Denon DCD-1800

Denon DCD-1800R

1 9 8 3 1983
1 9 8 4 1984

Denon's first howebrew consumer CD player - first of a long line of very successful and massively built players !

Three winding off the transformer separately feed the drive/servo, analog amp and digital display.

D>A conversion is of the Super Linear Converter kind (*patent pending) : the error detection correction is placed outside but parallel to the signal path.

The drive is named Linear Drive Tracer (*patent pending) and it is à la Philips : radial swing arm, diecast assembly and Toshiba laser block.
This drive is however finicky and not a Philips import : far more complex.

Rapidly updated as DCD-1800R.

Denon DCD-1800, image 1 Denon DCD-1800, image 2
Denon DCD-1800 specifications
Title Value
Frequency response : 5Hz...20Khz (±0,5dB)
Dynamic range : 95dB
S/N ratio : 96dB or greater
THD : 0,003% (1Khz)
Wow & flutter : ±0,001% (weighted peak)
Rated output : 2V rms
Lens drive : 2-dimensional parallel drive
PC : 28W
Dimensions : 46,4 x 11 x 37,2cm (incl. sideburns)
Weight : 9,5kg.
note: sideburns are optional for EU models
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