CD-Player Reviews

Overall, the Cd player is very good. The overall build of the player feels very solid. however, the locks/latches break VERY easily. mine broke and the ones i've seen at several stores are also broken. The radio reception is great. The sound quality is pretty good. the provided headphones are TERRIBLE. they hurt after use. It's pretty hard to make this cd player skip. hasn't even skipped once on me yet. overall, a great buy. the things i have problem with is the price and the flimisiness of the latches.

This CD player is the best for the money. It may seem a little high but well worth it.It has never skiped on me once even with it in my side pocket of my shorts while riding my bike. Even when I dropped it in my pool it still plays perfect. Over all the Best.

It can play burned CD's, a radio, optional buttons all over the place, a remote control, and a 25 hour Battery Life!!!!
What more can you ask, buy it now.

My DCS901 MP3 disc player did not recharge the batteries recommended by Sony. I tried two different battery sets and now I'm sending the unit back in for repair. Also, I think it is too large for running comfortably. It is bulkier than the Sony Sport Walkman tape player that I previously used and I wanted to get away from that bulk. I would prefer a small flash MP3 player. Volume was almost not loud enough in noisey areas.

I was able to fit all 3 discs of Queen's Greatest Hits onto one cd.....and I still could have put on 6 more complete discs of songs......and that's only on the highest quality! First things first.....I saw a review on here with a person complaining about the beep that went off whenever you push a button and that there was no pause feature........... Read the manual......You can turn off the beep and there definitely is a pause feature (you push the play button...notice the double bar symbol under the triangle.) Anyways, this player has great sound and never skips. The radio that has the weatherband and tv features is really great. It's just an overall perfect player. The only thing that I don't like are the headphones. No, it isn't because of a bad sound quality......It's just that I don't like putting things inside my ears...especially when the things aren't a tight fit allowing them to move around and be annoying......... Anyways...... Amazing player.......I strongly suggest it.

If you are in the market for a high-end portable cd-player, this model is defintely for you. The sound quality and sampling is amazing, and it is easily the most durable portable player I've ever owned. I'd been looking for the "Sports" series for 3 years when mp3 portable players were just starting to come into the forefront, and at the time, the "Sports" model wasn't available for mp3 playback...until July. Sony has made tremendous improvements over the years, but I've always been biased towards their portable electronics since the 1980's.
The headphones are an extremely comfortable design...much improved from earlier models. Sony has outdone themselves, and hopefully Panasonic will be able to catch up to this unit, because, as of this writing, they have yet to come out with a "Shockwave" mp3 cd player. For now, if you don't mind paying a little extra money, you won't be disappointed.

After reading the glowing reviews here I decided to give this glorified boom box a try. I was not impressed. It's absolutely ugly, it's big, and the sound [is horrible]. This is all fairly subjective stuff so take my opinion for what it is worth.

I just didn't like it. It's loud but that's about it. It sounded OK at lower volumes. The biggest problem I had was with the lack of depth. It was all high end, no mid range whatsoever. The sound presets (Hall, Rock, Stadium, Dance etc) were just lousy. Half of them sounded exactly the same. There was no richness there. The bass boost didn't really help, either. With no way to really control bass and treble the sound was just flat.

I ended up sending it back and getting a Kenwood NV-301. Am I glad I did. What a difference. It's stylish, elegant and it sounds 10 times better than the JVC. It has CD text which is great for all the CD-Rs you have burned, you can adjust the bass and treble, and it has an input for a subwoofer, something the JVC didn't have. Adding an inexpensive subwoofer from some place like Cambridge Soundworks will really make this thing sound even better.

Overall the JVC is just a giant boom box with boom box sound. Its THD is 10%! The Kenwood's THD (total harmonic distortion) is .09% which makes it sound richer. The Kenwood is cheaper, too.

I hope this helps.

If you are looking for a stero for yourself or a friend, this is the one! The bass and the quality of music it puts out is just awesome. If you are willing to spend the money buy this stero. It has a few pleasent suprises.

I've been a long fan of JVC products. I replaced my JVC PC-X300 boombox with this shelf system. The sound is great and has great control features. Excellent for apartment living, saving space and providing excellent sound with out having to crank up the volume.

'Tis true. I absolutely adore my tiny blue Philips AZ910317 Personal CD Player. I, oh so creatively, decided to name mine Philip. Philip has managed to provide me with musical pleasure every day for almost a year now. In fact, it's getting harder and harder to imagine a life without Philip. But we all know that nothing in this world is perfect. And even my darling Phil has its faults. So, which would you like to know first- the good news or the bad news? . . . what's that you say?? WHAT? I can't HEAR you!! Perhaps my headphones are on too loud. Oh well, I'll flip a coin. . .

