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Offered here is a mint like new top of the line Sony Elevated Standard CD player, the X77ES.It comes with everything, the original box with packing materials, remote, and operators manual.Also included are numerous reviews of the CD player. You will not find one in better condition withso little use! This is being sold by a CD player collector and would be great for anyone especiallycollectors! The original owner was from Bethesda, MD. He was a computer technology consultant.The Sony CDP 77ES came from a non smoking, no pets, no kids home. This was the flagship model for a year or two. It was not bought new until the LATE 1990s-owner said it may even have been as late as 2002.? It was used a fair amount, but only for 3-5 years. It was packed away in 2005, and was not used again till 2019. The current owner had a very large collection of CD players used in rotation. Hence, this CD player has had very little use since new! The optical and digital connections are great for use with a DAC.? Needless to say it sounds wonderfulas good if not better than the earlier SONY CDP 707ESD. There are no scratches at all and wood sides are perfect. It is in literally mint like new condition.See photos! The CD player was taken to Sound World of Appleton in October of 2019. The unit was cleaned, lubricated, and operations were all inspected. The loading drive belt was replaced. Chassis grounds were tightened. Laser was checked and was perfect and tracking was perfect as well. Excerpts from a review: With Sonys latest flagship single-box player ($1700), we find yet another variant on 1-bit D/A technology—High Density Linear Converter, or HDLC. At the heart of this Pulse Length Modulation (footnote 1) D/A technique is Sonys CXD-2552 Pulse D/A converter (two per channel in complementary mode in the CDP-X77ES). This complex LSI chip incorporates a third-order noise shaper, the PLM converter, and a digital sync circuit receiving its input from the system clock. Preceding the Pulse D/A converter is an additional CXD-1244 noise-shaping digital filter which performs the initial oversampling; combined with the filtration within the Pulse D/A itself, the total oversampling rate is 64x. A third-order, high-pass analog filter at the output converts the PLM pulse train into an analog signal. In addition to exceptional linearity, Sony claims that this converter achieves a dynamic range of 124 dB. Impressive, but perhaps a moot point; the dynamic range of the signal coming off of a CD is limited to 96–100dB by the basic limitations of the CD system itself (16 bits times just over 6dB per bit). Most of the features of the CDP-X77ES are controlled from the supplied remote. Sony has its own variation on FTS, dubbed Custom File, and their own Shuffle Play. With Custom Edit you can determine the best way to fit selections onto a cassette when dubbing your CDs. A digital fade feature is also available—it fades the current selection to silence and puts the player in pause. Unbalanced fixed and variable outputs are provided (the latter not controllable from the remote, but via a front-panel potentiometer—which also controls the headphone output), as are balanced outputs. Coaxial and optical digital outputs are also found on the rear panel. The CDP-X77ES has a solid, substantial feel and look which seem more than skin deep. Everything about its physical appearance and feel says expensive in no uncertain terms, from its gloriously smooth and quiet drawer action to the feel of its controls. (The only tacky touch was the artificial wood-grain over particle-board end caps—though the grain and finish were first-rate.) The action was smooth and silent. The Inside Story?: The external visible quality of the Sony continues with its internal appearance. The case is jammed full of multi-layered, multi-sided boards with good-quality parts visible throughout. The two large transformers are located well away from the rest of the circuitry. Two other small transformers near the balanced outputs clearly are used to drive the latter. The weight of the X77 is reflected in whats inside. Sound Quality: ?The first CD player I owned was Sonys original CDP 101. That machine took a lot of heat in audiophile circles for its sound quality—much of it justified, if my experience was at all typical. But there were a lot of things that player manufacturers still had to learn in 1983. They havent been standing still, least of all Sony. Their latest single-box flagship—the CDP-X77ES—is a convincing demonstration of their progress. The X77 was the most vibrant, luscious-sounding player of the five models I reviewed this month. (The others were the CAL Aria Mk. III, NAD 5000, Mod Squad Prism, and Philips LHH500.) Vocal and instrumental timbres were rich, full, and fluid. Perspectives were just a bit on the forward side, enough to give the sound an appealing thereness without jumping into your lap. Textures were smooth and grainless. Detail was there in abundance, yet never jumped out and demanded that the listener pay attention. Bass was full and deep, shading toward softness rather than driving tautness and was tops in extension and solidity. With the Sony, I was immediately impressed by its smooth, relaxed detail and complete absence of the usual (and thankfully becoming less usual) digital artifacts. Sound staging was consistently good. Vocal reproduction was consistently in the top rank. And, digital glare was minimal. The Sony will be a powerful attraction to those who want to have their subjective cake and the objective icing to go with it—its performance on the test bench was nothing short of stunning. The more I listened to it, the better I liked it. It draws this listener into the music in a way that the other players do not. And theres not much more besides that that needs to be said. A few features: • HDLC converter system• 2x 50MHz Pulse D/A (CXD-2552)• 8fs / 45Bit digital filter (CXD-1244)• Multi-stage Noise Shaping• Direct Digital Sync• Super Servo III• AL base unit (BU-1D + KSS-280A)• Gibraltar tray• Frame and Beam chassis• Accousticaly Sealed Tray• Copper-plated chassis • Non-magnetic rigid aluminum top cover• analogue and digital dedicated transformers• Ceramic feet• coaxial/optical digital outputs• fixed/variable analog outputs• balanced outputs Almost 40 LB! It is heavy. Unit will be carefully packed and shipped by our UPS STORE. ****************************************************************** I am a collector of vintage high end CD players. I have others some of which are also available for sale. I am getting older and decided to slim down my collection of players. I hate to sell this as it is an amazing sounding, rare CD player. Please check my other items for sale and follow me as I will be listing other players for sale down the road. See list below. If you see any you are interested in, message me, and Ill list it for you on eBay: CD PLAYERS: Sony CDP 101 NOS, 111, 7F, 650 version I, 650 version II, 701ES, 705ES modded, 707ESD modded, 3100, D500SDA modded, X7ESD, X77ES, X777ES, X779ES, X5000, XB930E U.K. SE, Conrad Johnson SD-1, and Pioneer PD 91.
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