CD-Player Reviews

Cheap, with a car kit. Worked well in my cold car. Didn't work in the warm house. I took it back the next day. A classic case of you get what you pay for.

The sound quality is not very good and I would only recommend this product if you were short on cash and don't want to spend so much money on one of those expensive models. Nice touch with including the car kit.

This particular Audiovox portable CD player comes with every feature you must have and some extras. To start off, it has a cool blue and silver lid. It's 40-second anti-skip feature is a must have for traveling in the car or jogging. It only skips once your twice every hour while driving on the highway. Plus, when you jog with it the anti-skip works even better than in the car. It's CD-R compatibity is great for playing my homemade CDs. It has never once messed up reading my burned CDs. It also comes with a hold switch which secures my playback modes. That is a great added feauture because I always like programming my CDs. Oh talking about CD programing, this CD player comes with 24-track programming and track and disc repeat. It also comes with auto-shutoff. This feauture saves your battery life. Now about the accesories, it comes with a car casssete adapter, car power adapter, and finally a wall adapter for your home. You already know what they do. I also have to note that it also comes with high sound quality adjustable headphones. In conclusion, can you get all of these features near this price? I don't think so. It's a must buy for someone who is low on cash and wants a portable CD player.

I bought this JVP portable, basically because I wanted a good, name brand CD player and JVC seemed to be at the top of my thinking cap. I went to several places to look at CD portable players and for some reason, ended up at Sears (what a mistake) and purchased the JVC XLPV310 CD player for about $44.00, on sale. Took it out to my car, unpackaged it and hooked it up to play through my car cassette deck. The cassette adapter from JVC made several noises but played. The CD player would not play after loading a standard "pre-recorded" CD in the unit. Took it back in to Sears for an exchange, took 2 hours, then they gave me a new on just like the one I purchased earlier. Got it to the car and the CD would play in the unit, however, it made the worst noise as the CD played I have ever heard. Don't buy this one. It really stinks. Sound quality was poor at best and the earphones were a joke. Forget portable CD players and get an MP3 portable device that records and plays or get a MiniDisc portable recorder that records MP3's or standard MD's.

Looks good from where I sit...not so sure tho. I've been reviewing several portable cd players today & this looks like a good buy (as far as price goes), but I've got no clue if the brand is a goody or not. Sure hope someone else writes a review, too. :)

I own a JVC CD PLayer that has been installed into every car I have owned (2) over the last 4 years. I LOVE IT!!! It has the antishock and I have to say I couldn't even tell you if it works b'cause I never had to use it, it's that GOOD. So, call me silly, but I am judging by my experience with this particular brand and it has been a GREAT experience. Therefore, I am buying this for my Mom, she has recently taken up Walking (for exercise)and this should make a GREAT christmas gift!!! Hope this helps all of you!!! Merry Christmas!!

I'm tired of what-so-called "Monster Cable". 10 years ago Monster Cable phenomenon (that time for analog signal) was a hot discussion topic in many audio magazines.

So far, everybody knows that the improvement in signal quality from Monster Cable is so little compared to its huge jump in price. This argument is much more convincing in case of digital signal. Believe me, with your human ears you can't detect the difference between Monster Cable and the generic. Also except you intentionally abuse the audio cables by twisting them or bending them sharply, the generic cables will do the job very well, even the cheapest ones. So do yourself a favor... except you're rich and don't mind spending money.

Although some will argue the pros and cons of expensive audio cables, it is hard to imagine how one digital video cable can be better than another. The signal either arrives at the source or it doesn't.

While I was happy with the cable, I can't see any advantage over a cheaper generic cable. Digital is digital.

Well, I've been contemplating getting these cables for a whilenow, I do a lot of recording from my PC to MD. Although I tend toagree with the other review above about how 'digital' is 'digital', I believe these cables have other qualities that makes them better. For one, they are better quality than the "digital/optical' cable that came with my MD in that they are far less 'fragile'. If an 'optical' cable bends too much, you might experience signal loss or even 'break' the cable if it is twisted to sharply.

I think these cables are worth getting even though you might not experience 'audio improvement', the fact that they stand up to 'abuse' better is enough reason for me. END

The concept is great-CD,AM/FM,tape,clock radio with remote-all in one unit.However, the product needs improvement. Despite the 4 pre-set tone controls and spatial equalizer, the tone quality is poor. Very scratchy and shrill no matter which setting is used. Has honky quality to the sound. The FM radio is the worst I have ever heard-noisy background on every FM station. I live in a strong signal area with many stations...any fringe area would be much worse. Only switching to MONO clears it up. I placed a Sony CFD-e75 right next to it-the reception was perfect-totally quiet background. Get the Sony!

