Was this a rebadged D1000? Know as another model too under the Sanyo badge cause thats what it was underneath. This was a Mini Hi Fi system they came with monster speakers and then later shifted to book shelves.
Stupid of BPL to provide a stereo mini jack as an input when the CD Input is given a RCA. Even more stupid of them to provide a proprietary CD input as well.
However; I do recall their system sounding the best in comparison to Philips Power House, etc.
No, the CWX79 was not the rebadged D1000. BPL had basically 2 series of hi-fi products back in the 1990s. The CWX series which was direct competition for the Philips power houses and the D-series which were essentially combo CD systems. These were the CWX models:
CWX 59 usually sold with book shelf speakers
CWX 69 usually sold with BPL TBSS mini floor standing speakers
CWX 79 usually sold with the 700T symphony series towers
They had essentially the same configuration but different power ratings and the CWX79 came with a motorized volume control (and remote) and with dolby-b on the tape deck. Don't think the CWX59 had a phono input. The matching ACD player was available as a component add-on for theese systems. The CWX 79 was the best of the lot and it was arguably the best system in its class, available in India at the time. I remember opening my CWX79 up and finding PCBs with components which were made in Taiwan (suggesting that these were imported as assembled or semi assembled kits and assembled by BPL). The 700T symphony towers had original Japanese drivers.
The D-series were launched iin 3 models:
D1000 with 1000T symphony series towers (bigger brother of the 700T)
D500
D100
Unlike the CWX series which were assentially ampli-cassette-deck-receivers, the D-series had inbuilt audio CD players as well. The D-series was indeed re-badged Sanyo produce. Just imported, re-badged and sold in India. The D1000 with the 1000T speakers was by far the best audio system available in India at the time.
The 1000T symphony towers were essentially the 700T towers with what BPL called a super tweeter. Both the 1000T and 700T towers are big and packed a solid punch. BPL later packaged the D1000 with bookshelf speakers to make it appealing for use in apartments, nevertheless its sound quality remained. Too bad these baddies faded away with the BPL brand in the early 2000s. Philips powerhouses were no match for these BPL systems. Also the BPL systems were much more expensive than the Philips systems.
Yes, it was stupid to use a stereo earphone jack for a phono input. Can't understand the logic here. My CWX79 also had a CD Input and a Video input (for connecting a VCR, apparently for the rudimentary home theatre setups of those days).
I had the system and used it happily until one day, my NAD106/216thx came home and simply blew it away.
On another note, I worked for BPL Mobile and had access to their entire catalogue of products at factory price (could purchase 1 product per year of employment with a further Rs.5000 discount on factory price). Had done a lot of research on their audio system catalogue as it was my first steps into the world of hi-fi outside DIY and I wanted to make it count. I had researched both the CWX and the D-series extensively before deciding on the CWX79. I would have bought the D1000 but it cost Rs.22000/- in 1995 which was a lot of money for me back then.