The Bad: The headphones good ol' Phil came with just aren't my cup of tea. They're uncomfortable. And they muffle the music. That problem wasn't hard to fix, though. I just bought some those headphones that slide into your ears. Those made me very happy. Another slight problem is the location of the batteries. You actually have to remove the CD from the discMan to switch the batteries. BUT you won't have to switch those batteries too often, so it's not really that big of a problem. I think the thing that bothers me the most about Phil is the display's lack of light. It was quite difficult to find the right buttons to push when it's dark and there's no light -- but that's easy to get used to. Now I'm an expert.

The Good: The reason I love Phil so much is because Phil treats me real good. Phil makes me happy. Phil knows what it is: a simple discMan. It's not trying too hard to be something it's not, and doesn't have to. That's a quality I look for in a discMan. Phil doesn't skip at all when I go jogging. That makes me happy. Phil's tiny and cute and blue, not big and bulky and boring. That also makes me happy. And Phil's ability to last on long trips never ceases to amaze me. Phil doesn't suck the life out of batteries like SOME discmen I know. As my friends are begging people for spare batteries, I give Phil a proud smile. And when there are no more spare batteries and they are unable to listen to their discmen, I silently whisper to MY discMan, "You are the best" . . . 'Cause Phil is.

I've had this CD player for 3 years and it's great. Very good size, goods looks especially the blue color. In all the time I've had it it has never skipped. Very good sound. The car kit worked but I never needed it with a CD player already in the car. So the car kit isn't an essential component for me. The only thing I don't like is that the ear phones sometimes pull my hair but they have very good sound. I replaced them with some other ones that go on my ears. Overall it is the bomb! You should get it.

Unless you want an AM/FM tuner or MP3 capabilities, this is as goo as it gets. The 40 (I thought it was 45) second skip protection is perfect. It is perfect for jogging, since the anti-skip actually seems to rid it of skipping at all. The car kit allows you to hook your CD player to you cars audio system via casette rack, enabling you to save on the new car you may be buying. Also includes car power adaptor.

This Sony was the second portable Cd player I had bought. I really liked the features it came with. One of the reasons I had bought the model with the car kit is because the LCD screen would light up when plugged in an external power souce. The ESP 2 will protect it from small bumps, but it won't keep playing if dropped. The battery life is average for todays CD players. The head phones it came with are OK, but I would upgrade those to a better set, especialy if you want to use the GROOVE sound setting. Which is now discontinued on all Sony Discman and Walkman models. I belive that its one of the best!

I bought the D-E206CK, which seems to be just like this one, but without the backlit display I believe, and I am impressed with how well it is shock proof. The case is well designed and looks and feels great. The only thing is the headphones; they are uncomfortable, but in all, this is a wise purchase!

Recently I purchased this CD player, and it is a wonderful upgrade from my 1994 Discman. This Cd player is virtually UNSKIPABLE! It survived a 3 hour bus ride for my senior class trip. I used a adaptor i got from Radio Shack so i could hook up two headsets. My best friend wanted to listen too, he is a diehard RCA fan and laughed when he sawmy Discman. Well by the end of the trip he was amazed by the Groove setting, easy use but more importantly it never skiped, even without using the ESP. We even snuck it onto a ride, it was simlar to "free fall" its a 150foot drop, it did not skip once. Needless to say, he is now looking on to this line of SONY cd players. Just incase your still doubting the purchase, trust me its worth it! Suprizing nobody said anything about how light it is. It is also set up well the buttons are not only easy to read, they are well spaced and clearly marked. I recommend this cd player to anyone who loves music.

I've had this amazing CD player for almost 3 years. It has survived being dropped dozens of times and it never skips. The design is light, thin and stylish. It packs all the functions needed into 3 buttons - stop&pause, back and play&forward. The buttons took getting used to at first, but now I miss them when I use other CD players. Other owners of this CD player model stop me on the street to rave "Isn't that the greatest CD walkman ever?!"

