Philips 931 CD

[newbie123]

Any feedback on this philips CDP,would be great.
When was this manufactured,and how does it fare with today's entry level stuff,pure CD only Players..
Thanks.

[Wieslaw Lipowsk]

I would not touch it. Even in its time it was a poor man's son. A lot of swithes does it have, though.
WL

[jean-paul]

Some people here adore it. I had one and I did not like the grounding scheme. It has PCB design errors and it is not sufficiently decoupled at TDA8808 and TDA8809. But it has CDM9 which is good.

[newbie123]

Thanks for the replies,Iam keeping away from this CDP.

[Guido Tent]

Originally posted by jean-paul
Some people here adore it. I had one and I did not like the grounding scheme. It has PCB design errors and it is not sufficiently decoupled at TDA8808 and TDA8809. But it has CDM9 which is good.

I agree with JP. Once you

- solve all PCB issues
- add a new clock
- upgrade power supply
- upgrade opamps and get rid of mute transistors

you'll have a fine player, CDM9 is great

Be aware that there are Belgium (Hasselt) and Singapore made players. Yes, these differ


best

[Bricolo]

I'd like to hear more details about those mods

[Elso Kwak]

Hi I own a CD931. I only use it as a transport with my own clock of course. Broke the connection between chassis and PCB ground. Put in a balanced power transformer 30watt. SPDIF out is bad due to mickry transformer. Made my own, transformerless. Also I2S Direct added. So there.........