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post #16 of 29
4/18/06 at 10:25pm
actually i think the coolest thing is that the dude figured out how to insert a youtube into his ad. GREAT way to avoid scams - tiny vid with the item, ending with the ebay id...good idea!
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post #17 of 29
4/19/06 at 12:15am
These are pretty cool as is the D-82. The D-82 is limited to the small disc while the D-88 can play full size discs as well. There is also a D-80 out there that looks like a D-82 but came in different colors other than black. I've seen pictures here on head-fi somewhere but never came to own one.

Want to see something stranger, check out the analog version of the D-88.
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post #18 of 29
4/19/06 at 12:40am
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Originally Posted by warubozu
The D-88, one of Sony's two 3" inch PCDPs and no it's not really rare as it does show up on Ebay as often as the D-555. A cool and unique vintage PCDP that sounds better than most of Sony's other vintage PCDP line up
I stand corrected!
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post #19 of 29
4/19/06 at 12:46am
My mistake, the D-80 looks nothing like the D-82.



A few others are posted here.
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post #20 of 29
4/19/06 at 3:04am
I used to own a D-88 (sans the *rare* sticker though ) in my vintage discman excess days, and it does sound quite good. Very low shock tolerance. The problem was that I had trouble burning 3" CDs and that the battery was dead. No use in an ultraportableCDP if you can just use it at home. It's a nice thing to have for a collector. If you're after sound, get a D25.
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post #21 of 29
4/19/06 at 1:49pm
Interesting thing about the D-82 is that during it's production run for a short period Virgin Records had used it in some sort of promotion they had. The only difference between the Virgin promotion D-82 and the stock D-82 is that in addition to the Sony sticker on the lid of the D-82 there was also a small Virgin logo added to the opposite corner of the lid. The Japan version of the D-82 has a really light transparent green tint on top of it's black color and some Japanese writing on it's side near the headphone jack. The D-82 released outside of Japan has a pure black color and it's painted surface isn't as smooth as it's Japanese counterpart. All versions of the D-82 sound the same regardless and are equally the same in the level of difficulty in finding one. Also the D-82 and D-88 has no line out (it only has a headphone out) due to it's size and what I guess at the time Sony was still working on perfecting it's miniaturizing process.
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post #22 of 29
4/21/06 at 10:47pm
Holy moses... what should I bid on then, the digital or analog one?


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post #23 of 29
4/21/06 at 11:19pm
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Originally Posted by sno1man
I had one of those when they were new. They were released right at the time the first 3" cds were introduced as "cd singles". The player even came with a a sampler cd. Using those cd's it was pretty cool.

The bad thing with mine was that people would go to grab it, usually followed by a grinding noise as the Cd scraped against case or the momentum would flip it out of their hands.

Amazingly that design made a comeback with the initial rise of MP3 cd players. I think phillips or compaq??? made it that go around.

I still think it is cool looking
There were other manufacturers but Philips' Expanium (or however you spell it) series of 8-cm MP3 CD players are what made them a little popular earlier in this decade. Now, they are gone like all the others. I heard that besides its size, it wasn't impressive at all. As I said before, an audio-only 8-cm DVD or Blu-Ray Disc player that can play many audio data file formats are what we need here! Throw in a very robust shock protection system like G-Protection (useful in WAV and other lossless formats) and you're set.
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post #24 of 29
4/22/06 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by warubozu
The D-88, one of Sony's two 3" inch PCDPs and no it's not really rare as it does show up on Ebay as often as the D-555. A cool and unique vintage PCDP that sounds better than most of Sony's other vintage PCDP line up, I currently own three of them.
What a laugh ! Don't believe the hype- it is collectable (I have a couple), and cute, but it does NOT sound better than most others from the era.
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post #25 of 29
4/23/06 at 4:02am
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Originally Posted by warubozu
That is correct, the D-82 was the first of the two 3" vintage PCDP from Sony and is the harder to find of the two. In IMHO the D-82 ranks right up there along with the Sony D-J50 and D-E905/900 in terms of rarity.

Strange...I won the D-J50 from Italy but the seller would not ship...and I have three (3) D-E905/900 and got them all within 3 weeks time on e-bay so I have NO idea why they are considered rare...

Now, what I REALLY want is a D-515...oh yeah, I have 2 D-88...but my favorite is still the Panasonic SV-SR100 (got 2- one was passed on from Bangraman) PCDP & DAP hybrid...
http://products.consumerguide.com/re...roductId=23459
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post #26 of 29
4/24/06 at 9:42pm
2 hour warning... GOOD LUCK!
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post #27 of 29
4/24/06 at 10:52pm
1 Hour warning!

Good luck!
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post #28 of 29
4/25/06 at 12:32am
Heh, as per usual, lazyoctopus tried to get it. Looks like he got beat out by a newcomer, though.
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post #29 of 29
4/26/06 at 6:29pm
Another one in great condition just got sold for $26. Bummer...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEDW%3AIT&rd=1
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