Timeline overview of the large majority of classic Philips CD players
In some cases, the years are approximations, not exact introduction dates. The list shows the large majority of players along with the transport and DAC but the list is not 100% complete.
For the complete overview in terms of transport and DAC chip as well as the Digital Filter, see the comprehensive Vasiltech-based Transport and DAC list.
CD100
1982
CDM0/CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price 1795 Dutch Guilders (~814 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD101
1983
CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price TBC
CD200
1983
CDM0
TDA1540
Retail price 1995 Dutch Guiders (~905 Euro)
CD300
1983
CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price 2545 Dutch Guilders (~1154 Euro)
CD303
1984
CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price 1599 Dutch Guilders (~725 Euro)
CD304
1984-1985
CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price 1649 Dutch Guilders (~748 Euro)
CD202
1984
CDM0
TDA1540
Retail price 1849 Dutch Guilders (~839 Euro)
CD204
1984
CDM0
TDA1540
Retail price 1399 Dutch Guilders (~634 Euro)
CD104
1984
CDM0/CDM1
TDA1540
Retail price 1299 Dutch Guilders (~589 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD150
1985
CDM2
Retail price 999 Dutch Guilders (~453 Euro) (remote control +149 Dutch Guilders) (~67 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD350
1985
CDM2
TDA1540P
Retail price TBC
CD351
1986
CDM-2
2 x TDA1540P
Retail price TBC
CD151
1986
CDM-2/10
2 x TDA1540P
Retail price TBC
CD160
1986
CDM4
Retail price TBC
CD450
1986
CDM-2/10
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD207
1987
CDM-2-P
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD304 MKII
1987
CDM1
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
Extensive Review
CD640
1987
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD650
1986-1987
CDM2/CDM4
SAA7210
Retail price TBC
CD660
1987
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD460
1987
CDM2/CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD360
1987
CDM2/CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD670
1987
CDM4
SAA7210
Retail price TBC
CD960
1987-1988
CDM1
TDA1541
2650 Dutch Guilders (~1202 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD771
1988
CDM2/CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD680
1988
CDM-2/10 / CDM-4/11
TDA1541A
Retail price TBC
CD372
1988
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD373
1988
CDM4
Retail price TBC
CD380
1988
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD471
1988
CDM4
TDA1541-R1 (the “relaxed” version)
645 Dutch Guilders (~292 Euro)
CD472
1988
CDM4
TDA1541
750 Dutch Guilders (~340 Euro)
CD473
1988
CDM4
TDA1541
855 Dutch Guilders (~387 Euro)
Extensive Review
CDC 875
1988-1989
CDM-4/20
TDA1541A
Disc Changer
CD782
1988-1989
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price TBC
CD880
1988
CDM1 MKII
TDA1541S1
Retail price TBC
Extensive Review
CD480
1989
CDM4
TDA1543
535 Dutch Guilders (~242 Euro)
CD110
1989
TDA1543
CDM-4/19
Retail price TBC
CD582
1989
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail Price 685 Dutch Guilders (~310 Euro)
CD630
1989
CDM4
SAA7220
Retail price TBC
CD780
1989-1990
CDM4
TDA1541 / TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD781
1989-1990
CDM4
TDA1541 / TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD820
1989
CDM4
TDA1541A
Retail price TBC
CD830
1989
CDM4
TDA1541A
Retail price TBC
CDD882
1989
CDM1 MKII
TRANSPORT (lacking DAC, otherwise exactly the same as CD880)
Retail Price 1600 Dutch Guilders (~726 Euro)
CD834
1990
CDM-4/19
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD824
1990
CDM4
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD840
1990
CDM4
2 x SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD210
1990
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD600
1990
Same as CD610 but without remote control
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD610
1990
Same as CD600 but with remote control
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD620
1990
CDM4
TDA1541
Retail price 499 Dutch Guilder (~226 Euro)
CD604
1991-1992
Same as CD614 but without remote control and no headphones volume control
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD605
1991
CDM4
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD614
1991-1992
Same as CD604 but with remote control and headphones volume control
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
Extensive Review
CD615
1991
CDM4
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD624
1991
CDM4
SAA7323
Retail price TBC
Extensive Review
CD634
1991
CDM4
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
CD140
1991
CDM-4/19
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD320
1991
CDM4
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD130
1991
CDM-4/19
TDA1543
Retail price TBC
CD850
1991
CDM4
SAA7321GP
Retail price TBC
Extensive Review
CD850 MKII
1991-1992
CDM4
SAA7350GP
Retail price TBC
CD335
1992
Retail price TBC
CD345
1992
Retail price TBC
CD690
1993
CDM-9
SAA7341GP
Retail price TBC
CD692
1993
CDM9
SAA7341GP
Retail price TBC
CD910
1993
CDM12.1
SAA7341GP
499 Dutch Guilders
CD920
1993
CDM12.1
