tchye nguyen Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) SOLD Item: Kenwood CD player LD 1 Location: Melbourne Price: $1400 Item Condition: Very Good. Reason for selling: Too many CD and CD Transport Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, COD Only, bank transfer Extra Info: This Kenwood CD player is very rare and hard to find had been service and not use much, it is in mint condition. This unit is 240 volt. This unit had IEC upgrade to use difference power cable. Plenty of info on the Net. Please search Kenwood LD 1 the vintage knob. This Kenwood model is built by Accuphase Engineer and Accuphase part, this model had a name of CD turntable, it has a claim to place on top of disc and disc is turn upside down when play. Please pm me or surf the Net for more info. This unit come with original box, original remote control. No manual. Very heavy, over 20kg. will donate after sale. Photos: Advertisements without photos of the actual item will not be approved. Edited October 16, 2019 by tchye nguyen Extra photos 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrovoice Interface. Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 This CD player is a keeper ...You would not buy an equivalent high quality player like this today for under 20K. The build quality is second to none with the feather touch motorised lid. I can vouch for the sound quality of this unit as I own a similar Deck the CDC -3500RG Denon I hope it goes to a Discerning Owner ....Maybe me :)........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 15, 2019 Share Posted October 15, 2019 (edited) I have owned this player myself as well as the Kenwood L1000 series. This player is very good as a transport as the dac is a little outdated but it has a very nice analogue sound similar to the Marantz CD94 & CD12 but better.It does need really good interconnects to make it shine.GLWTS Edited October 15, 2019 by Conrad1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Quiet...Listen Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, Conrad1970 said: I have owned this player myself as well as the Kenwood L1000 series. This player is very good as a transport as the dac is a little outdated but it has a very nice analogue sound similar to the Marantz CD94 & CD12 but better.It does need really good interconnects to make it shine.GLWTS Great CDP here guys! As far as it sounding better than a Marantz CD12 (still fetching $6K plus...) I very, very much doubt! GLWTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Be Quiet...Listen said: Great CDP here guys! As far as it sounding better than a Marantz CD12 (still fetching $6K plus...) I very, very much doubt! GLWTS! I had a CD12 too & the Kenwood is better but the CD12 has collectable value for what reason I don't know. Not everything more expensive has to sound better as it comes to personal taste but I can tell you the Kenwood is a very good sounding player. I had the matching LA-1 integrated amp & compared it to the Marantz PM95 which I also had at the time as I was the only person to have one in WA & I can tell you the Marantz PM95 in class A mode was better then the LA-1 but again not much better.Kenwood was at it's peak in sound quality when LA-1 & LD-1 was manufactured.Thanks Edited October 16, 2019 by Conrad1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Be Quiet...Listen Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, Conrad1970 said: I had a CD12 too & the Kenwood is better but the CD12 has collectable value for what reason I don't know. Not everything more expensive has to sound better as it comes to personal taste but I can tell you the Kenwood is a very good sounding player Hmmm... It’s a crazy, subjective hobby we have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchye nguyen Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) Great to hear we have people appreciate vintage audio. This unit is built by Accuphase and built like a tank. Very nice midrange. Selling due to paying for Wadia WT 2000s transport. Edited October 16, 2019 by tchye nguyen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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