1985 Sony CDP-30 CD player 

OMG. That was my first cd player! It was a great model.

I found the same one at a thrift store a few years ago too. Picked it right up when I saw it. Works flawlessly. Back when CD players were up and coming and we're still made of quality!

That's a very nice player. I've never even heard of the index feature before, that's pretty neat.

My first CD player. I used it up until 2014, when we moved and I haven't seen it since. nearly 30 years old, and still worked flawlessly!

The first CD player I ever bought was when I worked at Radio Shack in the '80s and I paid over $200 for it back then. It was a Realistic CD2000. Had it for well over 15 years.

When I wanted to get my first CD player in 1992, I really wanted one that had search buttons that were separate from the skip buttons. I ended up getting a Nikko NCD760 as a Christmas gift, which also had the A-B repeat. In 2001 its door didn't want to open and the display backlight stopped working, but I fixed all that (the door needed a new belt, and the light had a loosened connection) and now it works like a charm!

Holy shit that CD player is EXACTLY as old as I am! I was born Nov. 3, 1985 lol That really is a cool CD player. And BTW Sony products today are just glorified plastic crap.

I love that drawer mechanism. Looks and sounds great!

Bought same in a second hand store for € 8.50 with a defect they said... the cd drawer went open time after time, after connecting the player at home it did it only for twice, now after using it for 6 weeks no problems anymore, i am very happy with this solid vintage sony cd player.

That's a really nice CD player! Sounds good, and as you would expect from such an old machine, it has a very high quality. My oldest CD player is the Philips CD 204 from 1984.

That's back when Sony smoked EVERYONE in build, aesthetics and quality. My girlfriend has an old Trinitron tube from the 80s that still produces a fantastic picture. Those old Sony products never die.

Listening to one now! Found mine in a second-hand hifi shop. All I had to do was adjust the tracking gain and it works great!

1-bit DACs didn't come out until 1989-1990 or so, so this one most likely has a 16-bit DAC with analog filters.

Found one for $6 at goodwill yesterday, i love it so far!

Got my first CD player in 1987,branded Montgomery Wards (but possibly actually a Fisher going by how the writing and logos were) with a new Stereo for Christmas. Also got some CD's (Beatles, Molly Hatchet, a Motown sampler, Ratt's Dancing Undercover along with two or three others).

Back in the day when I used to work at a local radio station we had similar cd play's but they where Kenwood brand.

Awesome! Great find! Looks to be in great condition too.

Found an identical one at a thrift store for $5.00 still works perfectly

I can think of one non-classical music CD from the 1980s that divided one music track into two indexes on it. Genesis 13th studio album

That repeat feature reminds my of Max Headroom. I can remember back in the days when I had my first CD player by Goldstar and demonstrated it to some friends and relatives. I even said that I could make it sound like as if Max Headroom were conducting. I actually pressed the reverse search button repeatedly since it didn't have the A-B repeat feature.