CD-Player Reviews

This CD player is wonderful if you are a high school or college student constantly on the go. It will not skip, even under the worst shaking conditions. The styling is sleek and simple. It is just slightly bigger than the size of a CD. The FM/AM tuner capability is also wonderful for when you might get bored of the CD you have, or forget to grab a CD altogether. The hand strap it comes with is very handy, and so is the AC adapter. Perhaps the best feature of this product is that it doesn't use batteries very fast. I have been using it for 2 months now, average 10 hours a week, and the 2 batteries I put in when I bought it still haven't been used up completely. The headphones, however, aren't very good. I would recommend picking up a pair of Sony earbuds.

This CD player was the first that I bought. I was just getting into music (I'm just 14) and my mom was begging me to get one instead of always using the stereo. So, I just went and got this one. It has been dropped on the school cafeteria floor, the wood at my house, the sidewalk, and the worst thing that happened after all those falls was the batteries flyed out. It plays great, and the battery life is great, too. (about 10 hours). I have had it for a year and a half, and it still works like a charm. The radio feature is great too. I listen to Q101 all the time. Be warned: THIS CD PLAYER TURNED ME INTO A COMPLETE METALHEAD!!! BUT THATS NOT BAD... ITS VERY GOOD!!! Awesome CD player, strongly recommended.

This is the best cd player I know of, meaning the best you can get without going broke. Everyone at school knows that if you're going to get a cd player, get this one. It doesn't skip, no matter what. I've heard stories of people kicking it, dropping it, stepping on it and even falling off a bike with it and having it never skip. I highly recommend this cd player.

I got this as a gift. Afetr a few weeks, I was amazed. I decided to find out the specs on this thing and this is what I found. Tthe best sound in any CD-Player around. MASH/D or something like that. Great headphones that really use your neck as a base to create more bass. And a remote on the headphones to use if the player is where you can't get it. Very cool design. Rubber buttons that don't get pushed down easily so it doesn't accidently get turned on. It kinda makes the hold buttons useless. Jogger strap to use while jogging. Also little holes at the top of the player to put your fingers. It's a little comfort area for your fingers while jogging or running. 40-Second anti-shock. This is a different kind of anti-shock. Iit's very powerful. It takes a lot of rattling to make this thing skip when it's on anti-shock. There's also memory. Like if you stop the player on track 14. Once you turn it back it on, it automatically goes to track 14. This player is all around great and for a great price. Buy it here. This is the lowest I've ever seen this.

When I was considering purchasing a CD player to replace my old Panasonic one, I began looking originally at Panasonic. Being a picky purchaser, I need something that looks good in its design, as well as performs well. Panasonic has a reputation (along with Sony and Aiwa) of being the best portable CD player manufacturer. I ended up going with one of Panasonic's Shockwave CD Players. Amazon's unique feature of the reviews, helped the greatest. Looking among the various SLSW CD Players, I had my eyes set on the SLSW880 from the beginning.

People do tell the truth. The headphones hurt my head and ears after 5 minutes of putting them on, and apparently, my VMSS didn't even work. Besides that, the sound quality produced is exceptional.

The durability is quite amazing. Being metal, it can take a large amount of beating and dropping, yet still keep playing, definitely living up to Panasonic's name. The latches [aren't very good] quality, but for the time being, they do work. The Anti-Shock is AMAZING! With my old Panasonic, I could shake it up and down and it would not skip, but extremely vigorous dropping and beating would cause a skip. With the Anti-Shock on, nothing will stop it from continuous play. I could swear you could throw it against a wall and it would probably continue to play smoothly (even though it might not last much longer!).

The buttons are sometimes hard to press in order to be able to actually do what you want it to do, but besides that, the overall playing operations and "button pushing" is exceptional. Only problem is the apparent "EQ" is actually only S-XBS (Super Bass) and the VMSS operation. This is a minus. Other than that, the programming, automatic turn-off and many other playing features are excellent. The volume button and hold buttons on the under side may be very large and awkward, but ad to its durability and overall performance and quality. The rubber covers that fit in the extra holes when not in use are excellent features to keep water and dust out and also increase the durability and quality. They make break off after long use, but are excellent and will stay on for a long time.

I think Panasonic has done the best job it could ever do in creating the most durable and highest quality CD player on the market today. Its design appeals to everyone in shiny silver and awesome blue colors. Its sound quality lives up to Panasonic's audio devices name. The playing operation "works" and "works well". Overall, I think this is one of the best portable CD players on the market today and is probably the most durable player to date. It DEFINITELY lives up to Panasonic's name.

