Which CD player is best?

[Twist]

I purchased a Sony and it lasted a year. I wanted one that would play CD-R and CD-RW's formatted for music as well as those loaded up with MP3's.

It doesn't have to be elegant, it just has to work for more than a year. I drive a full size truck and I do not slow down when crossing tracks or little wussy speed bumps so the read ahead time is a factor. (I have a Stillen catalog in every bathroom )

I've read the spec's on quite a few players. What I want to know is which one do YOU own and how has it performed for you?

I am currently leaning towards the Alpine CDA-7893.

Your thoughts?

[Tarmac]

I have a Pioneer (don't remember the model number off the top of my head).  It doesn't do MP3's (two years old, at the time mp3 capable players were over $400), but I'm very happy with the controls and the quality of the player.  I would buy another Pioneer in a second.  

I assume you're talking car CD receivers.  If you're talking portables (walkman style), I have an 8 year old panasonic that still works just fine.  I'd buy another Panasonic also; this thing just keeps on tickin'.

[Twist]

One vote for Pioneer, thanks.

I was thinking about a buying a receiver with an AUX jack and just use my portable but I really don't want to clutter the cab.

I'm also watching a thread muck started, I'll be looking at buying a portable for MP3's, new job comes with long plane rides.  A DVD player will follow soon.

Gotta love them gadgets.

[Furball]

Bose


They are incredible.

[HitM]

Is this to be a portable unit like a discman?

The SL-SW960VS/VR panasonic is a good choice.

So is the the SL-SX420 or the one I use the SL-SV550.

All three play anything except possibly the microsoft media files and they run for 35 hours on 2 aa batterys.

[SOB]

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pe/product/detail/0,,2076_4041_34922,00.html

Purchased it last year in Sept, and it's been working great ever since.  I've never had a skip.  The random play function doesn't seem to work well with an MP3 disk that has a lot of folders on it, but works fine if songs are all in one directory.  I'm running deck power to factory 5x8s in the doors and fosgate 5x8s in the rear panels and it sounds great for deck power.  The controls are all easy to use, and the push-in rotary dial is a nice touch.

-edit- oh, and it hasn't had any problem with any CDRs or CDRWs that I've used in it so far.

[Tarmac]

Btw, mine's a Pioneer DEH-P3300.  Getting close to three years old, and no complaints.  

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pe/product/detail/0,,2076_4039_37316,00.html

As SOB mentioned, the rotary dial for volume is a must for me.  It disqualified a lot of the Sony's when I was shopping.  A dial for volume is important on anything I buy, whether it's a computer keyboard or any type of audio unit.  I hate pushbutton volume control.

[Twist]

My friends are telling me the same thing, get a Pioneer. Looks like I'll be making a trip to our local stereo shops to check them out tomorrow. Thanks for the replies.

[capt. apathy]

I had a sony in my jeep for a bit over a year, loved it, everything in mp3, 10 albums to a disc, 6 disks in the visor.  60 albums in the car and no origanals to be stolen.  ufortunatly a month or 2 ago soemone decided they needed it more than me, still haven' t replaced it.

I've been thinking of just getting an mp3 reading diskman, for about $35 you can get an adapter that plugs into the headphone jack that will broacast on an fm station so you can tune it in on your car stereo.

on very important feature that is a must is the ability to read folders.  most of the new ones I've looked at lately don't.  goodguys only had 1 or 2 brands that did.  without this you have 170 or so songs to flip through.  with it you can set up a folder for each album and browse the disc by album (or however you want to sort them).

[lord dolf vader]

"Bose


They are incredible."



bose blow chunks they have crappy paper speakers that havent changed one whit in 30 years. no tweeters at all. please check with somone who knows somthing about audio befor you speend your hard cash on the sun yung moon of the audio industry.


ps they are also about 60 % markup and price fixed like all con job audio stuff.