{"id":10139,"date":"2012-10-09T21:30:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?p=10139"},"modified":"2021-12-25T13:19:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T11:19:51","slug":"cd-mechanism-masterpieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/classics\/digital-classics\/cd-mechanism-masterpieces\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Mechanism Masterpieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember when CD players were immaculately built, and used heavy and smoothly operating CD mechanisms?<\/h2>\n

Modern CD players invariably use standard or lightly modified CD ROM mechanisms. Even the flagships from companies such as Wadia and Meridian have done away with CD-only transports and along with this, most companies have also given up on making their own disc loading systems. It has become common to see a cheap plastic tray on high-end CD players. I don’t know about you, but I miss the old and sturdy, often super-smoothly operating drawers.<\/p>\n

This article takes a closer look at some of the most impressive CD players and disk loading mechanisms ever made. There are separate pages for each brand, click the brand to see the models.<\/p>\n

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\"accuphase-242pix\"ACCUPHASE<\/a><\/h3>\n

DP-90
\nDP-400
\nDP-800
\nDP-900<\/p>\n

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\"burmester_969-_open-drawer-242pix\"BURMESTER<\/a><\/h3>\n

069
\n089<\/p>\n

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\"krell-kps20t-242pix\"KRELL<\/a><\/h3>\n

KPS-20i
\nKPS-25S
\nKPS-25Sc<\/p>\n

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\"linn-cd12-1-close-242pix\"LINN<\/a><\/h3>\n

Sondek CD12<\/p>\n

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\"meridian-506-24-img_8080-242pix\"MERIDIAN<\/a><\/h3>\n

506.24
\n602
\n808.3<\/p>\n

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MARANTZ<\/a><\/h3>\n

CD94
\nCD12 LE
\nCD11 LE<\/p>\n

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\"levinson-31-transport-ad-shot-open-klep-crop-242pix\"MARK LEVINSON<\/a><\/h3>\n

31
\n31.5
\n37
\n39
\n390S<\/p>\n

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\"pioneer-pd-t09-242pix\"PIONEER<\/a><\/h3>\n

PD-T09
\nPD-95
\nPD-S95<\/p>\n

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\"sony-xa50es-jw-img_3593-242pix\"SONY<\/a><\/h3>\n

XA50ES
\nCDP-R10
\nSCD1
\nSCD777ES<\/p>\n

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\"teac-p0-242pix\"TEAC \/ ESOTERIC<\/a><\/h3>\n

P-0(S)
\nX-01\/UX-1
\nX-03\/UX-3<\/p>\n

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\"wadia-7-242pix\"WADIA<\/a><\/h3>\n

7
\n861 \/ 861SE
\nS7i
\n971<\/p>\n

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