rctracy@uokvax.UUCP (05/16/84)
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uokvax!rctracy May 15 21:31:00 1984
My previous request for info on the Cerwin-Vega SW12B subwoofer
received such an overwhelming number of responses :-) that I've
decided to repeat the request (consider it done), and also ask
for opinions on the Hitachi DA-1000 CD player.
This one seems to have been out on the market for quite a while,
since I remember list prices in the $900 range when it first
appeared. One of the local "goodie" shops is now selling it
for $399, and I was wondering how it compared to, say, the
SLP 8 that I've seen priced at the same level in postings within
this group. Having auditioned this unit informally, I think I
can live with it, and it does look nice ("Look, Martha! We got
us another live one..." :-). Seriously, though... is there
something considerably better in a CD player in this price range,
or should I go for it?
Thanks in advance.
Bob Tracy
AT&T Technologies, Inc.
Network Systems
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...!duke!uok!uokvax!rctracyrfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (05/18/84)
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Allow me to quote Leonard Feldman in the Audio Magazine May, 1984
issue test of the Hitachi DA-800:
"Let me begin by stating in no uncertain terms that the DA-800 is
vastly superior in its performance and features to the first-
generation CD player, the DA-1000, offered by Hitachi more than a
year ago. The earlier model, one of the first players I tested,
proved to be so erratic that I had to ask for a second sample to
obtain satisfactory readings and reliable performance. Clearly,
Hitachi has learned a great deal about CD players since that first
attempt."
This seems to amply explain the current low price. On the other
hand, you <could> gamble that Hitachi finally fixed its problems
and you would get a good one. You might want to look up the
original test of the DA-1000. Its in the January, 1983 issue of
Audio available at your library (probably). That article ends
with the following Editor's note:
"This DA-1000 was a late preproduction unit built by hand instead
of on the line, and its measurements may possibly not be up to those
of actual production samples. We will test a production unit as
soon as possible and report any differences."
In the May, 1983 issue there is a short article on the second unit
tested which indicated that it worked ok (unlike the first) and
its "specs" were improved by at least an order of magnitude in
those categories reprinted. Maybe, just maybe, this is an ok
design that was "killed" by the bad initial review of a defective
unit. Then again,... good luck! hound!rfg