DENON DCD-3500G Top of the Line CD player from the Golden Age of Audio
- Condition: Used
- Price: 581.24 EUR
- Status: sold
- Item number: 326372820335
- Seller: springfieldtrp (2149|100.0%)
- Seller information: non commercial
- Item location: Short Hills, New Jersey
- Ships to: US
- Shipping: 120,0 EUR
- on EBAY
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Description
Here is a CD player that even after 35 years can still compete with modern day players. This is the DENON DCD-3500G which was last made in the early 1990s as a cost-no-object model. Weighing in at over 47 lb. ! this unit is literally built like a battle tank. Super heavy chasis which is copper plated, huge dual power supplies for analog and digital sections of the circuitry, 20-bit conversion which was the state-of-the-art when designed. I have had the top-of-the-line CD players from Krell, Musical Fidelity, Sony and Yamaha over the past many years and this Denon is in the same league. Has the ultra rare original remote that has volume control making the need for a pre-amp stage unnecessary, you can run the RCA variable output jacks directly into your power amp. It also has RCA line out jacks (not variable) and even balanced outputs (not variable). It is in overall excellent condition. Please see the many close up pictures posted. Complete with an original user manual for the DCD-3560 model which is identical internally and functionally but has a black faceplate and does not have the super heavy wooden enclosure on top and the super heavy brass feet. Also comes with the original catalog of the Denon line IN ENGLISH (which is very hard to find and cost me $50 alone) which features the DCD-3520 (also same as the DCD-3500G and goes into great depth and detail regarding the internal circuitry and build. This is a 100V Japan market unit so I will include a 120V to 100V step down transformer for free (which is pictured). No original box or packing so I would rather not ship this. It can be picked up near zip code 07078 in NJ. I can drive to possibly meet you if within 50 miles for each of us. If need be I will ship but this will be costly. Estimate $80 for ground shipment to East of the Mississippi River and $120 for west of it. The best price out there for a unit in this excellent condition and with remote is about $800 now. I paid over $1,000 for this including tax and shipping from Japan and that was many years ago. Sell for $599 or best offer. No returns so ask questions. No warranty stated nor implied but guaranteed to work out of the box. For a spec sheet please see by typing this into your browser: audio-database DENON DCD-3500 PLEASE NOTE THAT IT IS STATED IN THE SPEC SHEET ABOVE THAT: It is equipped with a memory backup function, and you can timer play from your favorite music for about 2 days even when the power is turned off. FOR FULL DISCLOSURE: Interestingly I did not know this for the years I owned this player. I thought it had an issue because when a CD is loaded for the first time it reads and stores the CD content into memory allowing you to then quickly play the same CD within a few days. The price you pay for this is that it takes the unit up to a few minutes to read the entire disc and then store it into memory. Thus, when you load your CD you will need to wait a while before it will actually play. If this is not for you then do not purchase this unit. But the music it makes is just incredible. As a test if you view the last few pictures I had loaded a CD that wasnt played for years. I then timed it, it took 20 seconds for the CD to enter memory and then begin playing. I then ejected it and loaded it and played it again. This second time it took about 10 seconds. Again, if this is not for you please do not purchase. Please also see my other Ebay listings one of which is a SONY CDP-XA5es.
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