1983 review of Sony’s first-ever CD player unearthed: hindsight’s a beautiful thing

Here’s a little bit of color for you. The gang at Retro Thing have brought our attention to a republished 1983 Stereophile review of the Sony CDP-101, the first-ever CD player. The results were that the audio quality was promising but not stellar, and the $1,000 (!) cost of entry for the device made it even less alluring.

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1983 review of Sony’s first-ever CD player unearthed: hindsight’s a beautiful thing

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