Category: Vintage CD Players

Some CD players were beyond repair, so sold them for spares to help fund others for the collection. The Sansui PCV-300 was an attractive machine but still a bit 'plasticky'. This one was in nice condition but the laser replacement...

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The CDP 101 was the world’s first commercially released CD Player, and was launched in Japan on October 1, 1982 at a list price of 168,000 yen (approx £985 using today’s currency conversion) but actually went on sale in the United...

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Here is a rare CD Player the Fisher AD-822. The laser mechanism had jumped out of its housing and jammed the tray mechanism and non of the lights worked. A partial strip down found the laser guide had become dislodged during...

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Latest to the collection is the rather rare Ferguson CD-01. Just unpacked it and first CD it started skipping like mad. This is quite common with all CD players after the trauma of a van journey, plus in and out of...

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