This c.d player is the best i have ever bought. It just does not skip!!! even with the esp off it does not skip. it's amazing. they come in four colors: silver,red,navy blue, and yellow. i have the yellow one. it also has a cute design. It is not big and bulky. it is nice and round. i like the sony hologram on it too. i think sony had defenitley struck gold with this one. many of the people i know have this c.d. player. The only thing it does not have is a pause button. but thats ok because the stop button doubles up. if you press it it will stop and when you turn the c.d player back on it will start from where you left off. i do not care for the headphones though. i would reccomend the street style ones. the ones with the clip on colors. it matched the yellow and red player. well this is all i have to say for now. so get up and go buy it. you will NOT be dissapointed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Sony DE220 is the best CD Player I've seen. I bought it a few weeks ago and it's lovely. I even dropped it once, but the sound quality is just as good and unaffected. It looks good, too. I have the silver-coloured one and it's really cute. Sony is a very good brand and it makes excellent products. The buttons are nice, 'cause they make a 'beep' sound when you press play or stop or something. I like the Sony Walkman hologram at the bottom. All-in-all, I have no complaints and love the player.

I purchased this based on other reviews and were they ever right. Compact and clearly well built. This is my first purchase of a portable CD player and I suspect it could be my last. The earphones aren't adjustable and are a bit bulky relative to the portability of the set and there is loss of sound when using the remote control but the player itself is the best I've seen (I HAVE used others).

i have my philips cd player with me, during all 8 hours that i'm at work. it's pretty physical work, lifting, bending, etc, and my philips cd player has outlasted all the other brands out there. i've dropped it (several times) from several feet, which would have (and did) shattered the other players i've had. nothing has ever gone wrong with it yet, which left me very elated and content. you cannot go wrong with this player. i would give it 10 stars if i could.

this is probably the best CD player i've ever owned in my life. when i got it, i thought it was okay. i wasn't really looking for a durable cd player; just something that would last me for a while. well, i was in for a surprise! i have dropped this cd player on concrete over 20 times, and nothing has happened to it! i even take it with me when i mow the lawn!! the hold feature helps when i'm on the lawn mower or in the car. also, the ESP system is WONDERFUL! even when riding around on a bumpy lawn mower, it never skips! AT ALL! probably the best feature is the fact that this is not a batter-guzzling machine. i don't have to change the batteries often, and that saves not only money, but time, and by that i mean because the battery compartment is inside the cd cover, which could be a pain to open or a plus because you won't accidentally open it. however you look at it. all in all, this is definately a 5-star cd player.

I just got the Psycadelic version of this from Sony (Its the same thing just the shade of blue is slightly different) and I have to say I love it. I expected maybe a little skipping knowing Sony is known for having good anti-protection. Well just a few hours ago I was biking pretty fast down a really rough hill with it in my pocket (Note that it's small enough to fit in a pocket) and it didnt skip at all even for a second, then I remembered I didnt even have the ESP MAX on! The sound quality is superb, I burned two disks for it and the CD player seemed to increase the quality 3 fold. I could hear things I never noticed before. Not having a pause button isnt bad, you just have to press stop and then play then wait 5 seconds and itll go back to the place you were. One thing i do have to mention thats a con is the head phones do start to bother my ears a little but only after wearing them for like over an hour and a half, but unless you really cant stand this kind of thing its no reason to buy new headphones. All in all this is an absolutly GREAT CD player for its price.

I got this Cd player because my old cd player diddn't work right so I got this cd player and I was so shocked because it worked so good! The sound quality on this cd player is excellent! You get 3 levels of bass! You can turn the bass off, you can put it on 1 if you want a little more bass, and you can even put it on 2 so you get a lot of bass! You get the best sound when you have it on 2. This cd player also comes with great headphones. They are called Sony Street Style headphones! They are great because they are comfortable, they sound great, and they don't mess up you hair! This cd player has a great feature called ESP MAX. It is a really good skip protection. One time it fell off my table and it hit the floor and it was still playing and I had the ESP MAX off! It has some good features on it for the cd player like: Repeat, Repeat 1, 1 (means it will play only one song), repeat shuffle. The design of this cd player is really cool. It is a dark blue color. You can get this Cd player in many different colors. It comes in Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red, Radium Gold, and Silver. I highly reccomend this Cd player to anybody who wants a small compact size, great sounding cd player that works excellent for a great value.

