Inside Classic Audio

Philips acquired Marantz in 1980 to try to broaden their appeal to the high end audio market.  This opened an interesting period that covere...

The Philips CD150 was one of the first cheaper CD players that Philips made.  This player was released in 1985; CD players were no longer ne...

The CD17 is a mid to high end CD player that Marantz released at the end of the 90's.  It marked a downward change in the quality of Mar...

The Mission PCM7000 is a player I've already mentioned in this blog; it's the direct predecessor to the Mission PCM2.  The main diff...

I was quite excited when one of these came up for auction, they're not a particularly common player here in New Zealand.  The Philips CD...

Sorry about the lack of posts recently, I've been occupied with setting up a group buy for my low jitter clock, as well as working on so...

The Marantz CD72 is the top model in the CDx2 line.  This product is from the era where Marantz was owned by Philips, and hence it uses many...