Sold - Philips cd880 vintage high end cd player

Description

The Philips CD880 not only offers excellent sound quality, ease of use and extensive display facilities, it also has number of unique features, such as rapid access to any point on a disc and the possibility of direct programming.
In addition, the tracks on the disc or in a program can be played in random order. This player also has various repeat functions and has the facility for connecting a timer.
Favourite track selection allows you to store your favourite selection of music for each of your discs in the player's permanent memory.
Finally, when making recordings of your compact discs, the CD880 can automatically insert a 3-second pause between tracks, which is useful if your cassette player has track seeking facilities.
Digital converter: TDA1541A-S1, 16 bit, 4 x oversampling
CD Mechanism: CDM-1 Mk II


Frequency response: 2Hz to 20kHz



Dynamic range: 96dB



Digital outputs: coaxial, optical



Dimensions: 420 x 104 x 363mm



Weight: 10.3kg



Condition 7.5/10 due to age 

Price : sold to nice gentleman 


Alan Penang jelutong

Philips CD880 player with TDA1541A chip

Made circa 1989 in Belgium, the LAST product from Philips that was heavy, solid, well made and with high end pretensions. 
From 880 on - it was steep downhill for the giant from Eindhoven.
The whole splendour since then was 100% reserved for their daughter company Marantz. 
What a shame, that Philips did not keep their R&D and manufacturing ability. After CDM1 mechanism and TDA1541A chip, their last components of highest standard were TDA1549 DAC and CDM9.  Amen.



PCB - it is very bizzare. I saw 100 PCB's from Philips from before the CD 880 and they all looked alike, more or less. You could detect similarities in Autocad, laminate color, part selection and power supply and grounding solutions. I also saw 100 PCB's from AFTER te 880 and they looked similar to each other. But the 880 is ODD. It is unlike any other PCB. Unlike the Marantz as well.
If anything, it resembles the SONY 227 ESD. Anyway - a nice PCB, better than older Philipse


 
This must be one of the rarest Philips on Earth. Almost impossible to get. Although not nearly as impossible as the LHH Philips  line, especially the LHH2000.
When I got it - I could not believe my eyes!
This is THE ULTIMATE Philips  or what !!!
Is it the best of them all ???
With cast chassis frame, copper floor with three layers, heavy duty parts all over, Philips CDM1-Mk2 mechanism, and TDA1541A-QS1 chip - WHAT A GEM.

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