On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 03:48:12 -0700, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

It was the 303, I believe. Don't remember the alpha prefix.

I remember when it came out ca. 1986 (?). It was the first CD player that got
grudgingly favorable reviews.

That was about the same time that the Denon DCD 1500 came out, with
more than grudgingly favorable reviews.

Oddly, the first CD player with any wide acceptance among
anti-digital audiophiles was a not-very-expensive Yamaha.

Untrue again.