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From: ins_ashs@jhunix.UUCP (Scott H. Seidman)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: "Diskman" CD's real?
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Date: Mon, 18-Nov-85 18:31:53 EST
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> Has anyone in netland seen a "Diskman" style CD player besides the
> Sony in a stereo store? I see ads, spec sheets, reviews, etc. for portable
> CD players by Technics and Yamaha, but can find none.  A local "catalog
> showroom" has a Technics CD player (NOT the D-5) listed in its catalog, but
> not in stock ("We expect them to be delivered REAL SOON NOW").
> 
> Have there been problems with production?  I know that the Sony D-5 is too
> sensitive to vibration to be truly a portable.
> 
> If anyone has actually used a "Diskman" style CD player as a portable, I would
> be interested in your review.  I want to use one for skiing (downhill in
> the white stuff...the  only kind of real skiing).

Friends of mine do have the Diskman. (deluxe is about 240 bucks)
They do not use them as portables. They use them as a part
of their system, and have been extremely satisfied