Kenwood DP-2080D (c. 1996–1997)
The DP-2080D is a basic single-disc CD player from Kenwood's late-1990s separate components lineup. It first appeared in the company's August 1996 catalog. It is a DP-2080 with one addition: an optical digital output terminal. Otherwise the two share the same configuration.
Inside, the DP-2080D uses an 8x oversampling digital filter (352.8 kHz) feeding a 1-bit D/A converter. Kenwood put a D.P.A.C. (Digital Pulse Axis Control) circuit right ahead of the converter to suppress jitter. The player also carries CCRS, Kenwood's system remote protocol, and ships with a wireless remote. Editing features are time edit, fade edit, program edit, and multi-disc edit recording.
Specifications from period sources are typical for the class: frequency response of 8 Hz–20 kHz ±1.0 dB, signal-to-noise ratio of 94 dB (EIAJ), dynamic range of 92 dB, and total harmonic distortion of 0.005% at 1 kHz. Line output is fixed at 2.0V/3.3 kΩ; there's also a headphone jack (6 mW into 32 Ω) and the optical output runs at −15 to −21 dBm at 660 nm. The unit draws 14W, measures 440 × 93 × 375 mm, and weighs 4.0 kg.
Pricing is a little murky. The August 1996 ShowaAudio catalog lists the DP-2080D at ¥32,000, while audio-database.com gives ¥25,000 "around 1997." Both figures circulate. The catalog price is probably the more reliable of the two.
No production years, reception, or owner reviews are documented. The DP-2080D appears in the 1996 Kenwood separate components catalog alongside the DP-7060 (¥60,000), DP-3080 (¥32,000), DP-1001G (¥48,000), DPF-7002 (¥58,000), and DPF-5002 (¥34,000). No explicit positioning relative to those models is stated. Surviving documentation for mid-90s Japanese-market CD players like this one is thin.
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