Pioneer PD-F605 (1996)

Little is documented about the Pioneer PD-F605. The record shows a twenty-five-disc CD changer introduced around 1996, with a list price of $280. HiFI-Stereo (December 1996, p.66) grouped it with the Onkyo Integra DX-C730 and California Audio Labs Icon MkII in a roundup of CD players at various price points. The Pioneer sat at the budget end of that comparison. No other design details, specifications or production history have surfaced. It appears to have been a straightforward, high-capacity changer aimed at the mass market, in line with Pioneer's other multi-disc players of that era.

Beyond that single magazine mention, almost nothing else is recorded. If you own a PD-F605 and can confirm its features - outputs, dimensions, transport mechanism - the Archive would welcome the information.

Type: CD changer (25-disc capacity)
Year introduced: circa 1996
Original price: $280
Noted in: HiFI-Stereo, December 1996