"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in
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I'm in the market for a new CD player. Not willing to
spend more than 500£, what's your advice?

If there are some good options with price tag
significantly lower than 500£, they would be welcome.


PLEASE listen to several models around 20% of that price
before assuming more money will buy better sound.

Agreed.


Also agreed, then go and conduct an honest comparison with modern players
costing nearer 10% of that price....



If someone wants to drop big bucks (relatively speaking), try whatever
Pioneer is selling this week as a universal (CD, DVD, DVD-A, SACD) player.
I think the magic model number is up around DV-588 by now.


The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long 'recognition times'
when you pop a disk in some of them - my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer
DV-575A is a slug in that department...

On 2006-09-06, Keith G wrote:

The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long 'recognition times'
when you pop a disk in some of them - my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer
DV-575A is a slug in that department...

Also switching it on is a 'put the kettle on' event ...

Lordy

"lordy" wrote in message

On 2006-09-06, Keith G wrote:

The only problem with using DVDPs for CD is the long
'recognition times' when you pop a disk in some of them
- my otherwise perfectly OK Pioneer DV-575A is a slug in
that department...

Also switching it on is a 'put the kettle on' event ...

Points well taken. Of course given that most modern players put themselves
to sleep when not actually in use, why bother turning it off?

But that does not address the long disc recognition times. There's a lot of
options and lot of checking that needs to be done if a player wants to be
truely universal.