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Who made the best easiest to use 100+ disc cd players/changers?

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EscapeVelo

Charleston, SC
I need to pick one up as a gift for my sister....but dont have much knowledge about them.

Were they reliable?

Which ones worked best? Sony seems to be a market leader.

I dunno! Please help!

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I'm pretty sure I've seen some 60+ Pioneer units around. Sony is the only one I can think of that makes the BIG changers like the one you're looking into.

As I have no experience with use of such a unit I can't comment on reliability. From what I've read, they're good if you don't abuse them.
 
EscapeVelo said:
I need to pick one up as a gift for my sister....but dont have much knowledge about them.

Were they reliable?

Which ones worked best? Sony seems to be a market leader.

I dunno! Please help!

:scratch2:
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Pionerd makes the ones that I've seen in use. They seemed to work ok.

I've been screwed one too many times by Sony, so I avoid their products. (Good products, lousy company)
 
Never had one, but I know some of them can be "chained" to double or triple the storage space.
 
I have 2 pioneer 100 disc carosels, one for each system, that are pretty easy to use. Just load em up and press play, or do other things. Sound gr8, mint cond., look good, around 80$ on CL locally. with manuals and remotes
PD F907 & PD F908.
 
EscapeVelo said:
I need to pick one up as a gift for my sister....but dont have much knowledge about them.

Were they reliable?

Which ones worked best? Sony seems to be a market leader.

I dunno! Please help!

:scratch2:
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Computer with music software/big hard drive, storing the music as bit-for-bit files.
 
oldhifiguy said:
I have 2 pioneer 100 disc carosels, one for each system, that are pretty easy to use. Just load em up and press play, or do other things. Sound gr8, mint cond., look good, around 80$ on CL locally. with manuals and remotes
PD F907 & PD F908.
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I can vouch for the F908. I work at home most days and I have the F908 hooked to my home office stereo. It probably runs an average of 20-25 hours per week, and has done so for at least 6 years with no problems. Easy to operate as well.
 
Technics SL-MC400

This unit holds 110 CD's.I think I bought it in the late 80's. Absolutely the best most reliable and great sounding player you could ever want.I doubt that anyone that owns one would ever sell it.
 

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I have a pair of Pioneer Elite DV-F07 players. Each holds 300 (plus 1, total 301) CDs or DVDs, and one unit can be "slaved" to the other to give you unified control over 602 disks.

I almost bought some large Denon units a few years back that were even better: they held a few hundred disks each, but had TWO play drives in each, and were controlled either by one unit with a built-in controller, or computer controlled via software, or by a remote. They are/were used in radio broadcast studios. Much uglier than the Pioneers, but you could also chain five or six of them together, and they were built like battleships, with excellent (broadcast quality) sound, and because of the two heads in each unit, they offered almost instantaneous switching from one track to the next. Single-head units always have a delay while one disk is being traded for another.

I also have a Technics 100-disc changer that is quite decent, although shifting disks on it is a slower and noiser process than on the Pioneers. I got this one first, mostly for my wife's use, and although the disk-shifting routine never bothered me initially, when I later got the Pioneers, I found the rapid and quiet disk changing on them to be "a breath of fresh air".

That's the limit of my experience with these things. None of the ones I've mentioned are/were disappointments, but each of them has its own strengths and weaknesses. as mentioned.
 
I have a pair of the Sony 400-disc players; have had one for about five years and the other for two. They play DVD's as well as SACD and mp3 discs. No problems with either one, but she must be prepared to really peruse the lengthy owner's manuals to learn to use all the functions; some are not very intuitive. Sure is a space saver; however, if the user also wants to use the discs elsewhere (car, portable, whatever), the big-capacity players are not very friendly for frequent loading/unloading.
 
I'm running a Sony CX90ES 200 Disk changer. Simple to run if all you want to do is load and hit random. It displays CD Text, and most of the CDs that I have in it were burnt with it, so it displays the track/album name. It takes time when shuffling. If you gang two together it shifts between units and eliminates the delay. You can make play lists with it, however I did not get a remote with it so I have never bothered trying to set one up. It also has an interface for a keyboard and display which I have never used either. I believe you can control it that way also.
 
oldhifiguy said:
I have 2 pioneer 100 disc carosels, one for each system, that are pretty easy to use. Just load em up and press play, or do other things. Sound gr8, mint cond., look good, around 80$ on CL locally. with manuals and remotes
PD F907 & PD F908.
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I've owned my PD-F907 since new (1999). Has worked flawlessly and continues as my main CDP in the main system. Holds 101 discs.
 
I vote for getting a Music Server. These machines aren't kind to your collection and jam easily and prone to repair due to so many low grade plastic parts. If you must get something like this, go all out and get a commercial Jukebox like a AMI-Rowe.
 
Thanks for all the replies!

Sorry I got distracted from posting.


Id really like it to be as simple as possible for her. Maybe the Technics is the way to go?

Im kindof anti Sonyish as well, but if they make the easiest to use carosels then so be it.

Maybe a Pioneer?
 
I've got a Sony CDP-CX240 200disk that I bought on CL for $40. Vinyl is my main game, but for the rare times I use CD, usually when I need background music, or for a party, I love the thing, its easy to use put the CD in, plug in a PC keyboard, and type in any of the album info you want, and then basically you're good to go. I've never had it jam, or scratch a CD; its pretty much foolproof. I call it my poorman's music server.
 
Are you looking for new or used?

My experience with the Mega Changers I have (if you're looking for used):

I have two Sony DVP-CX860 300+1 disc CD/DVD changers. Both are very prone to jamming. They do have a keyboard input for entering titles, which is nice. They also play both sides of dual-sided DVDs. I'd avoid them due to the jamming issue. It is no fun trying to pull out a jammed disc with a tweezers every other day.

Sony DVP-CX985V 400 disc CD/DVD/SACD/Video CD changer. Has never jammed, has keyboard input, but doesn't have the flip feature to play both sides of dual-sided DVDs.

Pioneer PD-F1007 301 disc CD changer. Most intuitive to use, and has never jammed. Seems more solidly built than either of the 2 Sonys I mentioned. Doesn't have a keyboard input for titles. You have to use the remote to enter them (which is a pain). Also has a known issue in that if the power goes out, it CAN lose all titling info, which has to be reentered. It has only happened twice out of about 20 power outages over a 7 year span, but still a pain. This glitch has been cured in the slightly newer PD-F1009.

So if you're only looking to play CDs, I'd look for a Pioneer PD-F1009. I believe they can still be found new.:D
 
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