Hitachi DA-1000 - Eighties-tastic Japanese CD Playing Madness!

In this video, Mike and David beam back to 1982, to see if the first generation of CD players were as good - or as bad, depending on your point of view - as people said they were.
This is done by comparing David's mint Hitachi DA-1000 CD player with the latest Chord Hugo TT2/M Scaler. The difference is big, but not quite as huge as you'd think!
The guys reckon this slice of hi-fi history is quite a special thing - and what's not to love about its eighties-tastic Knight Rider display panel? 'Yes Michael', indeed!
Each episode of Hi-Fi Riff features the guys' unedited, unexpurgated views about all manner of weird and wonderful hi-fi designs. Mike has a wealth of knowledge from his hi-fi retail years, and David has written about hi-fi for thirty years. Now Editor-in-Chief of StereoNET, he's picked up a few things along the way.
So brew up a cuppa or crack open a can, and relax and enjoy some one-take hi-fi riffing - and please leave your comments below. Oh, and don’t forget to hit the Subscribe button, this one goes up to eleven!
The eighties-tastic title tune is called ‘UFO/Mike’s Jumper’, and used with the express permission of our old pal and rights holder Simon Lythe.
To read David's review of this classic silver disc spinner, click here: zstereo.co.uk/...