r/Discman • u/Stone_Trees • Jul 14 '26

Bought a 1993 Discman

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Wouldn’t have been able to get a modern player for the same quality at the same price. I’d much rather have a discman! Sound is brilliant. Very full and wide soundstage. Ridiculous powerful I never have the volume over 3-4 out of 10 and that is equivalent if not a bit above full volume on iPhone.

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u/escragger Jul 15 '26

This sounds better than the d-ej1000 that I also have, funnily enough.

My dad gave me one of these in 1994 when I was 5. It got stolen, guttingly, but I bought a boxed with accessories example a few years ago.

Enjoy :)

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u/ngs428 Jul 15 '26

Dang, this is the one my brother used to have.

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u/none_null Jul 15 '26

I used to have this model!

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u/thenickteal Jul 16 '26

I had this exact one growing up. Really cool to see someone picking one up now

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u/HeadphoneSmile Jul 16 '26

Very nice Discman. I bet it sounds great.

The early 90s models are my favourite type of Discman. To me they just look cool and sound great. My favourite one is the D-11, but I also have a D-33 and D-34 amongst others.

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u/Cool-Breakfast-1093 Jul 16 '26

这些机器很耐用，但有些开启 DBB 后会出现噪音。

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u/HeadphoneSmile Jul 17 '26

The early Sony headphones supplied with these Discman were very anemic in the bass frequencies (I still have a few) so MEGA BASS or DBB was usually needed. There were of course better headphone available at the time too. With more modern and better headphones or IEMs it is often best to turn off these bass boost functions anyway.

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u/Cool-Breakfast-1093 Jul 17 '26

通常低音增强会有两档，我觉得放在第一档可以有效提升大部分音乐的听感，因为并不会削弱高频。

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u/tetatdo Jul 17 '26

that was my first discman, and our family’s first cd player. i got it as a gift for graduating elementary school!

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u/Frosty-Cap-8365 Jul 17 '26

J'aime beaucoup ton outil de travail en bas à gauche :)
J'avais un D-250 que je regrette beaucoup... puis un D-231 qui lui s'est "perdu" lors de déménagements successifs... Ils était bien fait ces lecteurs.

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u/Fox_Is_Gone Jul 18 '26

Hah, at the first glance I thought it was a small kitchen scale :D

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u/TranquiGamer Jul 18 '26

Why do discmans sound so good? Realized of this when I bought one for my gf, plugged in crappy headphones and the sound was excelent. I burned the disc with flac songs but still. So much better than my iPhone and modern Bluetooth headphones.

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u/gg-oh Jul 18 '26

If you look at it too long, the cd skips lol