DENON/COLUMBIA

PA-16 (for SP)

Cartridge with jewel needle and shell, commercialized by DENON in 1941.

1972	Completed the 8-channel PCM recorder DN-023R for record recording. Realized the first digital recording with DN-023R. First sales of digitally recorded PCM records.
1974	Completed portable PCM recorder (No. 2) DN-023RA. Conducted the first overseas (European) recording with DN-023RA. (After that, the 14th European recording was carried out by 1983, with a total of 800 PCM recording masters in all genres).
1977	Completed PCM recorder (No. 3) DN-034R. Nippon Columbia and Hitachi Ltd. jointly announced a prototype PCM optical disc (DAD). Performed the first jazz recording by digital recording (New York).
1979	Completed the DN-035R PCM recorder (No. 4).
1981	Completed the DN-036ED random access PCM editor. Completed commercial CD player.
1982	Completed DN-035RmkII (No. 5), which is compatible with DN-035R and achieves improved characteristics while reducing size and weight. Completed CD subcode (P, Q) editor. Released the general CD player DCD-2000. Released the DN-3000F commercial CD player.
1983	Complete original high-precision digital graphic equalizer (32-bit operation). Released DN-3000FC, which is a modified version of DN-3000F for general components. Released the general CD player DCD-1800.