DENON DCD-1610 October 1988

A brochure about a single CD player, the DENON DCD-1610 at ¥89,800, on an A3 sheet folded in half. The whole pitch revolves around “リアル20bit” with 8x oversampling and a pair of S.L.C units independent per channel (スーパーリニアコンバーター, Super Linear Converter borrowed from professional gear), plus the anti-vibration internals: a BMC pickup mecha base on a double floating suspension and a “バイブレス” (Vibless) double chassis with top and bottom reinforcing metal, all shown on a cutaway of the unit on the cover. The second spread is given over entirely to a promotional manga, “欲ばり20bitのヒ・ミ・ツ” (Yokubari 20bit no Himitsu, “The Secret of Greedy 20bit”), about how the engineers pushed the 16-bit CD signal up to 20 bits. It ships with a 10-key remote with motorized volume, has optical and coaxial digital outputs and handles 8 cm discs without an adapter.