Sony PS1 + Magnavox/Philips NOS TDA1543 CDP Mod

 A revival of interest in CDs is imminent, sparked by Pope Francis' recent visit to a mom and pop record store in Rome.😉

from djmag.com

JVC CD Players from the Thrift Store

Since my last CD player upload, I've acquired these three JVC CD players. It is stacked from the bottom to the top sonically according to yours truly. 😎

Magnavox CDB465 Mods > TDA1541 DAC Kit > Arcam Delta Black Box

Thrift Store CD Players for Red Book Aficionados

Multi-bit CD players

When I started using and hacking Dynakit tube equipment, they were about 25 years old on average. During that same time frame, I bought my first CD player which was fitted with the Philips cutting-edge TDA1541 16-bit DAC chip. 

Magnavox CDB473 and Philips TDA1541

With barely 400 CDs and just a handful of SACDs and DVD-As in my collection, I didn't invest heavily on silver discs as much as I did on LPs. Likewise, I've spent much less on digital playback hardware.