Description: Portable "Discman" player (CD equivalent of Walkman tape player). Frequency response: 20Hz–20kHz +1/–3dB. THD: 0.008%. Dynamic range: 90dB at 1kHz. Outputs: line 1.6V RMS into 10k ohms; headphone 30mW/ch into 32 ohms. Power source: 9V adaptor (supplied), 6V lead-acid battery pack (supplied), 8 AA cells in battery case (optional), or car battery cord (optional). Supplied accessories: carrying case, shoulder strap, signal cable (stereo mini to two RCA phono); headphones not supplied.
Dimensions: 1.25" (31.5mm) by 5" (127mm) by 5.25" (132.5mm) (overall). Weight: 510gm.
Price: $300 (1986); no longer available (2016).
Source: Reviewer purchase.
Manufacturer: Sony Corporation of America, Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ 07656 (1986); Sony Electronics Inc., 16530 Via Esprillo, San Diego, CA 92127. Tel: (858) 942-2400. (2016). Web: www.sony.com.
 | |||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||
COMMENTS
Still decent sound through my AKG K-271s or my Sennheiser HD-380s. It beats watching Flea Market Flip, Horders, or Walking Dead reruns which my wife is into these days. Chip and Joanna are pretty good at flipping houses. I know...a sad life.
jimtavegia, which "2 newer" Sonys do you use? Over the last few years I put together a small collection of Discmans but at the end of the day I listen to this little gem. Reading through this review I had a tinny background voice chanting "little did he know"(with nice Brit accent like from the movie "Stranger than Fiction"). Who could have imagined that in a few years even Linn and Naim start making CD players, but by that same time Sony gets into the race of making the cheapest Discmans. Portables like D-5, D-25, D-555 will be forgotten and outbid by digital shock protection and, eventually, by MP3.
| Loudspeakers Amplification Digital Sources | |
Analog Sources Accessories Featured | |
Music Columns Retired Columns | |
Show Reports | |
Features Latest News Community | |
Resources Subscriptions |
© 2024 Stereophile
