bought this new old format does anybody know anything about it

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294243816037?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

the main thing i need to know, will it play original mini cd...i'm not interested in copies

there seem to be many on ebay and i have bought 3 original pink floyd allbums i have ether landed a great rare deal or
bought a doorstop. the guy said it only plays 8mm cd's be fast as i may need to cancel the order thanks

 

this could go south for me rather quickly lol...i have seen more like this but they seem to play standard cd's not just mini ones..there are plenty mini cd's out there i just need to know if this will play them that's one reason i don't like dat or md no originals, so either i have landed on m90 or down the dumpster lol

 

Yes it will play standard Audio mini CDs
https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1946739/Philips-Exp431.html?page=16#manual
Good luck in finding any. A quick search on eBay gave me
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114823414636?hash=item1abc02436c:g:3joAAOSw2ghgq-Dq
I think the record companies quickly realised it made more sense to make all discs as 5" and stick a few extra remixes on the singles.

Sony catered for both sizes with their D88.

It wasn't exactly a machine you would want to take jogging with a full size CD though

Machines like the Philips you have bought, date back to when people thought it was wonderful that you could fit 3 normal CDs onto a smaller disc using MP3 which all the manufacturers claimed was "Near CD quality".

You can still get the required Mini CDs to make your own compilations.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shiney-Silver-Surface-Media-Camcorders/dp/B072QR91DQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XE85OCK1GAHE&dchild=1&keywords=mini+cd+discs+blank&qid=1632072438&qsid=257-0403833-2773159&sprefix=blank+mini+cds,aps,161&sr=8-1&sres=B072QR91DQ,B00JRI1FJG,B099S8M1GL,B0006BC3DK,B092CXJMLG,B00EDWY2VO,B01MZEVSAM,B076KVMCC4,B06XBCV41X,B001G4HEF8,B000CCAQ0K,B07PQQYJQH,B004S6SIZG,B008TSL7G6,B000HPBRSM,B000070GBU
Back when the same amount of data on memory card cost several £100s it made sense.

Today it is a collectable which is far less practical than a new £50 Sony Walkman
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-NWZ-B183B-Portable-Walkman-Built/dp/B00ICI7HCG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=sony+walkman&qid=1632072634&qsid=257-0403833-2773159&sr=8-3&sres=B07X51FTK9,B01BBWU596,B00ICI7HCG,B07X3XD1BW,B07X5XX1RW,B0798LBBJW,B00I3YIRJQ,B0756XZJ9Q,B07YV42M32,B000GETW3G,B071NTXYNY,B00005ML3W,B000063LF2,B000FBNCRM,B01BBWU9V0,B00FF085XE&srpt=MP3_PLAYER

Finally check out this guys collection
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cd_collect...sonal_cd_players_including_3_inch_cd_players/

 

if you sure longman that is wonderful news my man you're a life saver i have seen plenty of original 8 mm cd's unless there actually 5 mm cd's....i never wanted one of those mini mp3 players lad just to small for me to see that sony cd player posted i wouldn't want one for obvious reasons, there is 1 on ebay now

 

Here are the matching Philips CDs at a good price
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274941803166?_trkparms=ispr=1&hash=item4003cefa9e:g:NyQAAOSwGkxhO3CY&amdata=enc:AQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSlHY%2FYTip4QFVjNQrCEJt6iZ0%2FEZVP10LbJ4VKT3LtHKMRnD8%2FuxnLp3qoNg%2BrM1PbVQlp0ySn4tvJqRPnJL3guk0HkVy1nw%2B7zn7Ql%2BZj2BrGSmR2i0n%2BhWQAfTNz5aNmmVM4p42iQBz3wJxactkAhjFDmSac59024wiPaDtnppAv1lNLKEmQTVz181DjB6yjeKrET2Rzjy5iVLx4wuOS6IFxTxeWxHCkpAL165x9iwgOQUFvwZlClNIygGKQsOLuqoH%2F8QM8hh9xJNElDj8kV1n7M2sPh5VXYVn0KlfHMVemPwoNgWxM6BINwbzlBghaaCXQksM1Z%2B6zGe5kFkg2uTvyg%2BXVDw9U0ugDLjkN1eG7ZxXY1ByA1JS6NAAPnf5HbZU2ygqqeQEN51ug8A7bIRv%2F3wDbiUY8%2BDhGzxrVKf7NFyYF2ehLn20BrgBT6F1jcU6cLyCqtHrQGhDpz4%2F18WYTlqDVvvCyB7WlHD1AlcGRAVFG0lLWXViXlTjKzjtHsb6RMpNqt9Jrx%2BTbFKNhhNtHKTw%2ByHpKeTYyLDaDK96Pb2H%2BXMeO85bqeN6uxLyQ5Bqs40HmS2quyvKw%2B5E1uAQu3tBeiufkG%2Bm%2F1zVGHILxZ5cEMXcy1%2BZSBcZ2zZuiasMp3Q1LPPDyUWwtXTuEnpysDWI0DiPRlKlHZKUHfbx9%2BkC90i3bewQ77pRYmYTU8DKOFxb3PhtownE87SXA5jRAqeGiAE6XIzyRHiZ5GYX3F0D5OWYicnocEbVWRogWlgoJ2trG1yL3WvIKeMcY5t9nISSBzz5A7ey5tN%2BQCabLkXtQbkigEo4CivmtfP4|ampidL_CLK|clp:2334524

