NTTY

The hobby side of music reproduction can be a soulful and emotive thing too, you know. I couldn't care less what this forum is...

it’s impossible not to like Accuphase.

Flo, thank you for your effort and wonderfull written review, I enjoyed it.

And BTW the Accuphase DP-75 in 2000 sold for a cool $ 11k. https://www.stereophile.com/content/accuphase-dp-75v-cd-player-specifications

At a small fraction of the cost, the SMSL PL200 of today offers way better measurements and a comparable (at least on the outside) build...

I'm not sure what its price would be equivalent to in today's money. But I'd say it was out of reach for most people!

If you bought the Accuphase new in 1987 you'd have had 38 years of service out of it and it's still working to spec even now. Added to...

The 1980s were the true Golden Age of hi-fi, if you had the money. I didn't. Thanks for the review, very interesting and informative. I...

Thank you @NTTY for this work. I imagine the Accuphase managers saying to the engineers at the time "Go ahead and create the best CD...

Thank you very much for that fantastic review which reminded me that sooner or later I have to make my 80s Accuphase system dream come true!

With respect, I think you've missed the point here... At my age now, I can look at an SMSL box (SU1 in my case) and it does the job I...

They look similar to me but difficult to compare.

A brand new DP-450 is around £4K GBP so about that I'd guess. It's a lot but when you consider you'll likely get 40 years use out of it...

Reading this review put a smile on my face. It’s great how much care and joy you put into both the testing and the write-up. Thank you!

Speechless! Thank you for your elaborate and eloquent review.