Nakamichi CDC-101
Little is documented about the Nakamichi CDC-101. What survives is mostly snippets from its brief appearance in period magazines and forum memories. It was a 10-disc magazine-based CD changer intended for car use, and it shared DNA with at least one Sony-built transport of the era. The CDC-101 could be used on its own, drawing on its internal D/A converter, or it could feed digital audio - via an optical output - to Nakamichi's outboard DAC-101 converter. Audio (May 1990, p.50) noted the changer has both its own D/A section and digital outputs to feed that separate DAC. That was an unusual arrangement for a car unit at the time.
Known specs are thin. Frequency response was rated at 2 Hz to 20 kHz, ±0.3 dB, and signal-to-noise ratio at 115 dB. The unit offered both analog and digital outputs, and by some accounts it could also serve as a controller for Nakamichi head units like the TD-700C and TD-1000 via its remote. No production years, original price, or detailed design information has surfaced.
- Type: 10-disc magazine CD changer (car audio)
- Disc capacity: 10
- Frequency response: 2 Hz – 20 kHz, ±0.3 dB
- S/N ratio: 115 dB
- Outputs: Analog, digital (optical)
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