Yamaha CD-X920 (1989)
Little is documented about the Yamaha CD-X920 beyond its listing in period equipment directories. Nearly all the record comes from a pair of magazine reports published around its release in late 1989. The model appears to have been Yamaha's upper-mid-range single-disc player for that season, a black or titanium-finished component priced at $699.
HiFI-Stereo (October 1989, p.92) noted that the CD-X920 had eight-times-oversampling digital filters and Yamaha's proprietary Super Hi-bit digital-to-analog converter technology. The company claimed this increased digital processing accuracy. A follow-up HiFI-Stereo (December 1989, p.18) new-products listing added more. The player used series-loaded 18-bit DACs with four "floating" bits, said to give the effective linearity of a 22-bit system. It also had a digital de-emphasis circuit.
That same HiFI-Stereo piece listed 24-track random-access programming, five-way repeat, direct track access, and an infrared remote control. The CD-X920 came in black or titanium finish.
Nothing else is recorded about the CD-X920. The archive's research has turned up no service manual excerpts, no user reception data, and no known common issues.
- Type: Compact disc player
- DAC: Super Hi-bit, series-loaded 18-bit with four floating bits (claimed 22-bit effective linearity)
- Oversampling: 8× digital filters
- Programming: 24-track random access, five-way repeat, direct track access
- Remote: Infrared remote control included
- Finish: Black or titanium
- Price (1989): $699
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