DENON, April 1992 DCD-3500RG, DCD-1650GL - CD players | ShowaAudio

A 12-page booklet, a themed DENON catalog dedicated entirely to CD players, dated April 1992. The headline technology of the lineup is リアル20bit Λ (Lambda) S.L.C: two 20-bit DACs run in parallel with opposite signal offsets, their analog outputs are summed, and the conversion error at the zero crossing of one DAC is cancelled by the error of the other. Eight models inside: the flagship DCD-3500RG in a wooden cabinet with a gold front at ¥248,000, the special DCD-1650GL Special Limited Edition with a balanced XLR output at ¥99,000, the DCD-1650(G) and the black DCD-1650 at ¥89,800 each, the DCD-1550G-N and DCD-1550-K at ¥79,800 each, the DCD-970 at ¥49,800, and the only model without the Λ marking, the DCD-770 at ¥32,800. On the technology spread DENON openly defends the multi-bit architecture against the then-fashionable 1-bit Sigma-Delta - “in a multi-bit DAC the quantization noise is uniformly distributed across frequency, no steep analog filter is required, and the phase response is not degraded”.

Model	Type	Price
DENON DCD-3500RG	CD player	¥248,000
DENON DCD-1650GL	CD player	¥99,000
DENON DCD-1650(G)	CD player	¥89,800
DENON DCD-1650 BLACK TYPE	CD player	¥89,800
DENON DCD-1550G-N	CD player	¥79,800
DENON DCD-1550-K	CD player	¥79,800
DENON DCD-970	CD player	¥49,800
DENON DCD-770	CD player	¥32,800

Model

Type

Price

DENON DCD-3500RG

CD player

¥248,000

DENON DCD-1650GL

CD player

¥99,000

DENON DCD-1650(G)

CD player

¥89,800

DENON DCD-1650 BLACK TYPE

CD player

¥89,800

DENON DCD-1550G-N

CD player

¥79,800

DENON DCD-1550-K

CD player

¥79,800

DENON DCD-970

CD player

¥49,800

DENON DCD-770

CD player

¥32,800

Technical terms	Translation
リアル20ビット Λ(ラムダ)-S.L.C	real 20-bit Λ (lambda)-S.L.C
ノイズシェーピング	noise shaping
マルチビットDAC	multi-bit DAC
ダブルBMCベース	double BMC base
D.P.C. デジタル・ピッチ・コマンダー	D.P.C. digital pitch commander

Technical terms

Translation

リアル20ビット Λ(ラムダ)-S.L.C

real 20-bit Λ (lambda)-S.L.C

ノイズシェーピング

noise shaping

マルチビットDAC

multi-bit DAC

ダブルBMCベース

double BMC base

D.P.C. デジタル・ピッチ・コマンダー

D.P.C. digital pitch commander

Marketing terms	Translation
音楽の“風景”に目を奪われることがある。いままで聴こえなかった音が聴こえてくる。――かつてない音の広がりは、いつも人類の歴史と共にある音楽の、ほんとうの姿を教えてくれた。DENONは1972年、世界で初めてのプロ用デジタル録音機を開発。時代の幕開けとなった微細な先端技術は、人の心に触れる暖かな音楽を、目を覚ますような、感動に満ちた歡びに変え続ける。	Sometimes the "scenery" of music catches the eye. Sounds that could not be heard until now come into hearing. An unprecedented breadth of sound has shown us the true form of music, which has always been alongside the history of humankind. In 1972 DENON developed the world's first professional digital recorder. The delicate cutting-edge technology that opened the new age keeps turning warm music that touches the human heart into a joy that wakes you up and is full of emotion.
デジタルの洗礼――未来の響きは、過去の暖かな匂いがした。	Baptism by digital: the sound of the future carried the warm scent of the past.

Marketing terms

Translation

音楽の“風景”に目を奪われることがある。いままで聴こえなかった音が聴こえてくる。――かつてない音の広がりは、いつも人類の歴史と共にある音楽の、ほんとうの姿を教えてくれた。DENONは1972年、世界で初めてのプロ用デジタル録音機を開発。時代の幕開けとなった微細な先端技術は、人の心に触れる暖かな音楽を、目を覚ますような、感動に満ちた歡びに変え続ける。

Sometimes the "scenery" of music catches the eye. Sounds that could not be heard until now come into hearing. An unprecedented breadth of sound has shown us the true form of music, which has always been alongside the history of humankind. In 1972 DENON developed the world's first professional digital recorder. The delicate cutting-edge technology that opened the new age keeps turning warm music that touches the human heart into a joy that wakes you up and is full of emotion.

デジタルの洗礼――未来の響きは、過去の暖かな匂いがした。

Baptism by digital: the sound of the future carried the warm scent of the past.

DENON, April 1992 DCD-3500RG, DCD-1650GL - CD players

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