{"id":9977,"date":"2013-01-07T13:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T11:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/?p=9977"},"modified":"2021-12-25T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-25T11:14:57","slug":"the-almost-complete-philips-cdm-range-of-swing-arm-cd-mechanisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hifi-advice.com\/blog\/classics\/digital-classics\/the-almost-complete-philips-cdm-range-of-swing-arm-cd-mechanisms\/","title":{"rendered":"The almost complete Philips CDM range of CD Mechanisms"},"content":{"rendered":"

When CD was introduced around 1982, Philips’ CDM transports were made extremely well, to the point of being almost over-engineered<\/h2>\n

Not only Philips and Maranz used these transports: various other players were outfitted with these massive cast-iron swing-arm Rodenstock glass-lense mechanisms. Today, many of these products are still around, spinning CD’s as happily as before. They still produce excellent sound and as it turns out these transports are virtually indestructible. There’s also an extensive review, a direct comparison between many Philips and Marantz cd players.<\/p>\n

Whenever possible I use my own photos, but for this page, I have been reliant on various sources such as the very friendly Stefan Runge, various forums, the Enco website and dutchaudioclassics.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The information about the mechanisms is divided over 3 pages.<\/p>\n

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Page 1<\/h3>\n

CDM-0, CDM-1, CDM-2, CDM-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Featuring the following\u00a0versions on this page:<\/p>\n

CDM-0
\nCDM-1
\nCDM-2
\nCDM-3<\/p>\n

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Page 2<\/h3>\n

CDM-4, CDM-1 MkII, CDM-9<\/a><\/p>\n

Featuring the following\u00a0versions on this page:<\/p>\n

CDM-4\/11
\nCDM-4\/16
\nCDM-4\/18
\nCDM-4\/19
\nCDM-4\/25
\nCDM-4\/26 (aka CDM-1 MkII)
\nCDM-4\/31
\nCDM-4\/36
\nCDM-4\/53 (aka CDM-4 IND)
\nCDM-4\/
\nCDM-4\/
\nCDM-4\/
\nCDM-1 mkII (aka CDM-4\/26)
\nCDM-9
\nCDM-9 Pro<\/p>\n

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Page 3<\/h3>\n

CDM-12 and CD Pro<\/a><\/p>\n

Featuring the following\u00a0versions on this page:<\/p>\n

CDM-12 IND
\nCD Pro (aka CD Pro 1)
\nCD Pro 2
\nCD Pro 2M
\nCD Pro 2LF<\/p>\n

Extra info on this page:<\/p>\n

How to identify CDM12, CD Pro and CD Pro 2
\nProduct Compatibility
\nCommon Issues
\nMaintenance \/ Calibration
\nEnco<\/p>\n

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Read Also<\/h3>\n

Classic Philips and Marantz CD players compared<\/a>
\n<\/a>Inside Pics of classic Philips and Marantz CD players<\/a>
\n<\/a>Marantz CD player DAC, chipset and Transport List<\/a>
\n<\/a>Philips CD player, DAC, Filter, Decoder, DOBM and Transport List<\/a>
\n<\/a>Philips timeline<\/a>
\n<\/a>Marantz timeline
\n<\/a>CD Mechanism Masterpieces<\/a><\/p>\n

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