i need a cd player and i have no money

In my limited experience DVD players that play CDs can be poor CD players. I bought a Sony DVP-755 (I think that's the number) for its SACD capability; SACD sounded great but CDs were muffled compared to my '93 Sony player.

When the latter died a few months ago, I bought a 5-disc Sony carousel unit (SCD-CE595) that also does SACD (but not DVD or MP3 discs). It sounds good for either format (to me anyway), though it's slow to read discs and oddly enough can't play dualdiscs — which my '93 player could(!). I ended up re-purchasing most of the Talking Heads reissues in their European CD/DVD versions when it probably would've been cheaper (but more time-consuming research-wise) to just buy another CD player.

It does have CD-text — something that would've seemed like a major novelty a decade ago but which in the MP3 age is a bit of a charming anachronism. I always get excited when I discover a disc has the text feature, though.

that oppo thing looks like it's the fuckin' best!! cd, dvd, upconversion, usb, divx? WANT

CDs rule!

maria bought me a teac cd player at radio shack and even though it's cheap it sounds WAY better than any player i've ever owned. including the one in my computer. maybe that's not that astonishing. anyway, it's making me want to play CDs and NOTHING ever makes me want to play CDs. i wanna hear all my kompakt CDs now.

playing michael mayer's fabric thing now and it sounds friggin' awesome.

Rob somebody's grave.

keep up dude, he got one

Who said I was talking about cd players?

I need a CD player too. I haven't had one in almost five years!

are there any component cd players out there under $300?

This thread title sounds like it was written by Harlan Ellison

get a dvd or Blu-ray player with optical out and run it to your stereo through a nice DAC?

f. hazel otm, though you could also just connect it with an RCA cable, same as you would have with a CD player in the old days

Or just drop by a Goodwill, where you probably won't pay more than $15 for a component cd player if there's one to be had (and there are usually several, some with wear but some that look basically new).

I just got a Denon cd player at this local electronics recycling place for $100 that was $1000 in 2009

Right? Considering the rate at which these things are being thrown away, there's no reason to pay full retail for a new one.

yeah I know I can get a blu ray player, I was asking about CD players with buttons and display for audio CDs

Yes I will just buy some random thing off goodwill

Thanks

I don’t go outside, i don’t read about the rates at which things are thrown away

I recently bought a 1986 model Technics CD player off eBay for $50 + shipping (more like $100 altogether). It looks cool, has an appealing color display, plays great... and it's retro chic!

Ha! I'm looking at one of those now.. hmmm

i've been using a sony DVD player for the last 10+ years, it's starting to make noises though. had an onkyo changer for years and years before that.

some of this shit... YESSSS: https://ebay.us/vPxkoy

Mine's a Technics SL-PJ11. I see there are three up on eBay right now priced between $90-100.

aw, my first CD player was a Technics SL-P111, I still have it but the laser is shot