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WTB: Best Portable CDP

post #1 of 10
11/16/05 at 3:53pm
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Hey peeeps,

I'm looking for a good portable cd player... the old Sony D series? Whatever. My last CD player finally died, and I'm left without any way to portably play CD's (yeah I can rip em to my jukebox... but)... if anyone wants to trade or sell me a good portable player (with a LINE OUT of course), please MSG me.

Thankeee!

Neil

edit: and NO I will not trade my HE60/HEV70 for one LOL!
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post #2 of 10
11/17/05 at 2:44am
Old Sony's were inferior to the Panasonic IMO.

Headroom recommended the Panasonic with line outs before they were discontinued - they never recommended Sony.

I have two Panasonics FS -search on this forum.

Later Headroom recommended the iRiver imp Slim-X series.

I own four and will sell one - a like new iRiver IMP400 that I keep with others in reserve in case the ones I regulalrly use fail.

I consider the iRiver superior to the Panasonic, but the Panasonic is quite good. Either are superior to any of the Sony PCDP in my experince with about 8 different brands and over 20 different CD players.
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post #3 of 10
11/17/05 at 6:32am
If you want the "best", try looking for a Sony D-555.

But lately the prices for it on eBay are insane.

If you are willing to go with a more recent vintage (1999-2000 era), look for a Panasonic SL-SX500 on eBay if you can find it. I still have mine, and it works really well even today. It is built quite solid, with an aluminum lid too.

-Ed
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post #4 of 10
11/17/05 at 8:35am
I've read that the best portable player ever made was the Denon CDP-150.
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post #5 of 10
11/17/05 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by 909
I've read that the best portable player ever made was the Denon CDP-150.
I've also read this. Does anyone have one? How is the battery life?

Neil
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post #6 of 10
11/17/05 at 5:15pm
I ran into a guy that has 3 DCP-150's, he wants $425 for the one in worst condition and $450 for the other 2. It might be good, but its not THAT good. Sheesh. I can think of quite a few home players for $450 used that will outpreform the DCP-150 in every conceivable way. And lets face it with no anti-skip, this player is reduced to a compact home player. Its transportable but not portable. The newer 90's Sony's with line-out seem to be changing hands for much more reasonable prices.
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post #7 of 10
11/17/05 at 6:26pm
what an argument...so 150 has to be cheaper because it cannot beat a home system in performance???
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post #8 of 10
11/17/05 at 7:35pm
I second the iRiver... I unfortunately just sold my own SlimX iMP-350. Definitely a great sounding player too, and very solidly built with a million features.
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post #9 of 10
11/17/05 at 8:06pm
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Originally Posted by The_X
I second the iRiver... I unfortunately just sold my own SlimX iMP-350. Definitely a great sounding player too, and very solidly built with a million features.
i'm probably going for the Iriver. I used to have one, but I broke it...
when I go portable, I mean portable.. that thing went on planes, buses, boats... and then died.

Neil
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post #10 of 10
11/17/05 at 11:24pm
sent you PM regarding new irivr imp 350
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