Hi interest buyers and collectors,
First, i am new to stereo2go so i wanted to take this opportunity to reach people here in these website since its only fair to reach more people globaly. Well, i want you to know that my goal is accurately describe an item with all sincerity. I have a Sony discman which is considered the "King of all discmans" from peers, forums, and research. I think i have a discman that everyone wants and desire to have in there hands or in there collection. Everything including box is in excellent condition. In addition, its 'Brand New' Sony Discman D555 along with proof of purchase receipt in early 1990's from authorize dealer.
I know you all understand that finding this player in working condition and with box in good condition is well. Please look at the pictures. It is rare to find one of these maybe a year or more on ebay and thats optimistic. This is a opportunity for someone to own certainly one of the MOST DESIRABLE AND BEYOND TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION walkman ever made by Sony. PM me with "reasonable" offers. If you are paying in GBP or EURO you are buying in USD at a HUGE BARGAIN. Please make offers in "YOUR" currency.
The D-555 was the first Discman to employ 8 times oversampling. This method of CD playback reduced the amount of digital “noise” that could enter the analogue stages and resulted in a purer sound than was obtainable by conventional means. Sony’s own CXD2551 digital filter was used, feeding two Burr Brown PCM66P digital to analogue converter (DAC) chips. This arrangement would have been a high specification for a domestic machine but in applying it to a Discman Sony demonstrated how serious they were about portable audio. On top of this, they also included one of the first “Digital Signal Processors” (DSP) to be seen in a consumer product. The functions of the DSP were shown on an extra LCD on top of the machine and included a programmable 5 band graphic equaliser, digital surround sound and various other enhancement options. The volume control was also implemented digitally and this had its own display section too. On normal playback the DSP displays became a peak programme meter and both the DSP display on the top and the track display on the front were illuminated in orange when an external power source was used. Text copyright © Walkman Central. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.
The D-555 was also unique at the time in offering an optical digital output. This could be used to connect the player to an external DAC, a digital amplifier, a Digital Audio Tape (DAT) recorder or later a MiniDisc recorder like the MZ-1. Text copyright © Walkman Central. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.The D-555 was produced at a time when the personal compact disc player was still considered a luxury item. The situation would change in the next few years and soon such machines would be reduced to the status of a more common commodity. This precluded the production of further extravagant technology statements like the D-Z555, it is most unlikely that their like will be seen again.
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