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Summary: wonderful cd player
Review: This cd player is wonderful. it is slim enough to fit in my pocket. The anti-shock is almost perfect. It skips quickly if it is in your pocket and you are walking.Unlike other brands that give you headphones that don't work well or play loud enough, that is not the case with this sony headphones. If you are looking for a cd player not for it's price but for it's quality this a great cd player. It also makes a great gift.
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Summary: I really love my new discman D-561
Review: This Discman is the best. It has great ant-shock protection. It was a big jump from my previous Sony D-171 Discman. It will skip sometimes but not much. Even when my mom was driving me to hockey practice on a bumpy road full of potholes it would not skip. It is great and fits in your poket. The Groove sound position sounds really good. The discman is really skinny in width, and light. weight. This is a good price for such a high quality peace of equipment. It is worth the money. Overall it is a good peace of equipment the, resume play feature is also very cool. This discman has all the features of the other one's. It even has a minidisc link optical output. It is 20 hour playback without Esp on but lasts about 18 hours with it on from expierence. The lid is easy to scrath but it is not like it really fragile but it can scrath. This is a very good buy I had my doubts in the begining but after I got it I was relieved. If you are thinking like me and you are debating on which discman to get I would recommend this discman because it is really cool and also reliable at the same time. If you are looking for a light weight,styleish but stirty discman that you can show off with without being imbarrised then this is the discman for you. Good luck with your new discman.
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Summary: Nice player....
Review: This is (basically) a run of the mill CD player, although a few years ago this would be considered quite something. The main reason I purchased it is because its the cheapest player I could find with an optical MiniDisc output, and for this purpose it works very, very well. Beyond this, on the plus side, its got ESP and its very, very slim, probably as small as any portable CD player you'll find, and its also light weight. For the money I paid ($90 I think) I think I could have done a lot worse. A few ways that this player could have been improved, and why I don't give it five stars - First, it probably would have made the unit more expensive, and it seems like very few other CD players have this feature these days, but a rechargeable battery would have hit the spot, big time. Second - as far as I can tell, there is no way to get the unit to display time remaining, either on the currently playing track, the disc, or the tracks you've programmed - this is minor but it can be an annoyance from time to time. Last, the control design could have been a tad better - specificaly, the play and stop buttons are right next to each other, and in the dark they feel exactly the same - its hard to remember which is which which makes operating the unit a hit and miss experience in the dark. Other nice to haves (although probably at the expense of price) would be a wire/wireless remote and a backlit display, but you can't have everything I suppose. Bottom line: For the money, you'll be hard pressed to do better, especially if you want the MD optical output.
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Summary: Nice player....
Review: This is (basically) a run of the mill CD player, although a few years ago this would be considered quite something. The main reason I purchased it is because its the cheapest player I could find with an optical MiniDisc output, and for this purpose it works very, very well. Beyond this, on the plus side, its got ESP and its very, very slim, probably as small as any portable CD player you'll find, and its also light weight. For the money I paid ($90 I think) I think I could have done a lot worse. A few ways that this player could have been improved, and why I don't give it five stars - First, it probably would have made the unit more expensive, and it seems like very few other CD players have this feature these days, but a rechargeable battery would have hit the spot, big time. Second - as far as I can tell, there is no way to get the unit to display time remaining, either on the currently playing track, the disc, or the tracks you've programmed - this is minor but it can be an annoyance from time to time. Last, the control design could have been a tad better - specificaly, the play and stop buttons are right next to each other, and in the dark they feel exactly the same - its hard to remember which is which which makes operating the unit a hit and miss experience in the dark. Other nice to haves (although probably at the expense of price) would be a wire/wireless remote and a backlit display, but you can't have everything I suppose. Bottom line: For the money, you'll be hard pressed to do better, especially if you want the MD optical output.
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Summary: not all that in a bag of chips
Review: Well, i have a D-E554,same thing except for certain little features that Sony would charge an extra 30$ Canadian for. I found this product to be very anoying at many times. It says that it has this "Steady Sound" thing that is suppose to be the best in the market, well, it not true. Whiles walking , it would skip then if it keeps skipping,it would stop reading the cd and i would be forced to restart the cd. I wouldn't complain about the sound because it is still good but, the ESP does not work as well as panasonics, anti-skip protetion. It may have a 40 seconds but the new g-protection by Sony is suppose to have 40 seconds anti skip but i timed it at 20 seconds max. So if you don't mind the skipping this discman isn't a bad choice and if u do, go for another brand.
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Summary: not all that in a bag of chips
Review: Well, i have a D-E554,same thing except for certain little features that Sony would charge an extra 30$ Canadian for. I found this product to be very anoying at many times. It says that it has this "Steady Sound" thing that is suppose to be the best in the market, well, it not true. Whiles walking , it would skip then if it keeps skipping,it would stop reading the cd and i would be forced to restart the cd. I wouldn't complain about the sound because it is still good but, the ESP does not work as well as panasonics, anti-skip protetion. It may have a 40 seconds but the new g-protection by Sony is suppose to have 40 seconds anti skip but i timed it at 20 seconds max. So if you don't mind the skipping this discman isn't a bad choice and if u do, go for another brand.
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Summary: Crap!
Review: When one selects the "MB" or "Groove" options on this piece of garbage, the sound distorts. After two weeks, sound stopped coming from the left earphone. One week after that, the "sound" button that allows you to select "MB" or "Groove" stopped working, so at that point, you can't even distort the sound if you wanted to!!! I never dropped or mishandled this piece of junk. Even if I did, when brand new, the sound quality still stunk and the anti-skip leaves much to be desired. Stay away!!!
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