My guess at the most likely problem is finding that the included software only runs under Windows 98 or something. However, you might not even need it as an alternative like Windows Media Player might work.
The big downside of all the early Sony Atrac equipment was that it locked you into using their Sonic Stage software. That was when people went off the Sony Walkmans.

 

Doing a search it seems the 8cm / 3" format was far more popular in Japan.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/176984/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=8cm+cd&_sop=15

The cheapest Mini CD on eBay at the moment with a very appropriate name and picture for you
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202780936142?hash=item2f36af87ce:g:r4wAAOSwqA5dgRJb

 

thanks my man, i'm only interested in original cd which you have very kindly sorted my anxiety so bloody brilliant my friend

also bought this, will be my daily user if it's the same thing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185010264276?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

 

Personally I think you got a bargain with the second unit which looks as if it will play standard CDs.
I went in Sainsbury's yesterday and couldn't resist "Belinda Carlisle - Gold". "All the Hits on 3CDs"
which seems to be an accurate description. New, shrink wrapped, and £3 !
I also bought a magazine and that was £4.99.

It wasn't that long ago you had to spend £1.80 on a Sunday Newspaper to get a free CD on which half the dozen or so tracks were sometimes live performances.

 

mmmmmm so there different lol that is good because i have just bought about 50 cd's i have given up with tape as most don't work and there basically giving cd away now

 

It depends on who it is, but with many artists that is true. I also bought "Essential Diana Ross & The Supremes" triple CD. That was £5.
There was a time when a CD compilation was a good present. Now a birthday card and some paper to wrap it would cost more than the CD itself

 

lolx4 i remember bidding on sony logic walkmans with dolby b i always won them for a pound, that was only about 5 years ago...now people are asking £200 for the same thing so you never know bud

 

also bought 2 of these....i had the exact one back in the day.....this was the cd player i bought after testing several portable md players and assessing that they were rubbish, the cd player blew the md's away in sound quality

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133879271235?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

i'm done with cd players now, the only one i would like is the sony z555 but the prices are daft and they don't even work lol

 

well she is in.....think i have stumbled on a diamond, smaller than a modern 90's cassette walkman seems to be built well
has gold plated headphone socket and menu driven bass treble......takes 2 triple a batteries and that means it is as powerful as most good walkmans and yes the sound is great much better than the portable mini disc of the day....it seems that rare i can't find any on youtube...there is actually another one for sale on uk ebay but it's £100 more and it's actually bigger than mine doesn't look no where near as good ether, well chuffed pics on the way later......thanks again longman for helping me again nice one guys

 

Can we get some action shots? These posts have made me curious.

 

For most people it wouldn't make sense until cheap CD burners appeared. I bought the first one I saw for under £100 back in 1999, and that was with a rebate .
The write speed was 2x, although I guess a 3" disc would only take about ten minutes.

I have been trying to find CD Burners in the Argos catalogue but guess they were a bit too specialist for them.
Here is the full size Expanium back in 2003

In the same catalogue basic CD players were around £25.
I recall a colleague having an MP3 based CD player and boasting how he could fit 12 albums on a CD.
He obviously wasn't too worried about sound quality

 

the only one comparable to mine guys is this but it's bigger imho does not look as good and mine has 480 sec anti shock

https://www.ebay.com/itm/255033022977?epid=135275609&hash=item3b61271a01:g:Z6cAAOSwWK1g2TtM

pics soon

 

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another nice feature the batteries are inside the discman like the dd9, a feature i would have thought long abandoned