Denon DCD-635 CD Players
Denon DCD-635 CD Players
USER REVIEWS
[Nov 02, 2007]
JerryFn
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
The strenghts are the sound, which is crisp and clear.The vocal and central instumentation really jumps. The bass vibrations are tight and it really can purr like a cat.
Weakness:
The rather lightweight Sony transport and the boring black box.
I too have this CD Player the DCD 695. I rate it very highly. The sound is bright, crisp and once you are bedded in it appears to be very transparent. I think it benefits from use and is certainly better after ½ and hours use. I am running mine through a Quad 34 and 303 and then Kef Q35 speakers. The result is excellent.
Similar Products Used: Various Denon CD's DCD 820, 625 and various Technics CD players. |
[Sep 06, 2005]
stitch6x6
AudioPhile
Strength:
- Excellent sound - Reliable - Remote volume control
Weakness:
- None whatsoever This review is for the Denon DCD-695. I love this little player. I've had it since I bought it new around 1992 or so, and never had a lick of trouble with it. I usually buy audio gear to play loud & hard, but I bought this one when my firt child was born to play quiet music as I rocked her to sleep. The remote control (rare in those days) let me slowly lower the volume as she dozed off. After the kids grew older I pressed this player into service in my playroom listening to rock music at high volume levels near a subwoofer. Some CD units skip around in these conditions, but not this one. As I said: never a lick of trouble. The sound is Excellent too. I've since picked up some newer Denon units on ebay, with fancy changers with Burr-Brown "audiophile" DACs. This old unit sounds as good as they do. I'm currently using it with PHL 1230 based speakers, NAD 1020 Preamp, and a Hafler DH-220 amp; and it's keeps up just fine. Similar Products Used: Denon DCM-360 (good), Denon DCM-280 (flakey) Denon DCD-450 |
[Dec 19, 2000]
Nic Broooke
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Clear, crisp sound, Good separation
Weakness:
No random function For the money, does the job fine for me. Have matched it with a Denon-PMA1315R (~3 times the price) and it sounds cool to me. Certainly I will replace my speakers (Cerwin Vega VS-120) before the CD player. |
[Nov 13, 1998]
Chris Kienhuis
a Casual Listener
The DCD-635 is for the price a good cd-player. However this player lacks a random-function. If this doesn't bother you, it's a very good buy. The beep you can hear just before the cd-player starts playing is nothing wrong.I've been told that little beeping sound is when the cd sets itsself in its optimal position to read the digital data from the disk. |
[Nov 11, 1998]
Anders
an Audio Enthusiast
Just purchased this great cd player. The music is very bright and clear and makes listening very joyful. One thing that could be annoying is that when you press the play buttom, some sound, like beeping, will be heard in your speakers for a short time, half a secound perhaps. Some benefits is that this cd has double D/A converters = good chanel seperation. Another one is that you can shutdown the time display, with perhaps some improvments in sound quality. |
[Jul 21, 1999]
Eric
an Audio Enthusiast
I've had this great little CD player for about four years and it's been great to me. I replaced the much older, but similar in most respects DCD 810 with this one and have had no problems. Fortunately, I don't have the "annoying" beep after I press play that the other reviewers describe. It plays quickly, has convenient features, is very quiet as it accesses new tracks, very fast when going between tracks (great for recording), and has performed flawlessly for me. I will buy another DENON player when this one dies. A few things that I really like about this player: the digital volume control and the "Calendar Display" which displays up to 20 track numbers stacked on the right side of the display. It will program up to 20 tracks, but you can fool it into keeping track of more than that by simply FF up to the track you wish and hitting the program button there, you may also reprogram the same track within a set of selections by simply pressing the button more than once. |