SAA7341GP
599 Dutch Guilders
CD940
1993
Made in Belgium
CDM9
SAA7350GP
799 Dutch Guilders
CD950
1993
CDM9
TDA1547
1349 Dutch Guilders
CD930
1993
Made in Singapore
CDM9
SAA7350GP
699 Dutch Guilders
CD730
1993-1994
400 Dutch Guilders
CD732
1993-1994
CDM12.1, SAA7341GP
Retail Price 455 Dutch Guilders (~206 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD931
1994-1996
CDM9
SAA7350GP
Retail Price 699 Dutch Guilders (~317 Euro)
CD911
1994-1996
CDM12.1
SAA7341GP
Retail Price 499 Dutch Guilders (~226 Euro)
CD951
1994-1996
CDM9
TDA1547
Retail Price 1349 Dutch Guilders (~612 Euro)
Extensive Review
CD740
1994-1995
CDM12.1
TDA1549T
Retail Price 499 Dutch Guilders (~226 Euro)
CD750
1994-1995
CDM12.1
TDA1549
Retail Price 599 Dutch Guilders (~271 Euro)
CD710
1994
CDM12.1
TDA1545A
Retail Price 349 Dutch Guilders (~158 Euro)
CD720
1994
CDM12.1
TDA1545A
Retail Price 449 Dutch Guilders (~203 Euro)
CD926
1995-1996
Retail price TBC
CD751
1995-1998
CDM12.1
TDA1549
Retail Price 390 Dutch Guilders (~176 Euro)
CD916
1995
Retail price TBC
CD936
1995-1996
Retail price TBC
CD711
1995-1998
CDM12.1
TDA1545A
Retail price 330 Dutch Guilders (~149 Euro)
CD721
1995-1997
CDM12.1
TDA1545A
Retail Price 390 Dutch Guilders (~176 Euro)
CD722
1998
CDM12.1
TDA1545A
Retail Price 390 Dutch Guilders (~176 Euro)
CD723
1999
CDM12.1
TDA1545
Retail price TBC
CD713
1999
VAM1201
TDA1545A
Retail price TBC
CD753
1999
VAM1201
TDA1549
Retail price TBC
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Great recap, however you forgot to list CD162 which is a 1993 Philips Cd player.
I own a cd780 however it looks this model doesn’t like home made burned cds, no problem with studio recorded ones.
Hi Dexter, thanks for your addition. The CD162 is indeed missing on this list, as are probably a few more. That’s why the header reads “the large majority” and not “ALL” :-). If you look at the Philips DAC and Transport List (sourced from Vasiltech) you’ll see that it is listed there.
I’ve not yet had a Philips player not read CD-R’s and so I fear that your 780’s laser mech might have gone off spec. CD-R’s are harder to read and so are the first to start giving problems.
I’m missing the Philips CDC 875 which must be of year 1988.
Has a TDA1541A – SAA7220P/B with CDM-4/20 (regarding to Vasiltech).
I recently purchased one incl. remote control and user manual but there’s no hint of a manufacturing date.
Best wishes
Heiko
Hi Heiko, thanks for the hint. The list is comprehensive but indeed not 100% complete. I’ve added the CDC875 and can confirm that it’s from 88/89.
Hi Christiaan,
be assured that it is a pleasure to support your fantastic work.
Thank you for adding.
Best wishes
Heiko
Cheers Heiko:-)
Advised early retail prices, derived from electronics retail advertisements in old newspapers via delpher.nl
More retail prices can be obtained there.
Players were sold at (huge) discounts as time progressed until final sales (about 2 years after introduction) since newer models were made more simple and in greater numbers and at lower prices. The common public was not aware of the extend of the build quality, in general they just looked at the price, the functional features, the width and color (black or silver)
and the brand name to match the new CD player to their existing audio stack.
The difference in audio quality between a household CD player and the rest of the general household audio stack was huge. Nearly everyone wanted a CD player, sooner or later.
1 € was 2,20 Dutch Guilders (HFL) at Euro introduction date.
CD100: 1795,00 Dutch Guilders
CD200: 1995,00 Dutch Guiders
CD300: 2545,00 Dutch Guilders
Sony CDP 101: 2495,00 Dutch Guilders
Marantz CD 63: 1998,00 Dutch Guilders
CD202: 1849,00 Hfl
CD303: 1599,00 Hfl
CD104: 1299,00 Hfl
CD204: 1399,00 Hfl
CD304: 1649,00 Hfl
CD150: 999,00 Hfl +remote ctrl 149,00
Thanks for the suggestion Michel. I have added the prices you mentioned and bookmarked the site for maybe later. Indeed, at the Euro introduction, the exchange rate was 2.20371 Dutch Guilders to be precise… I still recall it as if it was yesterday:-)
Hi Christiaan, CD350 is mentioned here as having TDA1541. That should be TDA1540. Cheers, Willem
Thanks for the correction, Willem. I double-checked but it was already correctly mentioned in the main list (CD player, DAC, Filter, Decoder, DOBM, and Transport List), so this must have been a typo, of which I’m sure there may be more, but thanks to people like yourself, any lingering errors are eventually ironed out:-)
CD471 uses indeed TDA1541, but the “relaxed” version TDA1541-R1.
This should be mentioned.
In fact just one player, CD880, has the correct info about TDA1541 version (R1, S1 or S2).
Thanks, added that to the article.
I am missing the CD482 in your list. Same as CD480 but with real remote control.
Hello Christiaan!
Are you aware of any differences between CD840 and CD850, except the different display and different buttons layout?
To me they look identical inside (save for the headphone module in CD850).
Thanks
They may indeed be quite similar but it’s been a long time and I forget the specifics, sorry!
Thanks for replying.
Anyway, meanwhile I got a CD850 and you were right about its soundstage: it is strangely big, and very widescreen cinema-like…