Hi I am looking to buy a good sounding portable cd player and allot of these new players use digital compression to store sound in a anti skip buffer and was wondering what I should look for and buy when shopping for one of these devices. I would consider myself an entry level audiophile.

I recently have a Sony D-50 Discman - The World First Portable CD Player. It is a very nice vintage guy but does not work. It have a very durable design (metalic case and cover). I am trying to restore it and looking for its Service Manual and Schematic Diagram. Thanks for help.

Hi   I please forgive my complete ignorance on this matter.I recently purchased a Sony D25 along with Sennheiser hd 595 headphones,everything sounds great but I would now like to get a Slee Novo headphone amp. My question is how will this work? presumably the amp is connected to the D25 via...

What is the best portable (about the sized of 4 cd jewel boxes stacked)generally cd player available at the present time? In the past the mags have raved about the Ratshack and early Sonys, but what's out there now?

Hello you audiophile friends!   I just bought a vintage discman, which is consider one of the better units out there. It's the Sony D-515. I already own a Sony D-99, but the laser doesn't keep track all the time. I hope this machine does the job better. The one function that should prevent...

Got a Sony D-36 pcdp and it didn't have an AC adapter. Specs call for 9V. Will any 9V power supply work? I can't find the originals anywhere-(AC-E6M). Thanks.

Hello, I would like to know all of the big companies (sony, coby etc.) that still sell portable cd players off of their websites.

I am thinking of purchasing a brand new 1998 Sony discman online for under $100 (I used to own the particular model back in the day), but I am wondering if I should be concerned about it operating correctly since it's been unused for 15 years. Would any of the circuitry degrade over the past 15...

I purchased this refurbished on ebay since the line output from a coby disc player was not too good.    This is outside the usual. It was designed to interface as a computer disc drive and was a music player as a second thought.  All the computer aspects are totally outmoded so I chucked...

Hi all, being new to this forum I was wondering if someone could point me toward which of the older portable CD players to look for with sound quality as my top criteria ? Thanks

Im wondering what your is a great sounding portable cd player. All i have ever owned is sony but have not bought one since the mid 90's. Are they any good? Like the D-EJ2000 any good? Seems to me for $159.95 i shouldnt expect much (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ory=15054&rd=1) but i...

Right guys, I'm no hardcore audiophile by any means however I have been looking at buying a pair of Sennheiser HD598s in order to improve my general listening experience. Mainly for music from a Pioneer CD player, not amazing but good enough for me. In looking through our garage I've found a...

I recently purchased a used Sony D-E555 (not D-555) and am wondering where it sits in the product line. I can guess from the model number that it's probably one of the later flagship models but not the G-Protection ones. I am not very familiar with the flagships from before the introduction of...

Well... always wanted a vintage Discman. Seems like my little vintage PCDP craze is still going. Seeing the D-555 going for 500 bucks on the Bay, well... I ain't got the Orion Blue Book but that's just one huge ripoff. A Marantz CD500x costs less and probably sounds better. So basically I...

My Sony D-303 skips alot if I put it flat on a table.  However, I tilt it 45 degree, it works just fine.  I've seen people have same issues as mine but they did say how they fix it.  Can any one share this information with me.  Please reply to my email d052057@yahoo.com.

     I need a simple volume boost for my Panasonic CT-582V portable CD player [with "D" sound]. I do NOT need a splitter for multiple headsets or any other "bells and whistles". Also, I do NOT want to hear any audible HUM!!! The Amp will be driving Sony MDR-V900 headphones with 50 mm drivers and...

Hi everybody/anybody,      I listen to classical music exclusively, and am looking for a really good player with a non-digital [ie. potentiometer flywheel] control, so I can select a comfortable but "full" sound for "heavier" symphonic music. If at all possible, I would also like it to...

Firstly I'm a newbie here regarding audio stuff so bear with me :-)    I'm looking for a portable CD player (the one that you can carry around), budget is about $100,  can go up to $200, if it's a good value for money.    Again I don't know much about this area, so the 'default' choice...

hello everyone,  sorry if this might have been discussed before, but i tried searching and found not much. about 2 months ago, i went to an earphone shop to try some IEMs, and i tried the se530s. the seller let me use his sony CD walkman to try the IEMs. it looked a bit old, like ends of the...

  I was wondering, does anyone know anything about powering the Aiwa XP-7 CD player? I got the player on ebay, and I cannot use it. To become more specific:  1. It appears that the player uses a 9V special adaptor, and the best choice seems to be the supplied one, which I don't have at this...

I was wondering, does anyone know anything about powering the Aiwa XP-7 CD player? I got the player on ebay, and I cannot use it. To become more specific:  1. It appears that the player uses a 9V special adaptor, and the best choice seems to be the supplied one, which I don't have at this...

Hello to all! My day of internet browsing has lead me here. I've been researching headphones for the past few weeks and finally pulled the trigger on a pair of Sennheiser HD650's. Well little did I know that the world of headphones was as intense as it is. I have long been into home theater...

Well I found one thread from 2006 where someone was kind enough to post the D-303 service manual on rapidshare - but the link is dead, as you would expect so many years later. I have found the D-88 and D-515 manuals via google but D-303 is nowhere to be found.    I'm excited about this -...

I'm currently using my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone as my player. I'm just wondering which one should I get first, a good On-Ear that I can use along with my phone. Or should I upgrade my source and get an iPod/Sansa DAP?   Thanks!

Hi all, I'm looking for a model of a Sony portable cd player. As a young boy/man i had a sony brochure (somewhere between 1987 and 1991 I guess) which featured among others a portable cd player. It looked like the CDP-7F or the D50, it had the same boxy/square design. But it wasn't a top...