Ok, All I Have To Say Is Two Words, Simply Mindblowing! I Bought A Panasonic Shockwave SL-SW870 Two Years Ago, And This CD Player Is My Favorite One I Ever Had. I Am Now Shopping Around For A New One Because The Only Problem With This CD Player Is That The Latches On The Sides For Keeping The Lid Closed.. Are Easily Breakable. But, Besides These Things Being Easily Breakable, This CD Player Is Top Of The Line. It Wont Skip With Antishock On, And The VMSS Is Simply Amazing! People Claim The Headphones Are Uncomfortable, But I Dont Have A Problem With Them, And With The VMSS, I Wouldnt Care If They WERE Uncomfortable! Once I Used The VMSS, All Headphones I Tried On Were Nothing Compared To This! This CD Player Is Quite Costly, But It Doesnt Get Any Better.

This shelf system by Phillips is just what the gaming community has been looking for: A standalone speaker system that combines both the functionality of a normal self stereo system along with the sound quality of a high-end set of computer speakers.

I read the reviews above went to the store checked it out and said I got to have it. Playstation 1&2 and DVD's sound awesome with it. The mixing is a great feature due to the fact you can play CD's while using it for PS2 without switching CD's. If your looking for a great sound, looking for a mini stereo system for your MP-3 music look no further. I hooked up my notebook to it and played music for hours. Great Buy!

I saw this at wal-mart for 100 dollars. dont waste you money buyin it for 140. you should be able to find it cheaper just about anyplace else.

Hey, my name is Sam, and I'm a 14 year old kid who lives in New York. I agree with the person who said that the past reviews seem written by all the same people, but I'm not complaining. I enjoy this product, but there are a few downsides. 1, an unneccesarily fold out slot for the cd. Instead of a space the size of a cd opening up, the whole damn player opens up. Very annoying, but it doesn't detract at all in the big run. Okay reception, I'm not complaining but I'm not jumping for joy. Great sound, great backlight function, nice, bright and orange. Slim, can fit mostly anywhere. Hmm... wall mounting was pretty easy, so don't let that stop you. Looks nice, blue and fuzzy looking. Buttons are not placed conveniently, but it is no struggle. A handy little remote is one of the biggest plusses, a feature I cannot go without. 30 radio presets, 15 am/15 pm. Only complaint here is that instead of pressing 1 and going back to your 1 station, you have to cycle through 2-15 just to get back to that one station. Quite the hassle. I'd just like to note, I'm a very critical person, so everything I say is a quarter as bad as I say it is. I'm everybodies worst critic for some reason. Nifty little gadget. I recommend it, and it has a digital tuner to boot. For the most part, this thing has convenience all over it. Great alarm clock timer features by the way.

Peace

Sam

It's no Wave, but it's not bad except for the flimsy stand that keeps the player from falling over. It barely does that. And there's the odd need to expose the entire CD player to insert a disc. But the player sounds pretty good, reception is OK and if you hang it securely on a wall until it's time to throw it in a suitcase you'll be fine.

So it looks like a scale! Once you've gotten over that little detail you can start to enjoy all that it has to offer. Digital tuner, CD player (that will play CD-R's), better than average radio reception, an enhanced bass boot that works well, and a nifty remote "to boot." What else could you ask for? Sure, it's not going to fill the room like your home stereo, but you'd be silly to ask it to. Solid sound from the two front mounted speakers. Find myself using the remote a lot, even though I sit less than 2ft. away from the radio since the buttons are on the top and difficult to see.

It's been said and beaten up in the previous reviews the beauties of this cd player: impossible to skip (which actually is about 30 seconds if you open the cd player and trick it into playing with the lid off and stopping the cd), awesome design and aluminium casing and such. However I don't like the fact that the remote is plastic, just feels cheap. Headphones too, whats with them? I just threw mine out immediately and hooked up my Grado SR80s up. It also seems that the external battery case can break real easily though I never use it... Also, if you press on the unit you can *scratch* the cd which is a design flaw (just press on the play button with a cd in, you can hear the cd scratch).

One day with this player, it suddenly stopped working, I found out that the batteries were screwed so I recharged and discharged them and a week later it started working again, weird... Just a little story I think is important to share...

As for sound quality, it sounds decent, the headphone amplifier isn't all too great, only a 5mW 16ohm output so an amplifier is needed to run high quality/high impedance headphones (high quality means 100$+, not these pathetic 10-30$ headphones you usually see that sounds like my clock alarm). However, you can't expect such a high battery life with a good headphone output, which leads me to another point, this unit has an awesome run time, I almost never need to worry about the batteries, and when they run out, a 2 or so hour recharge will let them run for a while.

