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Technics CD Player SLP118

post #1 of 16
4/6/09 at 8:07am
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Was it a good CD Player? just wondering because there is 2 on ebay right now and I just bought one on ebay last month
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post #2 of 16
4/6/09 at 7:18pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118


Any idea what year it was made? Maybe I can look it up in my stockpile of old Audio Equipment Directories.

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Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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post #3 of 16
4/7/09 at 8:18am
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Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

1987
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post #4 of 16
4/7/09 at 9:15am

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118


It isn't listed in any Directory between 1986-89. I'm going hazard a guess that it came as part of a pre-packaged "rack system." A buddy of mine had such a system from Yamaha back in those days, all separate components, none of them appearing in the Audio Equipment Directories.

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Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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post #5 of 16
4/7/09 at 9:39am

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

From the looks of the picture of one on Ebay, it appears to be an average mid-80s entry level component CD player. Probably sounds OK. My big concern would be will it play CD-R and CD-RW.
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post #6 of 16
4/8/09 at 7:37am
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Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

It sounds great having trouble reading some CD-R CDR-W
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post #7 of 16
4/8/09 at 7:41am
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Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

Is Technics a good brand?
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post #8 of 16
4/8/09 at 7:46am

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

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Originally Posted by vintagestuff
Is Technics a good brand?
Like all brands, there are some things they do well, some not so well. In general Technics stuff is middle of the road, nothing special, but not bad either. As far as entry level turntables (i.e. under $200) they are IMO the best out there, nothing else even comes close. I have a DVD-A10 DVD-Audio/CD player from them which is very highly regarded.
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post #9 of 16
5/10/09 at 6:24am
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Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

There is even some store bought CDS it won't read
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post #10 of 16
5/10/09 at 9:37pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

Technics was part of Matsushita, the parent company of Panasonic. Not sure when the Technics brand name folded up, though.

I had a Technics CD player way back in 1986 or 1987, it was squared-shaped, like a record player, in fact I stacked my Technics linear-tracking turntable on top of the CD player back then since they had the same footprint.
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post #11 of 16
5/10/09 at 11:18pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

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Originally Posted by Philip Hamm
Like all brands, there are some things they do well, some not so well. In general Technics stuff is middle of the road, nothing special, but not bad either. As far as entry level turntables (i.e. under $200) they are IMO the best out there, nothing else even comes close. I have a DVD-A10 DVD-Audio/CD player from them which is very highly regarded.

Yeah I would even say they're above average.
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post #12 of 16
5/12/09 at 1:14pm
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Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

Why won't it read some store bought cds won't read burned at all tried cleaning it took it all apart still didn't help.
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post #13 of 16
5/12/09 at 1:40pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

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Why won't it read some store bought cds
Maybe because it's over 20 years old?
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won't read burned at all
IIR many early CD players had a hard time reading CDRs, because there wasn't any such thing then...

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Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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post #14 of 16
5/13/09 at 7:04pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

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Originally Posted by vintagestuff
Is Technics a good brand?

The best for producing vinyl decks, notably Technics 1210 MK2. I have only ever purchased Technics and Pioneer CD players, CDJ 800's which are amazing, but I am into mixing and DJ'ing so it's not suitable for everyone.
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post #15 of 16
5/18/09 at 5:37am

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Originally Posted by Patrick Sun
Technics was part of Matsushita, the parent company of Panasonic. Not sure when the Technics brand name folded up, though.
The Technics brand is alive and well in the pro DJ market, and I think even current mass-market turntables are branded Technics.
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post #16 of 16
5/18/09 at 9:17pm

Re: Technics CD Player SLP118

It makes me wonder if Quasar is still making stuff as well (they used to also be a product line under the Matsushita umbrella).
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