+Good sound quality
+Has never skipped, even on very scratched CDs
+Easy to program CD titles
+Large storage capacity
+Both the CD player and remote are sturdy and well built
+Good price for what it is

-Takes a long time to change CDs
-Limited text on CD titles

This is overall a great CD player. The only things that could be improved are the time it takes to change disks and the amount of characters on the CD text, but those are both minor things that don't have much effect on the quality of this CD player. I thing people can wait an extra 5-10 seconds to change CDs and abbreviate artist names on the text programming.

On the good side it's has great sound quality with the optical digital output. signal/noise ratio of 115 db, as good as $1000+ DVD/CD/DVD-audio players, and a frequence response of 20-20,000 hz, that's the human hearing range. Compared to the average CD player it has a lot of buttons and knobs and takes a little playing around to find out how everything works, but, for a 300-CD changer it's pretty easy to figure out and operate. It also playes more CDs than I've ever seen any other CD player play, it plays the most used and abused CDs that I have that I don't expect any CD player to play, but the CDP-CX300 playes them. Finally, it's a very solid and well built CD player, even the remote seems to be well built.

Overall, it's a great CD player. It was $300 a at christmas of 1999 so it's probably about $220-$250 now. If you're looking for a great CD changer, get this one

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A lot

Capacity to hold 300 cd's, able to lint to another player, dont have jewel cases all stacked up

The time to enter text information, no mono cable for hooking to another player (only supplied in Canada)

I have been owning and using this player for more than a year. I have found it to be great, however having over 1000 cd's in my collection,it still was not enough. Last week I purchased CDP-CX400. I am going to make the 400 the Master for the 300. Last night I took the time to connect the 400. I am going to wait to program the beast until I get a key board. Loading text information in the the 300 did take some time. This is the only real complaint that I have found so far. There have been no problems with sound quality hooking it up with the supplied analog RCA cord. I am about to purchase a new digital reciever and would like to change the connections to digital and see if the sound quality improves. The down side is that the 300 & 400 do not have in & out digital conections to link them together. A lot of reviews complain about the size of the CX300. Let me ask you, do you think the disc vanish when placed inside? Did not think so. The CX400 is even larger in size. The point is measure twice before you buy it and bring it home, only to discover the unit is to big to fit where it was intended.
I have no regrets with this product. I hardly use the remote control for the CX300. Now that I have two of them with only one or two diffrent button I might have to get in the habbit of using it, in order to control both players.
If you have a large CD collection, these type units will add to your listening pleasure. Some of the CD's you have not heard in a while is now at your finger tips. Mine all used to be stacked in cases on on top the other. Most of my jewel cases now will be able to be stored away and out of sight. Man do they take up some room.

storage, CD-text, digital out, multi-player linking

limited text entry, time between discs

I read that there were limited character spaces, but I had gotten the impression that one could enter a longer name, and it would scroll with the letters that didn't fit. This isn't the case. After 13 letters, you're done. This isn't a big deal, but it's a drag; the Kenwoods allow you to put in as long a name as you want.

The storage is wonderful, and the provided books for cd inserts are very handy. The keyboard input is great, although everyone is right, it's a bit sensitive, and screws up a lot. It does take a long time, but the convenience of having all of my collection equally accessible outweighs the weight.

the remote is a bit useless, as it doesn't allow you to scroll through cds at your own pace; the only feature like this is "memo scan," which flips through each title kind of fast. (Again, this is a feature the kenwoods have that the Sonys don't.) It needs to have a scrolling wheel on the end. also, you need the remote to scan within a song; there is no button to do so on the deck itself.

This is a great bargain, simply because there is no other unit that holds as many cds as this. But if you are looking for features and usability, go for a kenwood, they are superior.

p.s. the unit does not allow track title entry but CDs that are already text ready *do* display track titles (like cds made by sony records).

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capacity,optical out,features for the price.

internal digital to analogue converter.

I have a digital receiver to use the optical output which improved sound quality dramatically after listening through the analogue outputs for the first couple of weeks.I wouldn't recommend this unit to those who don't have a digital receiver.

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disc capacity, good sound.

When running through the disc skip mode, the player sometime forgets which way it is supposed to be going and shuffles back and forth, making it impossible to scan for a disc! VERY AGGRAVATING!

Sounds good. Assuming you can get it to play the CD you want to hear. This unit is not all bad though. It seems to have a lot of nice features. The fact that your CD's can be stored IN the player (dust free) and free from potential scratches is worth quite a bit.

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Capacity, Large Display, Ease of Use, Eject Feature

Limited text entry, no "play&load", No front panel # buttons

Comparing the Sony to the Pioneer, the Sony wins hands down in my eyes. CDs that were heavily scracthed were played flawlessly on the Sony, but skipped like crazy on the Pioneer. Text input is great through the PS/2 port, but I use my Pronto to keep track of my collection. Disc exchange time is slower than the Pioneer, but not by a whole lot.

An excellent value for $300 MSRP.

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Holds 300 CD's, Optical digital out, keyboard input, CD text, group files

Quality of analog outputs

Having owned this unit for about 5 months I must say it is very nice not to have keep changing cd's. The built in D/A converters as decent quality, but not the best for critical listeners. Having the keyboard input is very handy for entering the disk titles. Over all it is alot ot product at its $300 price.

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convenience

Poor manual, labeling limitations, grouping

Great machine at a great price. Very happy so far. Got rid of all my CD racks and have 450+ CD's in two of these guys. Setting disk labels via keyboard was pretty quick and painless. Did all of them in about 4 hours. Cross fade between the players is a nice touch and I love the intra-group shuffle mode. Glad I bought 'em.

A few issues :
- Daisy chaining the players works great with two machines. Originally tried it with three and found that the machinces did not play well together in this config. Master/slave relationship is 1 to 1, not 1 to 2. Unit A controls B and B controls C. Turn off A, B goes off, C stays on. Other things also screwy. Machines did play properly, but each had to be controlled as a separate unit, defeating purpose. Proper design is for A to control both B&C. Manual very lame in discussing this subject. Two player config works great, however.

- As many others have said, more than 13 chars for disk labels are needed. A two label system consisting of artist and title would be fantastic. Also, need the ability to overlay CDTEXT embedded titles with custom names.

- Eight groups is not nearly enough. Should be a least a dozen and must have the ability to put a disc into multiple groups.