Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I bought this peace of crap back in 2001 at best buy. I hate it. i went through all of the trouble to name all of my cd's in this stupid thing i came home one day turned it on and the screen said all erase and it erased all of the names. i was pi$$ed so i went ahead and put all of the names in again and about a month later it did it again. i've got a kenwood 200 disc changer that i've had since 97 and it's great. avoid the sony at all cost. of course now days who uses cd players i still use my kenwood periodically and i use my numark tabletop scratch cd players for dj purposes but everything else is on digital media such as my computer,mp3 player, or flash drives

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Best buys

Summary:
looking for info on the sony CDP CX 400
PS/2 port on front of player. is it possable to connect a CUE Cat Barcode scanner to read barcode's on the CD case

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
I have the Sony 300 and 400 disc cd players. I want to daisy chain them together so they'll random shuffle and xfade and all that good stuff. I don't know how to wire them... Anyone out there that can help? Thanks!

Price Paid:  $230.00 from sony outlet

Summary:
well let me start by informing ive had a cdpcx 200 for about four or five years now and the convienience of these is well worth admission.recently purchased this and also elevated my system in other key areas as well.without going into great lengths about the sound i really like the fade option as this keeps the sound flowing from disc to disc "no lapses". also daisy chain feature is priceless as that will allow your library to grow-and once theyre in the unit and the door closes "voiola"no cleaning of discs. now what ive done is take my sonys with monster toslink and connected them to a monarchy 24bit 96ktz. dip this reduces jitter and allows connection through a streightwire megalink interconnect cable to my kora hermes dac this has two coaxiel and one ballanced inputs for added players[dvd sacd ex...]then this goes out to my pre-amp and out to a [recently aqquired] plinius sa 100 mk 111 amplifier from theyre through mit terminator 2 cables to mirage om6 speakers in the front two channels of a seven channel setup.now while it might seem crazy putting these with other high cost equipment ive found this sony equits its self very nicely, any consessions in sound can be offset by this products convienience and flexibility incorporating this into my hometheatre/2 channel integrated setup has proved invaluable. also the sound of this is not bad but adding my kora hermes allows me to have tubed cd sound of infinite proportions.sony has created a fine product and ive created a way to optimise my sound at a reasonable cost. thanks sony-enjoy!!!!

Strengths:
storage,music on hand with far less effort,"changing discs"

Weaknesses:
toslink out

Similar Products Used:
sony

Price Paid:  $270.00 from best buy

Summary:
putting my classical cd-collection into one player - with the option of hooking annother up for the growing collection - and having them ready at the turn of a dial seemed like a prospect awsome enough to purchase this product. and i must say, i haven't regretted it for a minute so far. indeed, i am thinkinga about buying a second, possibly a third one, just so i can put all my cd's in these monsters. sure, i had nightmares when i left the country for 7 months, having unplugged the machine - and thinking of typing in every cd-name again (set aside a long day for that chore) - but oh wonder: i came back, plugged it back in, turned it on: e voila, all the cd-titles were still there. of course, nevermind me moving a few weeks later, taking every cd back into it's jewel case, then back in again, in the process having to delete the titles, because the cd's just wouldn't fit anymore... but still! a nice product - and i have experienced none of the glitches that have been reported with the cdp cx400 and cx450. i was merely concerned about the sound quality of the player, but it does allright, at least as much as you could expect for the price and the fact that it is a changer. i have, however, not yet hooked it up to my good stereo system back home - which could well expose a weakness here or there. i also had no problems with it reading slightly damaged disks - is is so common with changers. a very solid investement with which i am happy. and yes, keep those jewel cases! because when you move, buying soft binders for all those cd's would run the cost of annother cx-400 -- or in other words: you could pay yourself 50$ an hour to pack the cd's into jewel boxes, if you don't purchase soft binders. well worth it, i thought.

Strengths:
capacity, availability of cd's

Weaknesses:
depends on one's point of view