The audio-centric CDP-NW10 has a CD player, integrated amp, AM/FM tuner, intercom and room monitor, ... Sony's CDP-NW10 & DVP-NW50: put more gear in your walls. ryan block.

On October 1, 1982, Sony released the first ever CD player in Japan. Seven months later, it finally arrived in the U.S., complete with a vast library of ...

The first commercially available CD player, Sony's CDP-101 Sony. Sept. 28, 2012, 3:59 PM EDT. By Devin Coldewey. The digital music revolution officially hit 30 years ago, on Oct. 1, 1982.

Sony sold 20,000 CDP-101s by the end of 1982. Less than a year later digital music exploded like a Michael Bay film. CBS records issued 16 new titles on CD in March of 1983.

The Sony CDP-101 – which used a front drawer – was soon followed by the Philips CD100, a top-loader. Philips was, of course, the co-developer of the compact disc format with Sony. And some of the ...