We bought this to replace our 10 year old Sony cassette/radio boombox. The new unit has some impressive features including a nice remote, clock radio functions, stereo enhancer, large backlit display, etc, but the radio reception wasn't as good as our old boombox. Plus, when tuned to our favorite AM station, there was a faint tone in the background. Oddly enough, pressing a button that changed the display would get rid of the tone, but it would come back again when the display defaulted back to the station.
So, sadly, we are going to take it back.
If you would like a compact boombox with a nice sound, and don't listen to AM radio, I would still recommend it.

I started looking for an CD alarm clock to replace my old, analog fm/am radio alarm clock. This unit had most of the features that were important to me: Digital radio stations, CD player, fairly small, reasonably priced. I have a Panasonic portable CD player that I have been very impressed with, and decided to give this unit a try.
PROS: 2 alarms, one is the standard beep, the other can be set for the radio or the cd. It has a good sound for such a small unit--it's more like a boom box in shape and sound, than a regular alarm clock. It has a remote. It has three different settings for the clock display, bright, medium and off. So far, the clock has kept really good time (I've had it a little over a month). You can pre-program 12 radio stations. There is a nice sound equalizer.
CONS: The clock display is a little small, and it does not display while the alarm is going off, just the radio settings or CD settings display. I like to lay in bed a while and listen to the radio before I get up, but I like to know what time it is too. You have to push a button to see what time it is. It is necessary to turn the unit "off" for the CD/Radio alarm to go off--this took a little getting used to. You can still listen to the radio or CD player while going to sleep, but you have to use the sleep function. It is tricky switching the alarm to radio, it wants to always be the CD player, and there are no clear instructions on how to do it. I just fooled around with it until I got the radio set, and now I don't touch that part of the alarm setting.
Overall, I really like this alarm clock. The cons are not anything I can't live with, and I have pretty much used this to replace both my alarm clock and my old boombox.

I just bought one of these. It could just be the one I bought, but... it works fine except for the following egregious problem: When it reads an MP3 file (and I tried several times on different CDs), it gets "confused" and treats each file as several different little tracks, making a delay between each one. At first I thought it was skipping, or buffer overrun, but nope, it's that weird thing. I will have to return it.

Pros
Has played everything so far without skips
Price

Cons
NO FREAKING REMOTE!!!
No "scan" capability when listening to MP3's
Big pause between songs when listening to MP3's

Overall it's a pretty good unit for the price but it's missing some things that should be standard (like scanning). And I chose this model over others because it was supposed to have a remote.

I chose the Panasonic SL-MP36C for its inovative stylish good looks, it's amazing size, and it's versatility.

The most amazing thing for me was this players size. In comparison to most portable CD/MP3 players in the market right now, this has got to be the smallest. I have compared it to most players out there, and not even SONY has come up with a smaller size MP3/CD player. To me it seems since this MP3/CD player thing is still new, most companies out there are starting us off with bulky equipment so that later you will be tempted to buy their newer slicker upcoming models. I think in that respect, Panasonic jumped the gun and gave the consumer what they really wanted.

I purchased the unit mostly so that I could play my MP3/CD's in my car without having the need for a CD/CHANGER. The unit works beautifully and does not skip(45-sec for CD-DA and 100-sec for MP3 playback). The unit also offers up to 40 hours MP3 playback on two "AA" Alkaline Batteries and up to 30 hours for your regular music CD's making it the longest I have found. The unit has a stylish finish and is not thick or oversized/bulky like some others I have compared it too.

Overall, it has been a great little MP3/CD player and with care should give you lasting hours of good music. The unit has Good quality sound and like most portable CD players, the headphones are not the best and should be replaced for some quality ones. I also found out that not all these units include the remote like you see in the picture, mine did not come with the remote (I don't know why) which would have been very helpful. I think maybe I should write Panasonic about it. So, if you want a slim, trim, and fit MP3/CD player I suggest you look at the Panasonic SL-MP36C.

I purchased this CD player about a year ago. It stopped reading CD-Rs about two weeks in, and about half of my factory-burned CDs about three months in. The random play is also a joke - it picks about 7 songs from 5 CDs and plays them over and over and over again. Does anyone know of a 5-disc changer that actually plays songs randomly, and does not repeat a song? The disc changing mechanism on this is also loud enough to wake people up sleeping in an adjacent room. ...

First off this player is not slow, it searches very fast and it sounds extraordinary. I am a Technics and Vector Research man and have owned CD players since 1982. The head phone jack and the remote control cons are minor. I have never used a head phone jack, on any of my high priced players, let alone sat over a player with a remote. Once the music is playing your moving around and with a five-disc capacity you are too busy -- "busting a move baby!"

I bought this cd player recently and its a good i nvestment.Cannot think of any negative points though..

