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Price Paid:
$120.00
from Richer Sounds Summary:
Contrary to the previous to reviews, I have to report that this player (the 485) sounds no different to any other CD player you might come across. In a side by side comparison with my Pioner PDR-609 the (A/B switched with the same cds duplicated and sync'd in both machines) the two machines are absolutely indistinguishable. The Pioneer has, at another point, proven to be identical in sound to a Marantz CD5400 OSE. I cannot recall there being any soudn quality difference to a Marantz CD7300 either, though I didn't conduct rigourous tests with that machine.
It sounds like a CD player. They all do folks.
The only downside to this machine is that it generates a bit of mechanical noise - nothing terrible, just more than most modern machines seem to have.
As for the disc access speed, it is perfectly acceptable - The same as the CD5400 and faster than the PDR609 and the CD7300. It is also considerably less fussy about CDR/RWs than either Marantz machine. Strengths:
Sounds like a CD player. Heard one, heard 'em all. Weaknesses:
More transport noise than is the norm in 2004 Similar Products Used:
Philips CD162
Marantz CD5400OSE
Maantz CD7300
Pioneer PDR609
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