I have only had two cd walkmans in my entire life. My first cd walkman was a sony but it skips way too much. Plus when I first got it, the cost of cd walkmans were pretty high at the time which was a decade ago. Earlier this year I bought a new cd walkman and the D-E350 was the model I bought (and blue like the picture above). At first I liked the headphones but eventually they got uncomfortable whenever I would travel and wanted to take a cat nap while listening to music. So I couldn't really lay my head back. I got rid of the headphones and bought a different pair which I have reviewed not too long ago. The sound quality is great on the D-350. I like how the cd will resume where I left off if I have to stop the cd player. The bass gives my music an added oomph to the sound. My favorite feature is the hold switch. When I was traveling back to Minneapolis last night, I accidently dropped my cd player on the floor of the bus. Thankfully I had the hold switch on. Not even the drop was able to alter the cd I was listening to. Since I commute to and from work in the morning by the local transit system, I like to listen to music. I keep the hold switch on because my shoulder bag is constantly moving along with me. The music consistently plays. Because I use Rayovac batteries (shameless plug alert), I rarely have to change the batteries in my cd player. I am sure that it also has to do with the D-E350 as well. Other than the headphones, I am quite satisfied with this portable cd player. It is definitely a lifesaver for those boring morning commutes or long-winded travels via the Greyhound to visit my folks.

I've only owned this machine for four days and I'm absolutely blown away by it. The alignment of the speakers really does create a nice 3D sound effect even when listening to AM radio. There are several different equalization presets that bring out different sound qualities depending on what you're listening to. I am very impressed with the way the controlls are laid out on the machine. They are separated into groups so it's easy to find what you're looking for. This is especially useful for me because I am totally blind and it is easy to remember the functions of each controll because of how they are arranged. Where this machine really stands out though is in it's sheer power. I thought the "Power blaster" thing sounded a little corny, but not after hearing it. This machine packs plenty of power and I don't really agree with the reviewer who said you lose bass as the volume goes up. Granted, a mini system would deliver more bass, but this boombox does a nice job in bringing out eh bass and it doesn't drop off when the volume goes up and believe me, the volume goes up! In short, BUY ONE! You'll love it. Oh, and my jog dial works fine also.

I am very pleased with the purchase of this boombox. It is very easy to use and the sound quality is geat. I would recommend this boombox for anyone interested in buying a quality boombox at an affordable price. I have only owned it for one week, therefore, I can not comment on the durability of the equipment.

This panasonic boombox is wicked,haha. I love the futuristic look. The sound quality is good, I can bump my rap or r&b and the speakers can pump that bass. It's fairly easy to operate as well. The radio stations come in clear and you know they had to include a remote right? Yup, I don't have to get my lazy a$$ up to change radio stations or perform other functions if I don't want to. The sound virtualizer makes a song sound spacey, real raw. Now I know I said stick to Sony with portable audio but Panasonic is trying to come up. This boombox is great for 3 main reasions: One - It's size makes it easy to fit in any room or set up, it fits just fine on top of my small bookshelf. Two - The style can't be beat. The whole futuristic layout worked good. And Three - Sound quality is bumping. It can hang with some of the bigger and more expensive audio sets. That's my two cents on this boombox, I'm out.

My mom and dad tried for *months* to get me this discman, but Sony told them it was out of stock since about...June 1999.

However, there's an identical model which is metallic silver called the Sony D-EG7, which came out mid/late 1999. It still features the adjustable strap and these great street - style headphones that wrap behind your head.

Overall, the construction of the D-EG3, being the same as the D-EG7, is GREAT. A bit of a battery muncher but otherwise, it offers great bass, killer anti - skip technology (even when I'm running to the bus in the morning!) and a great design which unfortunately attracts a bit too much attention in the big city.

I've had mine nearly 2 years now, and it's still in great shape, even though I use it up to two hours a day, every day. Its construction and hard rubber base has helped it to stand being dropped, scratched, smashed between two steel doors, and even stepped on by a Rottweiler.

I have had this player for 4years and running. its been through hell and back. I keep it as my back-up now when I find out the hard way I might add that these new players just don't cut it.

This discman is great! I've had mine for about 2 and a half years and it is still working as well as it did the first day I got it! Along with it's cool design and great sound quality, it has some very convinient features. It comes with a carry strap so you can strap it around your shoulder which saves you the inconvinience of carrying it. It also has a feature that lets you stop the discman (instead of pausing it) so you can answer the phone or do something else, without losing your spot on the CD.

The ESP anti-skip protection really works: this discman rareley skips, so you can always hear the deep bass and treble of the music.

Just recently, I replaced the headphones that come with the discman (which are actually quite good, dispite the distortion of the sound when you turn the volume up past 7) with a pair of wraparound-style headphones. They're very nice, exept, they deliver almost the same sound as the other ones.

Over all this a really great discman. I would reccomend it to all of my friends.