Re: Magnovox CD Model# FD2040SL12

"EADGBE" <hwbosshoss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> It is indeed a Philips player (only one "L").
>
> I still have my Magnavox CDB 650, which was their top of the line
> player at the time.
>
> I still have an old issue of Audio magazine that proclaimed the CDB
> 650 to be the best CD player they had ever tested, at any price range.
>
> Mine still works great and sounds great.  I also have a CDB 560, which
> is also an excellent player.  I picked it up a couple of months ago
> for 10 bucks.
>
> The Philips players made in Belgium are among some of the best
> bargains in home audio.  Many of the high-end European players of the
> day used the same chipset as these old Magnavox players.
>
> My honest opinion is that the Magnavox CD player you found can
> probably stomp your DVD player into the ground, soundwise.  Keep it.

I a Magnavox in my garage that I haven't used in about 10 years. It was 
working when I put it up. I suppose it still does. The build quality was 
quite good. Inside, the laser positioning uses a voice coil type actuator,

like a hard disk. It was one of the original 4X oversampling players (when

they could only reliably build 14 bit D/A converters; they used the 
oversampling to get the two additional bits -- and they were real bits as 
opposed to the "marketing bits" generated by most 16 bit parallel
converters 
of that vintage).

I think the thing weighs about 10 lbs. I finally replaced it with a 1-bit 
64X Sony deck. I think the Sony does sound better than the 1984 technology

device, although the inside of the Sony is nearly empty, and the disk
drive 
looks like the same lead-screw design that they use in computer drives.