Sony CDP-R10
(1992 - 1996+)

Ultra-ultra-ultra rare.
Received not only a Coty award but the Golden Sound distinction for 1993 ! Quite a few other awards, too, but as for many other superlative Sony units... nobody knows about it. Or nobody is willing to.

The CDP-R10 drive took on a very old idea : the Fixed Pickup Mechanism - introduced by Sony in... 1982 in the first commercially available CD player (CDP-5000), reintroduced here and later in 1994 with the CDP-XA7ES and CDP-X5000 and later again in the SCD-1 and SCD-777ES. The CDP-R10 was launched as a commemorative model to celebrate CD's 10th anniversary so, at least, here, this new/old/new surprise makes sense.

Sony's original Twin Link System was retained, albeit in an "S" upgraded version.

Production run is anybody's guess - probably no more than 100.

At 2,000,000 with the DAS-R10, Sony made these as showpieces available on order only. The CDP and DAS-R10 thus did not put to oblivion the previous CDP-R1a and DAS-R1a and both combos remained available together for a couple of years.

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