Denon DCD S-1 player, is this one rare or what...

[Blackmore]

Have you ever tried one? Looks like siriouse 20kg shit to me, isnt?

[Salt Peanuts]

Oooo, top-loader. Me likely top-loader.

I know nothing about the player except that it was Denon's top of the line player in '94 and it cost 500,000 JPY at the time.

[Fungi]

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[Blackmore]

And here is his big brother Denon DP S-1, HOLLY SHMOLLY:o

[Knuckledragger]

Damn, dude. That second one is gorgeous.

[Aura]

Damn, dude. That second one is gorgeous.

x2

The aesthetic force is strong with that one...

[Duggeh]

Dare I utter that I think they're both fugly? Particularly the second one.

[grawk]

I like the first more than the second

[Blackmore]

Now I see where that alien stuff are comming from

And here is his big brother Denon DP S-1, HOLLY SHMOLLY:o

[Sherwood]

I definitely like the first one more.

Why did more CD players not have digital in? Surely we are not the only subset of audiophilia that likes DACs, right?

[spritzer]

Dare I utter that I think they're both fugly? Particularly the second one.

Compared to the Sony R's they indeed are. Me want a Sony CDP/DAS-R10...

[Sherwood]

More cd players seem to be coming out with digital inputs nowadays, though.

A welcome change. I've heard the argument that "they want you to buy the DAC too", but that's silly. The 840c has absolutely exploded on the market, in large part because of the balanced capability and the digital in at a hotly contested price point. You can't tell me that some other companies wouldn't like to make that money, as well (I'm looking at you, Rega.)

[Tachikoma]

It uses 4 x PCM1702

From what I've read about it on diyaudio, the output stage is supposed to be somewhat poorly done and should be modded

[grawk]

The reasoning is probably that it unnecessarily complicates the design for a feature that until recently no one was clambering for.

[deepak]

My favorite looking CDPs:

Oracle beastie

SimAudio Andromeda

[HiWire]

I like the Simaudio Andromeda the best out of these pics... the SuperNova also looks pretty good.

[wrecked_porsche]

I just happened to come across a Denon DCD-S1 CD player going for slightly under $2k in my country, so if anyone wants this CDP, then do let me know and I'll try to help you out as best as I can.