Rating: 
Summary: Great sound, mediocre ergonomics
Review: The sound (via the analog outputs and/or headphones) is terrific -- open, sparkling, clean. But, ergonomics and general operation is below par. For example, the front panel buttons are very small, and are closely spaced (clustered). Individual tracks may be directly accessed only from the remote -- and, it uses the somewhat clumsy two-digit entry system (tracks 1 through 9 must be entered as "01" - "09").Mechanical noise is high, even for a changer in this price bracket. More important for some users will be the very slow turntable speed (when changing disks), and the slow slew rate between non-adjacent tracks on any disk. On the other hand, this changer does permit replacement of four disks without interrupting the disk-in-play. Note that the front panel display is smaller, harder to read at distance (and the time display itself more cryptic) than most. If good mechanical response is a requirement, do not choose this changer. But, if excellent sound is the primary consideration, then this machine is a bargain.
Rating:
Summary: Great sound, mediocre ergonomics
Review: The sound (via the analog outputs and/or headphones) is terrific -- open, sparkling, clean. But, ergonomics and general operation is below par. For example, the front panel buttons are very small, and are closely spaced (clustered). Individual tracks may be directly accessed only from the remote -- and, it uses the somewhat clumsy two-digit entry system (tracks 1 through 9 must be entered as "01" - "09"). Mechanical noise is high, even for a changer in this price bracket. More important for some users will be the very slow turntable speed (when changing disks), and the slow slew rate between non-adjacent tracks on any disk. On the other hand, this changer does permit replacement of four disks without interrupting the disk-in-play. Note that the front panel display is smaller, harder to read at distance (and the time display itself more cryptic) than most. If good mechanical response is a requirement, do not choose this changer. But, if excellent sound is the primary consideration, then this machine is a bargain.
Rating: 
Summary: don't buy this
Review: this is one real annoying piece of electronics. The carousel takes forever. Each time you turn it on it flips through all 5 CDs. So forget about just turning it on and listening to music. Who would want to do that? Instead it is turn it on, wait and listen to whirring noises. The player gets stuck on lots of new CDs including CDs I just listened to in my car. Some I've tested on a boom box immediately and found them to be fine. It will get stuck on one of the five CDs in the carousel more or less every time. Don't buy it.
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