Philips CD 50 . . .

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I recently got one of these and was impressed by how clean the unit is. It uses the "legendary" 1541 DAC (maybe the last application) and a swing-arm laser.

Now, I'm trying to decide what is the "magical sound of the 1541" and what has gotten old. The sound is very smooth, almost sleepy, with a rounded-edge sound. It sounds like a unit made for classical rather than anything with a hard-driving tempo.

I found a NOS Pro-ject 1543 DAC which I now use.

So, what should be done to a typical 30-year-old cd player? Any recommended shops who would bring the unit back to its stock sound without going "full mod" at a higher cost.

Words of wizdom?

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Topic - Philips CD 50 . . . - Billy Wonka 10:40:21 09/05/20 (4)

RE: Philips CD 50 . . . - dogwan 00:11:09 09/08/20 (1)

Huge THANKS! That's a lot to chew on. * - Billy Wonka 14:27:11 09/12/20 (0)

RE: Philips CD 50 . . . - Coner 12:43:32 09/05/20 (1)

RE: Philips CD 50 . . . - Story 15:37:38 09/05/20 (0)

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