very good detail and strong,deep, detailed and controlled bass

non in this price range and up to $500

This is a very impressive cd player for it's price!! The only cd player that had bass that was as tight and clean was the sony cx-53. I have listened to about everything upto $500 and this player is the best overall and the sony cx-53 would be 2nd. The denon did not seem to be as detailed and the sony es was grainy and harsh. Can't imagine finding a better cd player for this price or more!! cd player does require around 70 hours of burn-in to get full potential of sound quality. Again excellent for it's price and above. Definitely recommended!!!!

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denon-360 or 370?, sony ca50es, sony cx-53 and sony's newer 5cd changer priced at $129.00

Solid build quality, smooth function, a "real" on/off switch.

Sounds a little clunky when changing disks, but all changers do that. At least the Onkyo sounds good and solid and not cheap when it does it!

This is actually for the DX-C380, the current model.

I was comparing the Onkyo and the JVC XLF-2258. I like some JVC products too and the XLF-2258 had similar features as the Onkyo DX-C380 but with only 5 disk capacity. It was also $50.00 less. But the disk capacity and lower price wasn't what convinced me to buy the Onkyo.

I had managed a stereo store "back in the day" and always liked Onkyo's products. We used Onkyo equipment for demostration purposes because they had good, clean sound and would tolerate being BEAT for 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week for years without fail!

When I went into a couple Circuit City stores looking for a CD changer I noticed they were using an Onkyo DX-C380 and Onkyo receiver for demostrating speakers. The salesman in one store said that they had been using it, "for at least a year." Well, it was good to see that Onkyo hadn't sold out for the mass market like another once-excellent StereO equipmeNt companY and they maintained their high quality!

Understand that I would have been perfectly happy spending $50 less for the JVC. A buck is still a buck! But when I put one of the store's CD's into the "new" JVC unit on the shelf, it started making a grinding sound as if the disk was rubbing on something inside! NOT GOOD! Was it the disk? I put it into the Onkyo. Silent. I tried another CD with the same result.

Now granted, this was not a scientific test, but quality is still quality. And if that was a demostration of what to expect from the JVC, well...

Are there better CD changers than the Onkyo? Maybe. But I happily spent that extra $50.00 knowing that I bought a CD changer that sounds great, performs great and will last me for many years to come. Good job Onkyo! An Onkyo A/V receiver is next!

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Nothing worth mentioning.

Built quality, very good sound for the price, used as a transport using the optical output is very good. 6 disc capacity. Features.

No direct trac access, only trhu remote.

Onkyo quality shows in this CD Player. The chassis is solid, the transport a little noisy but effective. The sound is very musical and transparent. For these reasons the price/quality ratio is very good. In the range from 150 to 300 dollars few competitors match its features and quality.

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Sound quality

Mechanics

I bought this model because it was Onkyo, I wanted another changer and it was inexpensive. It was hooked up to an Onkyo P-301/M-501 combo and MB Quart Three speakers.

The 370 sounded good right (tonal balance) out of the box, far better than the 10 year old Sony CDP 190 that it replaced. The room that it was in is hard and reflective so I didn't really try to judge the imaging or space and I didn't give it enough time to properly break in.

The tray and carousel mechanism were really noisy and sounded 'inexpensive.'

A problem arose when after having it 3 days, it would make a 'boop-like' electronic sound through the speakers when you would press one of the front panel controls. Since I bought it new, I returned it and bought the DX-C730 changer. No problems yet but it was just yesterday...

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