to pick up a good quality vintage (or newer) silver faced CD player. Will be pairing it with my Kenwood KA-7150 and RTA12C’s. The 7150 has the “gunmetal” silver finish which gives the aluminum a little bit of a brownish/goldish color. You can kinda see it in the pic. What would look good next to it, give me a good quality signal and won’t break the bank?? Thanks!
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Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    edited June 2018
    Rotel RCD-1072 in silver.

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Rega Apollo

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    Budget be damned, NAD M5.

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  • kharp1
    kharp1 Posts: 3,453
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Rega Apollo

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    As someone mentioned a while back, be careful with top loading CD players...just like a TT, you can't put anything over top of it. Has to have vertical real estate. I always thought they were "cool" and contemplated getting one on several occasions until I was presented with that potential downside.
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,934
    I agree Kerry, and not to derail the thread too much, but I personally hate the mechanism/transport that Rega uses in their players. For example in their new $1k Apollo player, it uses the little spring clip ball things to hold the disc in place. My original PlayStation circa 1994 uses the exact same looking transport/mechanism.

    For a $1k CDP I would just expect a higher quality "look and feel".
    kharp1 wrote: »
    As someone mentioned a while back, be careful with top loading CD players...just like a TT, you can't put anything over top of it. Has to have vertical real estate. I always thought they were "cool" and contemplated getting one on several occasions until I was presented with that potential downside.

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    30123363084_4508d4d7a2_b.jpgDSC_6315_zps1998048c by Mark Hardy, on Flickr
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    Kyocera made hifi components with a bronze-ish faceplate 'way back when -- I don't know if they ever made a CD player with similar cosmetics, though.

    As an aside, I have a Kenwood KT-9900 with the bronze faceplate, courtesy of my son and some thrift store or pawn shop in Charlottesville, VA :)

    16186594052_0e3a219543_b.jpgDSC_9935 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    Pretty darned nice tuner, actually -- it's a KT-8300 with a different colored face.
    Certainly sounds better than most soiled state tuners of my ken.


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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    As another - but closer to on topic - aside, this hyper-cheap little DVD player was the darling of the low-cost, hi-fi set for a bit of time way back when...

    38459252880_ec843642c9_b.jpgSD-39501_zps0f3f7b8b by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/30883-toshiba-3950-a.html
    http://jimmyauw.com/2006/10/16/toshiba-sd-2960-sd-39503960-psu-mod/
    https://www.head-fi.org/threads/toshiba-sd-3950-60-swenson-mods.659067/

    The "Swenson mods" and the "Vinny mods"... it's all comin' back to me now :p

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  • JayMX
    JayMX Posts: 446
    Thanks guys. That Rega is cool looking, I’ll read up and take the top-loading concerns into consideration. The NAD looks awesome but that’s a lil too pricy haha. Keep the suggestions coming!!

    @mhardy6647, the bronze faceplate units are sweet! And pretty rare as I understand it... Would you ever consider parting with that tuner?? Sure would make a sexy pair!! I picked mine up for $20 at an estate sale really dirty and nasty. Deep cleaning, a lil deoxit, and she's much prettier now. I understand they were primarily sold in the European markets. The original owner was a veteran who bought it while he was deployed. Pretty sure it had a 220v power inlet connector originally as it had a 110v parallel blade inlet spliced on when I bought it. At some point I will replace with an IEC panel mount inlet and upgrade binding posts. It’s a sweet sounding little amp. Very conservative 60wpc. Drives the RTA's in a make-me-smile kinda way.
    Current Collection: Monitor 4a (Peerless), Monitor 5B (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7b (Peerless), RTA15TL (SL3000), SDA CRS+ (194’s), SDA SRS 2.3TL, R100's, R200’s, R300 🤩
    Pairs that have passed through: Monitor 4b (Peerless), Monitor 5a (Peerless), Monitor 5b (SL1000), Monitor 5b (SL2000) (4x pair), Monitor 7b (Peerless), Modified Monitor 7c’s (194’s), Monitor 10a (Peerless), Monitor 10b (5x pair), RTA8, RTA8TL, RTA 11T, RTA12c (194's), SDA CRS, SDA 2 (2x pair), SDA 2a, SDA 2b, SDA 1b, SDA 1c, SDA SRS 2 (2x pair), SDA SRS 3.1TL (198’s) (2x pair)...and more to come, it’s a sickness.
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  • ZLTFUL
    ZLTFUL Posts: 5,648
    Find a Denon DVD-2900...SACD, DVD-A...but silver ones are harder and harder to find...which is the reason my silver one is in a box in my storage room while my black one is my primary CDP in my 2 channel system.
    "Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."

    "Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
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