Teac DL-700
Laser Sound Disc Player
(1983)

Extra-rare Teac CD player which I always thought wasn't produced ! It was but distribution must've been really discrete and quite probably limited to very few markets - read: Germany and/or France only.

Originally presented in Japan (october 1982) then in Paris (march 1983) with dark control pads and lighter surrounding area but produced the other way around ; otherwise identical. I have no original catalog for this player and don't think there ever was one printed... The image above comes from a may 1983 Audio (DE) magazine reporting on the march Paris Audio Fair.

Surprising fact: the DL-700 is a straight rebadge of NEC's CD-803. Yes !

Teac famed X-1 and X-1s were for... finally not that long after the DL-700.