>>A friend of mine told me about a CD player that could play back CDs at variable
>>speed, just like some old tape recorders.
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[stuff about Denon CD players deleted]
I don't know if they are still being manufactured or not, but the "professional"Panasonic DJ CD players have/had a variable pitch control on 'em. Beasts ran
around US$1200.00 list. I know, at one time, that J&R Music World sold them.
They also could be cued to the very beginning of a track, had ultra-stable
transports (for them boomy-bass situations), could be synched to another unit,
etc, etc. Neat units, if you could justify the cost!