CD-player Reviews

Mitsubishi DP-311R
CD-player

The DP-311R, the top of Mitsubishi’s line of CD players, features an unusual physical construction as well as advanced circuit design. It is probably the most compact CD player designed...
NEC CD-500E
CD-player

The NEC CD-500E compact disc player has an unusually simple control panel. The operation of this front-loading machine is controlled by a clearly marked group of four soft-touch push-buttons....
Nakamichi CDPlayer2
CD-player

The Nakamichi CDPlayer2 appears to be a typical front-loading compact disc player, differing from most others principally by the relatively small number of its visible buttons and controls....
Nakamichi OMS-2A
CD-player

The OMS-2A is Nakamichi’s least expensive CD player, although its $499 price would probably place it in the top half of most other CD player lines. It shares many of the basic circuit...
Onkyo DX-7500
CD-player

The Onkyo DX-7500 is a full-featured CD player incorporating the latest digital technology, but it is priced just above a typical midrange player. It features dual 18-bit digital-to-analog...
Onkyo Integra DX-5700
CD-player

The Onkyo Integra DX-5700 is a versatile compact disc player with a number of circuit features designed to minimize extraneous noise pickup and distortion at all signal levels. It has...
Philips CD960
CD-player

For some years, audio (and video) products made by the Dutch electronics giant Philips—the co-developer, with Sony, of the compact disc—have been sold in the U.S. under the Magnavox,...
Pioneer P-D70
CD-player

Pioneer’s P-D70 digital Compact Disc player provides a full complement of deluxe programming and operating features. To those commonly found in full-featured CD players (fast scan...
Pioneer PD-71
CD-player

In Pioneer’s Elite Series of audio components, no effort has been spared to achieve the highest possible level of performance together with rugged construction and elegant styling....
Pioneer PD-75
CD-player

Pioneer's top CD player, the PD-75, is a new addition to the company’s Elite series of audio components. Like other Pioneer Elite products, the PD-75 is ruggedly built and tastefully...
Pioneer PDR-99
CD-player

I’ve worked with a number of professional compact disc recorders and several computer-peripheral CD recorders, but this is the first time I’ve gotten my hands on a consumer CD recorder....
Quad 66
Preamplifier and CD-player

Quad products are notable for their combination of superb audio quality and tasteful, though often unconventional, design. These qualities are well illustrated by Quad’s new Model...