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This listing is for a PlayStation that has been restored and modified to make an excellent CD player. This model is the SCPH-1001, the original US release. It has very good sonic characteristics and a clean sound almost three decades after its release, due to the use of an AKM AK4309AVM DAC for sound processing. Later models lost the high-quality DAC and the clean sound of the original. This unit, like the vast majority of first generation units, was made in Japan.

Stereophile magazine PlayStation measurements: https://www.stereophile.com/content/sony-playstation-1-cd-player-measurements

Stereophile review of the PlayStation as a CD player: https://www.stereophile.com/cdplayers/708play/index.html

FEATURES:

As can be seen in the close up picture of the mainboard, the original capacitors have been removed and replaced with Nichicon Fine Gold capacitors that connect the DAC directly to the pads that feed the RCA jacks. This removes several capacitors and op-amps from the path of the audio signal to reduce the potential distortion of the signal to a minimum.

Both the mainboard and power supply have been fully re-capped using Console5 capacitor kits. https://console5.com/store/sony-playstation-ps1-smd-cap-kit-rev-pu7-pu8.html for the main board and https://console5.com/store/sony-playstation-ps1-power-supply-cap-kit-mitsumi-100v-120v.html for the power supply. The jack that connects the power cord to the power board has been de-soldered and re-soldered, as this connection can fail overtime due to plugging and unplugging the power cord from the rear of the console.

All three RCA connections have been de-soldered and re-soldered. Aging solder joints can affect the video and audio signals and produce the 'you have to hold down on the connector in a specific way at a specific angle to get it to work' behavior that can arise from bad or old solder joints.

All soldering on this console was done with high quality Cardas Quad Eutectic Silver Solder.

The case has been retrobrited to remove the majority of the yellowing that is common on ABS plastic shells from consoles of this era.

The disc lid detection switch that only allows the console to read a disc when the lid is closed has been removed and the contacts bridged so the console always reads the lid as closed.

All connection points on the mainboard that make contact with the RF shielding have been re-tinned.

INCLUDES:

PlayStation console

PlayStation 2 DVD player remote and corresponding adapter. While the majority of it is non-functional on the PlayStation, it does allow you to play/pause (triangular button at the bottom), stop (rectangular button at the bottom), next track (R1), previous track (L2), fast forward (R2), and rewind (L2). When you power on the PlayStation with an audio CD inserted, it reads it and then goes to the CD player automatically, so all you need to do after it boots is to press start on the remote. No display is required if you don't want to use one.

Power cord

NOTES:

The video functionality of the multi-out port is not guaranteed. I do not test for functionality of the multi-out video signal, and the modifications made to simplify the audio path remove audio signal for the multi-out.

I clean and retrobrite these consoles to the best of my ability but they are 25-30 years old and may have normal wear and tear. I try to select ones for modding and renewing that are in good physical condition to have as good an end result as possible.
I test these consoles to the best of my ability before shipment, but they are almost three decade old consoles that