schugh Posted December 1, 2005 Report Share Posted December 1, 2005 Paid $125 CAD for it (about 75 US), plus the seller gave me twenty blanks (straight from Japan) which are still shrink wrapped (although I didn't really need any more blanks).The blanks alone would cost me still about $90 CAD even today...The deck is from 1999. On the box it says shipped to the store from Sony on Aug. 11/1999.I already have the JE530 deck (for which I paid significantly more 5 years ago), but for the price and some of the reviews I had read I had to just get it.I plan to use it mostly as an outboard DAC, and some recording, although I don't do recording as much anymore.I already have decent CD players (Cambridge Audio D500 in my headphone setup and Rotel 961 in my stereo setup), so I am hoping the 930 will make some improvement when used in the role of an outboard DAC.Plus I like having the coax in/out which the 530 does not.Can't wait to get home and try it out.-- Sanjay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 How is your new deck Sanjay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schugh Posted December 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 How is your new deck Sanjay?It's all good. I like it. What I like the best (more of a convenience thing) is having a coax input.The CD player I have next to it only has a coax output (no toslink). So I've had to use this Coax to Optical converter previously to feed my older JE530 Deck.Plus I find music does sound somewhat better when I use the 930 as an external DAC. The VC filters are interesting.-- Sanjay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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