Sorry, D-99 was the first with 1bit-DAC like the later D-303. The earlier D-90 has a 16bit-DAC.

I´m surprised that you consider the D-250 to be a good device. This one was always considered to be much worser than most of it´s contemporary ones. The D-99 (16bit) for example was the reference PCDP in the German magazine "stereoplay", beeing even better than the D-Z555, up to the time the...

Looks like I found a good one! Is there any vintage Sony you would recommend, especially to the headphone-out and durability. I think I have all of them.

A couple a days ago I got my hands on a Philips AZ 6804. I have never heard about that PCDP. On the common search engines I´m getting no further informations, only the manual. No test, no reviews, no nothing. I will be glad to anything known about that player. It´s nicely designed with a metal...