Audiophile CD players on a budget! (Old High End DVD Players) 

I found an OPPO Ata yard sale for $20 !!!

The only thing I’d like to mention, you should avoid ordering old cd/dvd players online. This must not surprise you when you find lasers detached after a transportation because of an old glue. If it’s possible I’d recommend to search on local store/marketplace first.

Im in this right now. Getting Denon Pioneer HK and Marantz gear for 20 to 40 / 60e a pop. They may not last long in some cases but this cheap & quality, its a blast. We are in the paradise of Hifi second hand market right now and it may not be the case in a few years on. I got hundreds of records & films in almost every format. Im not giving them up for Netflix. They are working, I don't need internet to play them, the quality when played properly is stellar and I got memories with them. Thanks for this.

@@sc0or "Glued" lasers are in low end players, not High end ?

@@JeanChristopheBENOIST Is there any other way to mount a tiny plastic part to a console? If you check out a model of a transport, you can find the same Sony, Sanyo, or Philips in both high and low end devices.

Yeah it took you years to get them and build your path in music. When you have built this kind of collection and you know that gear can transcend the experience, you aint gonna give it up for Netfy. We are in the golden age of hifi aftermarket so we can find some gear that gonna help our collection to shine. You aint going to trash all this legacy, years and quality for the sake of the half ass streaming trendn which has its wonderful perks but hey, my Automatic for the people record dates from week 1 and the sound with stellar gear is intergalactic. Im not giving it up. So Im living the same thing now, getting 20 / 40 years old gear for dirt cheap which have a great / insane quality. And people in France are not aware of this, the younger generation is in a Netflix / no gear except my smartphone craze. The ones who are going to wake up in a few years, its gonna be tough. I give this age we are in 5 years. And then nothing will be available left. Or it will be crazy expensive again somehow.

Poraqui, thank you for sharing that knowledge. I appreciate it very much. I have one and don't use it much, but now I have a different respect for what it really has.

@@jonpatrick66 In the later years of the "CD replacement wars", so much "fake" SACD players that converted DSD to PCM, were the norm (even in the "high end" arena, or whatever that means). Doing so, defeated the purpose of buying SACD discs. This player, was part of the "3,5" generation of equipment that showcased the format and one of the first to have all the capabilities to convey untouched 1-bit data with MChannel content. Despite having a video section, this can be disabled turning it into a bonafide audio high res and cd player. I still wasn't able to get one, but I have the next best thing, the Dvp-ns900v. Still regarding the 999ES, it's a powerhouse and with the resurgence of physical audio content (Vinyl, CD, etc) it's good to own such "format faithful" player if you want to enjoy unadulterated DSD\SACD content. If you search for new SACD releases you'll see the upwards trend and will have no problem enjoying the format with the 999ES. You'd have to pay top dollar (2000-4000€) to have native DSD and SACD quality playback with the new modern players in order to have similar benefits as with the 999ES.

It’s great when it works but from many forum posts and my own experience with this model, it loses its ability to play SACDs over time, somehow it stops being able to focus on the SACD layer of hybrid discs and plays the normal CD layer instead and the SACD/CD button on the remote doesn’t work in this situation. Cleaning the lens can temporarily fix the problem but it usually quits again.

@@johnmickey5897 I had the same issue when I bought my DVP-NS900v, basically the same model minus a few better specs and build quality. What I've done whas get into the service menu and "align" the laser for SACD playing. There's an option for it there. After I've done this, never had any issues. Get the service manual and follow the instructions. Maybe it helps.

@@Poraqui do you need one of those CD Reference/Test discs to do that? Also my remote is not the one it originally came with, it’s from another Sony SACD/DVD player, but it has nearly all the same buttons on it.

In the mid-90s, I bought a small Sony cassette recorder. I had plenty of experience with Sony products, and expected it to be good quality. It was SHIT, made in China. By the way, shortly after that, I bought a similar Panasonic mini-cassette recorder. It was made in Japan, and very nice.

@@Pootycat8359 There is definitely a difference!

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I haven't come across to many locally. I've usually had good luck finding decent SACD players on ebay for under $100. Key is to search for a good DVD player that can also play SACD. Most of the seller's just think they are selling an old usless DVD player. I usually look for Sony ES, Marantz, Denon, Pioneer Elite, or Integra. These are good brands that tend to give respectable performance and are fairly cheap used. Although I tend to favor Sony ES players mostly just cause I prefer the user interface and remote. I play SACD once in a while, but I mostly use my NS999ES as a quality CD player. You a fan of the GC Spartans?

@@iowaudioreviews Thanks for the advice. I suspected as much about your view of the local market. I think it will just come down to eBay once I settle on a model I like, though I do already have a bias toward the looks of Sony's ES equipment in black. In any case it'll be an improvement over the hand-me-down CDP-C400 it'll replace. To be honest I didn't know there were so many Spartans in Iowa; mine are orange and black (and I only went to home games if you can keep a secret!).

What output you using? Coax or Optica? Have ypu tried both?

Yes this is common I’ve learned after owning the same model for years and just trying a hybrid SACD now, mine will not play the SACD layer on hybrid discs, it just reads them as normal CD’s, the CD/SACD button on the remote does nothing to change this, I cleaned the lens on mine and it read the SACD layer ONCE, (the SACD light stays on when it’s reading the SACD layer) but it got to the last track on the disc and stopped in the middle of the track. When I opened the tray and inserted the disc again, it only read it as a normal CD again, so the issue was partially the laser being dirty but what I assume is when the laser is used heavily over the years it loses its strength and loses the ability to focus on the SACD layer on hybrid discs. I have not tried mine with non hybrid SACDs but from what I’ve heard it usually reads those without issue, it’s just the laser not being able to focus on the SACD layer of hybrid discs.

The S-7700 can play CD-Rs but not CD-RWs. It can also play DVD+Rs and DVD-Rs too.

Hard to find anything about it online but looks to be a typical consumer grade player. If you like it and it plays well and it has a digital coax or optical output just keep it and upgrade it with better DAC. I just made a video on this a few weeks ago. Check my channel its one of my recent video's. Here's a link to a good cheap DAC. www.amazon.com/dp/B07L61JPQW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_XGG0VGWKJ2ARKQ71DNC0

@@iowaudioreviews I actually kinda disappointed with JVC/Victor and being the fact that it's can't read CD-R well just a let down. I am going to either getting the Sony DVP-NS999ES or Denon DCD-2560 or 800/1600NE if I got more money.

It was a bigger flop than SACD. I can't imagine to many people are worried about it. If you are thats cool. These days everything plays from a streamer, PC, or phone usually. I built a music PC to keep all my CDs on and I can also purchase and play HD 24bit what ever if I want by just buying and downloading albums from say HD Tracks. So no need for SACD, HDCD, or Blu-Ray Audio. Also most of this "high res" content is upsampled and remastered, it may sound better to you but often when scrutinized on a spectrogram its full of noise and other issues so I don't get to excited about most of it.

They're not cd players...

@@dlarge6502 yeah it might be a DVD player but also has a CD player side to it, uses two lasers one for dvd and one for cd. Also it has a DAC in it and op-amps, etc. I repair all this stuff and they can be made better. That’s why people bring them to me to have upgrades to make them sound better. Better components and psu and your be shocked how much better it sounds. Believe it or not you can make a £300 CD player sound as good as a £3000 player.

@@michaelmitchell8218£300 cd player sound as good as a £3000 player for how much cost though? Recommended CD player for £100?