I spent a lot of time trying to decide whether to get the Sony DEJ815 CD Walkman or one of the other top-of-the-line discmans out there. After much consideration, I went with the DEJ815 and I haven't regretted it since. The pros of this little discman are endless-- I am very satisfied with it, it has never let me down in any area, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who's considering buying a new discman.

First of all, it looks great- very sleek, light and thin. The controls are well laid out. The sound is very good- especially with the Mega Bass. The headphones are a bit cheap, but those can easily be replaced. The backlit remote is convenient for controlling your discman while running. As for skipping- IT WON'T SKIP. I've shaken it, dropped it on the floor, jogged with it, and it has never skipped. I replaced the rechargeable batteries for a two-week trip with 2 normal AA batteries, and after playing 15+ full CDs on it, the battery was still full. With the rechargeable batteries it will last a few days, then can be charged back up to full within 2 hours, which saves a lot of money on batteries. The CD to MD text transfer is useful for me when I record on to my minidisc player, but most people don't need that feature. The included rubber carry case w/handle is great for use while jogging.

As for the other popular discmans out there-- the DEJ915 has an impractical design, the DEJ611 is OK but does not match up to the DEJ815 in quality.

I am very satisfied with this discman. I recommend spending the extra money on this one instead of buying a cheap one then having to replace it later when it breaks. It looks great, it sounds great, has long battery life and plenty of extras. Overall, it's a solid product and well worth the price.

I bought this thing several years ago (3 or 4, i forget) through crutchfield back when no one knew what "g-protection" was. And the funny thing is, back then it was one of about three g-protection models available in the U.S. and it came with a remote and only cost $125. I never used the headphones that came with it, so I can't speak for them. I rarely use the remote because the cd player is rarely out of reach and if you combine the remote's cord with the one from the headphones you just get several feet of cord in your way. The metal cover makes a HUGE difference as far as durability goes. I have also run with this, left it on the floor of my car in a bumby ride, and even straight up dropped the thing several times and i have still NEVER heard it skip. I still have one significant complaint, the headphone output is weak. The volume can go from 0 to 9 with three levels per number. I always have it at about 7 or higher just to hear it. I've flown with the cd player and there is so much background noise on planes that with open aired headphones and the volume at max i still had trouble hearing. luckily i had more expensive closed headphones which made a difference. Still, i had to give this a 5. it's great, VERY thin, you'll be surprised, and the bateries do last forever.

With a budget of $300, I shopped around for minisystems, listening to products from Panasonic, JVC, and Sony. Panasonic systems tend to have a muffled sound. I quickly ruled them out. The JVC GT88 has a slightly tinny sound, but the JVC Z10 is better and has excellent bass. However, this Sony really has the best overall sound. JVC just had good bass - the sound from above seemed to get lost. The Sony has the best quality sound and costs $100 less than the JVC. Music lovers, this is your system. Rap/Metal Listeners or anyone who just wants bass, go for the JVC GT88.

Additionally, out of all the systems I looked at, the Sonys have the best overall appearance. The rest are way too gaudy. This unit is simple yet attractive.

Sony MHC-GX45 - A great deal for $200.

I got this as a Christmas present and let me tell you, I've never owned anything with such great sound. In my opinion it was priced far to low. It has multiple bass settings and a subwoofer that can be turned off if needed. When playing with V-Groove on I need to open my cabnets because the bass rattles the doors. It may not have a flashy screan or buttons but the great and clear sound defenitly makes up for that. It's a "must buy."

awesome sound low price a great deal if you ask me. i own one myself and its pretty darn sweet.

It's been about 10 years since I bothered with a portable CD player, so I looked for one with a good combination of sound quality, battery life, playback features, and durability. I based my choice of this player in part on good experience with other Philips products, and in part on others' ratings of the product. (Having that Amazon promotional gift certificate helped too....)

When I received the player, I was indeed pleased with the sound quality and the playback features. The included headphones had a tinny quality, but I intended to use this through my home stereo quite a bit, and it did well for that. And in any case I had another set of headphones I preferred to use, and it sounded great with those.

The various playback modes (shuffle, repeat, program, scan) leave nothing wanting. The included rechargeable battery lasted at least 18 hours between charges, very impressive. I tried high-capacity AAs once and got probably 40 hours of playback out of them (using the included battery box that doubles the player's battery capacity from 2 AA to 4 AA).

This was the first CD player I've used with anti-skip protection, and that was a pleasant surprise. I never did manage to make a CD skip, in any playback mode. It worked fine through walking, running, cycling, mowing lawns, driving, all of it -- no skips, no pauses of any kind. And it worked with heavily scratched CDs, or CDs that would result in skips on my car stereo CD player or my home player.

