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based on price this player is an excellent back-up unit. I bought an identical unit six years ago and have had no problems with it. I prefered to keep it in a dedicated system.
It works just fine, but come on now - no on/off capability using the remote. That is just plain silly.
This unit work well for a very short period of time. Nothing extraordinary but it worked and sounded ok. Then it stop reading discs and will cycle through all 5 and display "no disc"Very disappointed in this cd player.
I bought this changer as a replacement for a very nice Harman Kardon 5-CD changer. The cause of the problem was putting the changer on the bottom of a heavy stack of components: Harman Kardon AVR-745, which weighs about 45 pounds, Samsung Blu-Ray player, which weighs next to nothing, and Scientific Atlanta 8350 HD cable box with DVR. Once again, I am quite pleased with this CD player. Setup was very easy, as expected. I rated it with 4 stars just because the chassis is not stiff enough to be placed at the bottom of a heavy stack. I am using analog connections for now, but plan to change over to optical-digital as soon as I get the proper patch cord.I did have one problem getting started: when I loaded a couple of CDs into the carousel, the carousel would not close all the way, and would open all the way again. I am very pleased with the audio quality, the fit and finish, and the usability of this changer. Once I moved the Sony CD player above the heavy receiver, everything worked fine.
Therefore, the changer could not read any of the discs I loaded. I discovered that if I lifted the other equipment off the top of the Sony changer, the problem would go away and the changer would operate properly. It is a very good value, and I expect many years of service from it. My situation (heavy stack) is probably an unusual one.
Audio equipment gets much more use in our house than video equipment so the quality is very important. This CD changer is very easy to use, sounds great and has very good reviews. It has served us well so far and I expect it to continue to.
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