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what happened to quality?
About 7 years ago, I bought an amazingly
made sony cd player, that I actually still have.
These that they sell now are worthless. I have
bought 4, and of the 4, 3 do not work. Buy them
at your own risk. Sony is not a high quality
company any longer. They are like everyone
else, cheap.
March 20, 2013
Very satisfied
This player works great. After trying the players that are still available in stores and getting frustrated with all the stop/start of poor skip protection this player is a welcome relief. I listen to recorded books and hope players will still be available for some time to come even if they are becoming obsolete for music. This is one of the best I've used. The battery compartment is a little difficult because of its placement inside but I wouldn't trade it off for lesser performance. I recommended it to a friend and now she has one too!
December 4, 2012
Great little cd player
Be sure to use the Sound Enhancement "1" setting for full-range sound. With no sound setting selected the music is thin and weak, probably to extend the battery life. I pair the player with Sony's MDR-SA1000 and the Sound "2" setting and the playback is amazing. For $30 you can't go wrong. Get one before Sony discontinues portable CD players!
October 10, 2012
Great player, no wall power supply
The cd player works very well, no wait time on the anti skip protection, and sounds like I expect from Sony.
The cons are pretty major though. The battery location is about as bad as it could possibly be. You have to open the case, remove the disc, and then fuss with the batteries from underneath the lid. There's no pull out ribbon, and the outside battery can be very difficult to remove.
A good solution to this would be to not use the batteries, but the device does not come with an ac or dc adapter, so out of the box you're forced to use this ridiculous battery location. It also appears that Sony does not make those adapters, or at the best they're not listed as accessories and are difficult to find (haven't been able to so far).
The LCD display is on the side of the player, which in itself isn't an issue, but it's very small, and extremely difficult to read it if there are low-light situations.
Wish this would have had a bit more thought into it's functionality and been properly designed for actual use.
July 23, 2012
