Price Paid:  $200.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
I have owned this player for about two years now,and I have to say its a great player for $200!I compare it with my $700 MusicHall,and I have to say it holds its own,and not a problem in two years.

Strengths:
Sound,and build quality

Weaknesses:
none

Price Paid:  $189.00 from Circuit City

Summary:
Only 6 CD changer I am aware of. Great sound. Smooth highs and rich bass. I have seen other users complaining about not being able to see the display. I wear trifocals and can still see the display so I can not find fault there. Changer is very quiet and reasonable quick.

Strengths:
Sound Quality is outstanding for a $200 CD changer.

Weaknesses:
Power on and off on the remote would have been nice but I simply leave the unit on, connect it to my TX-SR501 switched outlet so it powers on and off with the receiver so there is no problem there either.

Similar Products Used:
Sony, Yamaha

Price Paid:  $80.00 from J&R

Summary:
I am currently in high school, and I bought a system few months ago, which consisted of a Onkyo TX-SR500 receiver(referb),a Onkyo DX-C380(referb), Monster Cable digital fiber optic, Monster Cable XPHP speaker cable, and a pair of Polk R30 speaker.This system oringinally cost over $1000, but I get it luckly for under $500.My father has been around hi-fi for more than 20 years, and he said this CD changer sound very smooth in high and mid range sound, tight and strong in bass compare to other low end cd players. For under $100, I think this CD changer is really the best.

Strengths:
sound quality

Weaknesses:
remote

Price Paid:  $120.00

Summary:
I got this Onkyo player because I wanted to be able to throw in a wide variety of music and just let it play through. The 50 disc+ players always are slow and end up a mess, so I opted for the unusual 6-disc Onkyo. It isn't perfect but it is definitely a nice unit. The size is oddly enormous. I'd used a Harmon Kardon player previously and it was much smaller overall. The extra disc should make it a little bigger, but it's so tall and very deep. Not a bad thing, but I'd prefer something more svelte. The display is a little dificult to read at a distance, but I've never found it problematic. The time, track number, and disc are all easy enough for me to see and I don't pay much attention to the random settings, etc. It is a little loud when switching dics, although I personally expect that from experience. While playing, it is completely silent. It's a beautiful thing! I have an otherwise great Yamaha mini system that I used to run the Onkyo through so I could get the great sound and the silent play. Another feature that I love is the ultra quick and smooth scanning in music. I often listen to short music clips to pick up the music to play on guitar and this Onkyo is as tight as any other format.

Strengths:
+ Silent Playing
+ Excellent sound
+ Perfect Scanning

Weaknesses:
- Kinda big
- No dimmer option for the display
- Display probably is difficult for people with bad vision

Similar Products Used:
Various Harmon Kardons

Price Paid:  $300.00 from Cora, Torokbalint, H

Summary:
Funny that several people say that operation of the CD changer is silent. I don't think so at all, but haven't tried any other CD changers so don't really have a reference... I think when changing CD's this player is loud. Very and disturbingly loud.
Sound quality is good though. I had it connected first through the analog connections, later thtough the digital optical connection, and didn't really hear a difference. It has a noticably better sound quality though than my Kenwood DVD player, also connected digitally to my AV receiver (through coax). Mine plays CD-R and CD-RW discs (TDK brand, maybe a suggestion to try those?).
The display is a disaster, much too small to see anything if you're more than a foot away, use a telescope if you're on a distance of more than a meter.
The remote control is good, it's a pity that not all functions on the remote control are available on the front of the player itself.

Strengths:
change 5 cd's while playing a 6th
sound quality is good
enough functions
strong and robust

Weaknesses:
no coax digital output
LOUD mechanism while changing cd's
functionality not on front panel of player

Similar Products Used:
none