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

I generally go used.

How far back did the Sony's go with Keyboard input? Im looking to keep it at about 100 CDs to keep it somewhat manageable.

Thanks again.
 
Could some owners comment on the sound quality of the F908? I can get one used locally for very cheap, but have been leery of how it would sound. Thanks!
 
Blue Meanie said:
Are you gonna run it through the Kenny, or the Pioneer?
Just nosy: how cheap is cheap?
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Blue Meanie, I'd run it with the Kenwood or my Technics SA-5470. Pioneer is relegated to HT; nice for that but not something I take seriously for music.

Cheap is $40 :)
 
Troubleshoot said:
Blue Meanie, I'd run it with the Kenwood or my Technics SA-5470. Pioneer is relegated to HT; nice for that but not something I take seriously for music.

Cheap is $40 :)
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Are you hidin' a world class system that it'll be used with?:D:scratch2:
IMO, for 40 bucks, take it and worry about sound quality afterwards. You can always resell it if you don't like the sound. And it's a good excuse to get another piece of gear.:thmbsp:
 
My Sony 200 works fine. My biggest complaint is that Sony likes tiny silver letters on black plastic. For those of us over 40, this just won't do.
 
Troubleshoot said:
Could some owners comment on the sound quality of the F908? I can get one used locally for very cheap, but have been leery of how it would sound. Thanks!
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Mine sounds fine through my CR-2020. I wouldn't trade it. In fact, I found a second one for $25 at a GW a year or so back and bought it as a replacement if my current one ever goes on the fritz. But it's still plugging away, with a good 20-25 hours per week of use.
 
Technics SL-MC409 110 pack

I have been using the Technics since the early 90's and I works
& sounds great. It has a DAC chip called MASH. I own and compared it to 3 other CD players. TEAC, Sony & Luxman.

"MASH analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue chips. Developped jointly by NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and some part of the Matsushita empire, MASH converters allowed extreme linearity and zero cross distortion."

I hope this helps

Gilbert
 
Picked up a Kenwood CD-424M 200 disk player a couple of weeks ago for a song, and am using it as a transport. The thing works freakin' great, and I was soooo damned happy to get rid of my ugly tower of CDs that were growing dust bunnies at an alarming rate. I find that I'm much more likely to fire up a CD now that they are all ready to go, and I don't have to crawl around on my knees to search the spines of the tiny covers for clues to the contents (especially on the burned ones). Comes with a keyboard & remote, does all the title stuff, etc., etc.

I won't go back, now that I've tried this. :thmbsp:
 
Pioneer all the way. Have a 301 disc changer and it has worked like a champ. Has optical digital out and your stereo rca outputs as well. Sounds sweet. Good bass, good everything. and the best thing is that it has never malfunctioned. so confident that i won't even knock on wood right now. Pioneer can't go wrong.
 
No clue about it's capability but loved the look of the silver faced JVC of the early/mid 90's era.... Looked like an ordinary single disc player but connected to a 100 changer buried in the closet..... very kewl!!
 
firefly0071 said:
Are any of these CD carousel CD players have sufficient sound quality to be considered near audiophile level?
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Short answer, no. I have a SONY cdp-205 200 disk changer. 10 years old, never had a problem with it. I always liked the sound of it but knew it had some faults.

Fer instance, whilst playing some celtic tunes the tin whistle and ulien pipes,spelling wrong I know, sounded like a bag of pissed off cats. So in the interest of my own education I bought the Burson low jitter clock and installed it.

33.something Mhz. clock. Well, to say the difference was startling is a vast understatement. The aforementioned bag of cats turned out to be pipes and whistles afterall. Choral songs actually had distinct singers singing. So you get the idea. A 100 buck clock improved the player tremendously.

Next I added separate power supplies ,+ and - 15 volts, for the op amps and socketed LM4562's. Lots of bypassing etc., not much of a change but I felt it was worthwhile. I guess it did help a bit but not as much as the clock change.

OBTW, the original clock crystal was the size of a grain of rice, no kidding. So the long answer is, if you like the sound of your changer than upgrades are fine. If not then chuck it or use it as a garage machine.

Audiophile level? These are 200 to 300 buck carousels. Some upgrades and they sound decent. A nice Shanling or Marantz they will never be.
 
I was at the Sony store on the weekend (in Sydney) and I saw the Sony 300 CD changer. Would be so convenient in lieu of a computer based music server with high end DAC.
 
Technics SL-MC409

I love my Technics SL-MC409. MASH bit (MULTI-STAGE NOISE SHAPING).
Sounds as good as my Sony MDP-455 CD CDV LD Player.
Fully programable mode for 5 different sets of cds.

Easy to use and very reliable.
 
I've got 3 Pioneer PD-F1007's 300 disks each. Bought 1 new and the other two on ebay used. I've never had any problem with them at all...ever. Before that I owned four different Pioneer 100 disk players, both horizontal stack and carousel, never had any problems with any of them either.

They all use Brown Burr 1 bit D/A converters and sound great. If you'd rather, they have both optical and coax digital outs so you can use an outboard D/A converter.
 
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