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- From: george@ucs.ubc.ca (George Chow)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Recommendations needed for $500 CD player
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 21:19:37 GMT
- Organization: University Computing Services, UBC, Canada
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- In article <LDFTBB74@cc.swarthmore.edu> wells@cs.swarthmore.edu (Daniel Wells) writes:
- >I picked up a Sony X55ES for about $500 as a floor sample (Q Audio in
- >Cambridge, MA). The X55ES was Sony's ultimate single box ES cd player
- >(there were one or two higher-end models, but they were basically this
- >transport plus an external DAC), and sold for about $1000+.
-
- Just as a correction, the X55ES was not the ultimate. The top-of-the-line
- single-piece ES for the 55's years was the X77ES.
-
- >It has the best
- >CD sound I've ever heard, partly coming from the fact that it is ultra-stable
- >(weighs 29 lbs!!!). If you look around, you may be able to find one for $500
- >or so. Sony discontinued the X55 at their last line changeover (even their
- >ES line changes over every year or so), and apparently didn't replace it
- >with anything comparably high-end.
-
- Sony changes their product line every year. The X55 is the '91 model. It
- was replaced by the X555 in '92. The '93 model is the X559.
-
- > -Dan
-
- George
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