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The Sony is almost music to my ears

Advantages: Great build quality, clear and spacious, good punch to the bass
Disadvantages: Can sound muddled when there is too much going on in the music

Sony have always had a very solid reputation for producing solid hi fi i.e.rarely spectacular but certainly tick all the boxes you would ask for in hi fi. Thankfully this does very little to harm this reputation, the build quality is excellent and certainly is built to last, it is very sturdy and does not look cheap in the slightest. However cds are becoming something of a relic due to the fact that digital music stored on the computer does allow ...
...many impressive external dac's now on the market. Having said that though, for those whose primary need is the convenience of immediately playing their favourite music cd's, then this does a very admirable job. This cd player offers very good sound quality, vocals and musical instruments are very clear, there is a nice punch to the musical presentation, which is not overdone but certainly allows for the impact of sudden transients to be properly ...

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Review of Sony CDP-XE 370

THE SONY RCD PLAYER.

Advantages: NICE FUNCTIONS AND DOES NOT CONFUSE WHEN IN USE.
Disadvantages: LACKS SOME VITAL FEATURES LIKE THE SHOCK PROOF.

...own case, I have one Sony HD ready TV so I am very comfortable with this particular player. I see this serving quite long for me. Well the manufacturers decided not to put in shockproof may be, it is not like the portable players that are meant to be taken around may be they put these things into considerations but still comfortable with that. I still tip Sony my best electronic manufactures do to how their product is being built, in terms of product ...
...Have a lot of Sony RCD products similar to this but I still take this one the product of my choice. When connected to a superior speaker, that is when you will get the real sound quality. Lets take a look at the product features: It has a nice CD recorder with mp3 play back. Multi CD player is also available. MY THOUGHT. I will say that its main specs are very limited although it has an MP3 play back feature that really qualifies most CD players ...

packerlist 25.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony RCD-W 100

A gem of a player but you need to search for it!

Advantages: Fantastic sound quality, stylish looks, fast access to tracks, easy to use.plethora of useful features.
Disadvantages: Now hard to find-discontinued, Needs a dedicated amp such as the Sony TAFB940 for best results,DON'T lose the remote (See review)

...quailty -this is a sign Sony are serious with this deck. The Fascia is by comparison somewhat minimalist offering track selection via a Jog dial on the right hand side, basic play,pause,stop contols etc and an Eject button. Losing the remote is fatal-you would not be able to select the SACD mode for a compatible disc...which would defeat the whole purpose of it. Ok so what about sound quality? In a word stunning. I noticed a huge jump in quality ...
...I replaced it with a Sony TAFBE-940 which resulted in an even bigger increase in quality especially in standard CD playback. So an all round brilliant buy so far... And the Drawbacks? The main issue is the fact that critical funtions such as SACD mode selection are Remote dependant-this is fine in one sense as it produces an uncluttered fascia but if it's lost or broken you will have a shadow of your lovely machine. In my experience for optimum ...

peterkinxl5 15.09.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Sony SCD-XB940

Sony CDP CE 405

Advantages: Sony
Disadvantages: Old now, and probably discontinued.

Another great Sony separate at a really good price when I bought it. I paid £125 in the Sony Centre sale about 7 years ago. I had been looking for a multi disc player, because basically I am a lazy sod. I like to have several discs in the CD player so that I can choose between them without having to get up and change discs. This model is a five disc changer, and in my opinion a good one at that. My one came in black and to be honest I don’t ...
...doubt that this model is still in production as it was in the sale when I bought it 7 years ago. It has served me well over the years and has never required any after sales care or servicing. The only disappointment for me is that the display lights are not as clear as they once were, but I suppose you could say that that is only to be expected. The player has the basic functions and features that you would expect and also a few that maybe you wouldn’t ...

tokenboy 23.01.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Sony CDPCE405

Sony RDX-700 CD receiver

Advantages: Elegant, classic and minimalistic design: A beauty
Disadvantages: No CD-Text, plastic CD door

...design, and because the name Sony inspired confidence in its inner values. I have not been disappointed, both the design as well as the electronics and mechanics stood the test of time. Now, this is not high-end receiver, it is not conceived for the power- or feature-hungry user, and for many, the sheer idea of packing a CD player in a receiver is reason alone not to buy this unit. Maybe this is why the unit never sold in huge numbers, and apparently ...
...be the champagne color, reminescent of the classic Esprit series, but difficult to combine with other devices in black or silver. There are two things I dislike - or maybe that's too strong a word, I should say, appreciate less - about the RXD-700: The CD player door is of simple plastic (as opposed to the rest of the frontplate, including the bottom latch hiding the many small buttons), and the player lacks CD-Text, although the VFD display could ...

marais 01.07.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Sony RXD700