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ldfan
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Post subject: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 05 Aug 2020, 19:37 |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2014, 05:59 Posts: 1459 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Has thanked: 425 times Been thanked: 533 times
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I was surfing the web and accidentally came upon a 97 for sale that was a late production run w/ a factory installed AC3-RF output. Seller wants $2000 for it. Here is the link.... https://www.etsy.com/listing/829270988/ ... jEQAvD_BwEAnyway, here is a pic of the back panel and it looks great (couldn't tell it was added later except for the labeling in white). I would love to see how the AC3 board looks like but I assume it's similar to the one used in the CLD-D515.
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Post subject: Re: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 06 Aug 2020, 09:10 |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2019, 18:26 Posts: 569 Location: UK Has thanked: 258 times Been thanked: 237 times
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substance wrote: For that much money, I would look for a McIntosh MLD-7020 or two. Genuine question but are there any visible/audible differences between the CLD-97 & MLD-7020, or is it more of a cosmetic preference? I came close to purchasing a fully refurbished mint example of the JP version of the 97 around the time I bought my X-9 and as someone who prefers a smoother more analog looking image always thought a 97 or 7020 could satisfy this preference?
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odotb3
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Post subject: Re: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 06 Aug 2020, 12:53 |
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Joined: 27 Jul 2014, 20:59 Posts: 298 Location: North London Has thanked: 79 times Been thanked: 97 times
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substance wrote: For that much money, I would look for a McIntosh MLD-7020 or two. 100%
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 08 Aug 2020, 05:44 |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2014, 05:59 Posts: 1459 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Has thanked: 425 times Been thanked: 533 times
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I'm so happy I purchased the majority of my players back in the early 2000's. It's really ridiculous how much I see people trying to sell their players these days (especially the lower end models which I feel for the most part should be no more than $25 - $50 in my opinion ). Anyway, I lucked out w/ my CLD-97 a year ago or so by getting it for a total of $400 ($250 for the player and $150 for cosmetic parts that were missing) and it also had a front door that wasn't broken . It doesn't have an AC3-RF out just yet but I'll get it modded @ some point (still might add an internal RF Demodulator once I research if there is enough room inside for it).
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Post subject: Re: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 08 Aug 2020, 12:44 |
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odotb3 wrote: I remember looking for 97's on Ebay about 5 or 6 years ago and they were all going for around $200 to max $500. I paid $400 for my 95 about 4 years back but was about $600 with shipping. I paid £1800 for my x9 which I felt was a good price at the time. Thinking back maybe I should've bought a couple more 97's. I paid similar for my X9 also, came fully serviced and still looks like it just came out of the box from new. Only thing is that the remote is (I think) from an S9 so unable access every single function, therefore would love to get hold of an original if possible but they never seem to come up, also like yourself I'd dearly love to own a 97 or the 959 JP version at some point!
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Post subject: Re: Pioneer, CLD-97, with a factory installed AC3-RF output Posted: 09 Aug 2020, 08:18 |
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Joined: 28 Jun 2019, 18:26 Posts: 569 Location: UK Has thanked: 258 times Been thanked: 237 times
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odotb3 wrote: Theres a guy who sells them on ebay in the UK, we probably both got it from the same guy. Luckily mine came with the correct remote. Only problem was the tray broke in transit. Like the M holders, Pioneer used some very brittle plastic for the tray. It sometimes takes a couple tries for it to open which I can live with. First time I powered it on and ejected the tray, all the little broken bits of plastic was sitting on top of it. There was a south Korean guy on ebay selling Laserdisc parts and he quoted me £300 for just the tray off his broken x9. Didnt think it was worth it. £300! if it is the same UK seller I've always found his packaging top notch so you must have been really unlucky, having said that I sold an R7G to a buyer in Italy a while ago meticulously packed and double boxed yet when he unpacked and tested it the thing had obviously been dropped somewhere in transit with the pickup knocked completely out of alignment - he shipped it back to me and fortunately I was able to completely correct the problem as luckily nothing was physically broken so I sold it as collection only vowing to myself never to ship a LD player ever again....cost me a lot of money and unnecessary stress!
_________________ Pioneer HLD-X9/CLD-925/CLD-2950 OPPO BDP-105D EU ARCAM AVR-600 JVC DLA-X7000BE Lumagen Radiance 2144
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