The downside? This unit is not very durable. It looks good, feels like it can survive just about anything. But the lid is held in place but two small plastic nubs that, if broken, render the thing useless. Just under one month after I received it, the lid snapped clean off when I was changing CDs.

This is a good unit, but if durability is of any concern at all, think carefully before you choose this player. By all means be extremely careful when you open the device.

First i wanna say that this has been the FAR best cd playere ive ever used. Every Philips purchase ive ever made has satisfied me. I didint even need a portable cd player at the time i looked at this and i had an old sony that worked just fine but looked up to this cd player. I was sheer amazed that someone would put so much into one cd player even for its price and if it was anyone it was Philips. When i saw this cd player i fell in love with it becuase im just an average 15 year old that likes to listin to music. my probloms with my old cd player were that

1. i like to listin to music in the dark and id have to find a light to change stuff on it. The Philips had a backlit lcd that's very bright.

2. My cd player would skip when i put it in my pocket and rode my bike. But the philips Has 45 seconds of esp witch is way more than i needed. Every time i use this thing its never skipped.

3. It did not have a remote control so i would have to reach in my pocket when riding my bike to get it out and change things on it. But with the Philips i just have my handy dandy remote on my pocket that Changes my volume, switches to the next track, stops and plays, and it has a hold button so nothin bumps it and when you put the cd unit on hold the remote can still switch tasks on it.

4. I went through batteries like a dog on a peice of meat. But even with the Philips 45 seconds of esp. the Nikel-Cadium-lithium-Ion batteries hold up for days. And every time i lay my cd player down i just hit stop twice and it charges them up so i got a full tank and you dont even have to take them out. And its got an extra batterie pack so when you go on those long trips it wont run out.

5. Batteries alwase fell out the bottom of it. The philips has inside batterie compartment so that they wont.

6. It got beat up very bad every time i dropped it it made a scratch. And with the philips ALUMINUM lid efvery time i dropped it noting happend to it.

7. It did not play Rewritable cds so when i make mixes i gotta use a new blank CD-r Every time. And the Philips uses cd-rw fluently

8. It Had NO style and did not look good. The philips is a stunning desingn and amazed my freinds.

9. I could barley read the lcd it was so small . But the Philips Has A massive display ON the top so its very easy to read

There was only one downside to this great cd player is that a month after i had it the back left hinge for the door broke off, i was very dissapointed i had the same problom humby27 (see his review on this page) had and this thing became very hard to use and i explained it to amazon to return it and they said thed be glad to return it WITH FREE SHIPPING too. That made it a lil better but i wanted a replacement since i loved this thing so much. and trust my luck there out of stock. I have looked everywhere for this cd player on the internet and can only find it here. I have tried to find an alternative to this cd player and i just cant find it. Besides Sonys top of the line walkman witch is $487 and theres no way im paying that.

Bottom line is that i hope that if you buy this it will stay durable and not break. but this is an awesome cd player and i recccomend it greatly.

Not only is Philips Magnavox a top brand name, it is also known for quality. The main things I like about this cd player was the bass. You have three stages of bass and the second stage is about as much as you get with other cd players, but this has one more to give you even more! Another thing I like about the cd player, is it's 45 second ESP. A 10-20 ESP will get you by, but if you are active as me, a 45 second ESP will give you un-skipped music, 24/7. The extra battery pack you get with the player makes it so you can play for over 40 hours, what other cd player has over 20??? The music quality is excellent! One flaw that I had was the headphones, two days after I received the cd player, they stopped working, I don't know why, but if you do decide to buy this cd player, buy another set, the headphones were good, but not lasting. You will not go wrong on this purchase.

I've had two previous CD/MP3 players (Philips Expanium & Rio Volt), and this Panasonic is the best so far, at a fraction of the price I paid for the others. It's not perfect -- I'd like to have a pause on the remote, would like it to restart at the time on the disc where the power was turned off, and would like a backlight on the remote. But on the plus side are the long battery life, particularly with the extra AA attachment, the absence of skipping, even on bumpy roads and hopping up and down stairs, and the sound (I use a pair of Sony NudeX buds rather than the junky buds that are included), which is excellent, and offers four different EQs. The remote operation is simple and intuitive. The unit also seems quite sturdy. I've played the heck out of it, and it plays every MP3 I've thrown at it, which I can't say for the quirky earlier models I've had (and returned as defective). If you burn your MP3s to full-size CDRs, like I do, and want something that will play regular CDs as well, this is a terrific little unit.