I bought this to play MP3s while walking / exercising. It is unusable for that purpose. It skips very often (like every minute) when in motion and when it starts to skip I have to stand still for a few seconds for it continue. Perhaps my unit is defective. It was cheap and is usable for sitting in one place so I won't bother returning it but I do have to buy a new portable MP3 player to walk around with. I'll probably find an ac adapter for this and leave it at work. For the price if it gets stolen it's no big deal.

I think the controls (buttons) are very well designed and the price was the lowest I found.

After ordering a Rio Volt SP60 MP3/CD player, I found it could not play MP3 CD's. I was sent another unit and it too would not play MP3. The MP3 CD was burned on a PC and plays on other MP3 compatible players (i.e SP50).

I believe since the software in the SP60 is Version 1.0, it's possible there are still some format issues yet to solve. The RioVolt company could not assist in any way, so the unit was returned.

i bought my sp60 on clearence...which i guess is the norm as it seems to be Rio's older model. But that was what made it such a great buy. A $30 or under it plays all CD's and as many MP3 or WMA files you can fit on a disc. It plays flawlessly and sounds really great. Only sometimes when playing back MP3's it will skip if even slightly bumpbed or moved...this is however rare but kinda bugs you when it does do it. Overall this is a great player to buy, and even better if you own Rewritable CD's because you can make discs and erase them to make new ones. They usaually hold about 300 MP3's and i drove non-stop to chicago 5 hours and never got even halfway through the whole disc.
A great player that isn't rocket science to figure out how to work, you won't be disapointed

I bought this thing to replace my Philips CDR778 (that I bought on E-Bay as an opened/used unwanted gift) which had been stolen in a break-in. To my utter dismay, I haven't had any peace ever since or the satisfaction that I anticipated. To begin with, when I turned the power on for the very first time, the display panel did not light up. I contacted the vendor who reffered me to the manufacturer because it was still under warrant blah blah blah, which I did and they promised to get back to me promptly. They did but after a whole 4 weeks later only to tell me that my NEW product actually needed repair and reffered me to their authorized service dealers. (Does it take 4 weeks to figure that out?) Meanwhile while waiting for their reply I searched frantically on Sony's products catalogue to find out anything about it and alas, I couldn't even find it! When the thing came back from repair it worked well but for only a few days and then the display panel started going off and on whenever it felt like. Then there is also a problem with the recording; it only records properly when I'm doing high speed dubbing. When recording at Normal speed the sound is distorted and some of the recorded disk are rejected by other CD players, including the CD deck on the machine. My used second hand Philips CDR778 never gave me no such trouble. What a waste of money. Stay away from this beast. I only gave it one star because there is no zero.

This is my first CD recorder. I bought it because my tape deck is worn out. I'm now busy copying some of my favorite vinyl and tapes to CD. I'm using only the audio connections; it also has digital connections. Despite what the manual implies, the playback-only deck plays (finalized) CD-RW disks as well as commercial CDs and CD-R disks. This allows me to make trial disks on a CD-RW and then duplicate the final results to a CD-R. If I want the final CD-R can be in a different track order from the CD-RW. It also provides the capability of playing Deck A, then Deck B (it's called "Relay Play"). I saw some recorders which had separate outputs for the two decks; I didn't want that.

One thing I wish Sony (as well as some other manufacturers) would do is to make their owners manuals available online for download. This would enable people who were shopping online to see the manual before they buy. I'm glad to say it contained no unpleasant surprises.

I just needed a basic cd recorder and it more than meets my needs. From reading the reviews from the W1, Sony has answered some of the concerns. While recording from tapes still needs monitoring, you can add tracks with a touch of a button on the remote. You can also high-speed dub single tracks now. The playback is also really good.

If you are like me and don't need a professional grade cd-recorder I would recommend this one.

i bought this thing a year ago and now all of a sudden the cd player doesn't work. the unit sat in one place and was not moved for an entire year-not very durable for a PORTABLE boombox. it sounded good while it worked, but for 50 bucks its a little expensive to be disposable.

This boom-box is just great. The sound is excellent. It has a T-bass for extra bass and it also plays CD-R discs. It's a best buy for your money.

While this stereo is priced well (usually [$$$]), you do get what you pay for. The buttons are not easy to use by touch only. To get from FM radio to play a cd you must push the source button 5 times! There should be a "play" button to go straight from radio to CD. Also, if you use a cell phone in the car, don't get this radio. The radio is not shielded so you will get interference from cell phone. Each time I use my cell phone I have to turn the radio all the way off. Lowering the volume does not help. You still get a loud buzzing sound. I didn't have this problem with my previous stereo. Also, cd's tend to skip for no reason. Even when driving on a smooth road, all cd's will skip.

Man I don't know what the previous owner is talking about. I owned the cd and it's a great cd player. I had no problem from it. But if you want a super cd player and you are willing to spend money, get the sony xplod cdx-m630. And I owned that cd player too and it's amazing.