Outstanding Qualities
I own several Panasonic CD players, and this is a very refined CD player, with or without its MP3 capabilities. First, it's very quiet in operation, so you won't hear unmusical motor whirring or seeking while you listen intimately to bedtime music :) The audio signal is also relatively noise free, and there is absolutely no hissing noise when the music quiets down. My previous Panasonic SL-CT560 makes a high pitched noise in the headphones whenever the remote backlighting came on, but the with CT700, Panasonic fixed that, too.

Model Family Comparisons
In comparison to the CT700, the CT800 is basically the same unit with metal casing and bundles Ni-MH instead of Ni-Cd reachargeable batteries, offering twice the battery life of CT700. I chose a red CT700 based on the look. Stay away from the budget SL-CT500 and SL-MPxx models, because although they're all Made in Japan like the CT700 (a rarity these days), they apparently use lower quality electronics and have much more noise in the audio.

Comparison with other Brands
A major strengh of Panasonic CD players is their superior mechanical engineering, and you can expect much better compatibility with different CD-R/RW discs and much longer product lifetime than with Sony CD Walkmans. This Panasonic is quality built to last. The only reasons you may choose a Sony might be its second-accurate resume feature, which like cassette Walkmans start at exactly the same point in music from which you left off yesterday, and better sound quality of the top end models. But Sony's all about marketing these days, and sound quality is a mixed bag, as are reliabilty, value (pricing) and design.

I got mine off ebay for ... dollars, but even at retail price ($...+) it's worth the price. Very good battery time, even on the rechargeables.. I have played it on and off for about 2 weeks and only last night did the recharge batteries die out. The sound quality is great; before I had a minidisc player, and this surpassed the sound quality by leaps and bounds in my car, probably thanks to their MASH 1-bit DAC System, designed to inhibit distortion, a common problem with mp3 playing. cdr playing has been a relative non-problem so far, and most of my discs are 3 year old silvers.
The only peeves from me are the non-seeking ability and with the remote. It is hard to advance the tracks without turning off the player, operate it and you will see what i mean. The sound quality out of the remote is also not as good as directly out of the drive, but only slightly. Also the remote is not backlit, so it can be frustrating to see where you are at or what you are doing in the car at night. This is only small a small problem though. The remote is very simple to operate and easy to use when only using your sense of touch. All and all, i would take this over any other portable device that i've handled so far. It's light, efficient, and sounds excellent!

no skipping!

Fab compact shape! Great sound for the money. Some extra kooky features I still can't figure out but hey, it looks impressive.

The color is pretty close to black, which for me is dandy, if you want electric prune you'll be sad to be sure.

I highly advise another pair of headphones, those swoop ones, the headphones that come with the player ae fine but if you need to use this for the treadmill etc...become oh so cumbersome.

Great for the money though!

This is an awsome CD player, with Akaline battery life lasting almost 24 hours, and a electric shock protection that NEVER misses a beat. It's lightweight and the headphones it comes with produce better sound then my stereo sytems! The buttons are easy to understand, and it's sleek design makes it small enough to fit in my pocket (ok, ok, so I admit, I'm sort of a raver/goth type that has really BIG pockets, but that's beside the point...) When I first played it I shook it rapidly while on my favorate song to test the ESP, and it didn't skip at all. Now I use it when I work out or just chill with it instead of using my stereo (as said before, the sound is better) Most definitly 5 stars!

when I first got this cd player, I didnt really like it untill I popped in a cd and put on the headphones.OMG, the sound Quality is very good and if you turn on the bass, it sounds as if youre in a concert hall!

no skipping!

Fab compact shape! Great sound for the money. Some extra kooky features I still can't figure out but hey, it looks impressive.

The color is pretty close to black, which for me is dandy, if you want electric prune you'll be sad to be sure.

I highly advise another pair of headphones, those swoop ones, the headphones that come with the player ae fine but if you need to use this for the treadmill etc...become oh so cumbersome.

Great for the money though!

This is an awsome CD player, with Akaline battery life lasting almost 24 hours, and a electric shock protection that NEVER misses a beat. It's lightweight and the headphones it comes with produce better sound then my stereo sytems! The buttons are easy to understand, and it's sleek design makes it small enough to fit in my pocket (ok, ok, so I admit, I'm sort of a raver/goth type that has really BIG pockets, but that's beside the point...) When I first played it I shook it rapidly while on my favorate song to test the ESP, and it didn't skip at all. Now I use it when I work out or just chill with it instead of using my stereo (as said before, the sound is better) Most definitly 5 stars!

when I first got this cd player, I didnt really like it untill I popped in a cd and put on the headphones.OMG, the sound Quality is very good and if you turn on the bass, it sounds as if youre in a concert hall!