Technics SL-PD988 CD Players
Technics SL-PD988 CD Players
USER REVIEWS
[Jan 20, 2012]
josé Guerrero
Casual Listener
Estimados, necesito el catalogo Technis modelo SL-PD988
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[Mar 15, 2003]
Kristian Swarcwek
AudioPhile
Strength:
remote
Weakness:
no stage, no bass, no definition ...... Bad product Similar Products Used: Rotel, Marantz .... |
[Jan 21, 2000]
GAOO
Audiophile
Strength:
Sound quality
Weakness:
no CD text Their is a good quality of sound, a pure sound. Me, i |
[Feb 08, 2000]
Mark Bowman
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Features. Pitch Control. Reliability.
Weakness:
I (personally) liked the old Technics CD remote better, but that's just me. Startup on power-up is slow - it goes through every disc in the carousel - sometimes twice. Great unit. Great sound, very reliable. I've never had trouble reading a CD or EVER skipping in the couple of years I've owned it. I've played it just about every day I've had it, for an average of about 2 hours, and it's great. The pitch control is great for musicians. It's billed as a DJ tool, but I don't know why - it's great for tuning up songs that are recorded in Eb, to play along. |
[Jul 22, 1999]
Dino De Angelis
an Audio Enthusiast
Basically it was either this for $139 or the Sony CPD-CE525 for $149 (J & R audio). Although the PD988 doesn't have digital outputs, the tray seemed a little more solid than the Sony. The Sony was also rumored to be slow at changing discs; I timed it (imprecisely) at the store and it was indeed a slower than the Technics unit. The Sony was also a little slower at tracking a particular song (delay between pressing play for the last track of the CD and then play) It also has a +/-12.5% pitch control (great for musicians like me). Sound is better than my old TEAC PD-D900, which was having a lot of difficulty reading CD-R's for some reason (laser too old? that's basically why I decided to purchase this one). So far I am very happy with it, and it is sonically superior to my previous one; for the price you can't go wrong |
[Sep 09, 2000]
Stuart Sequeira
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Excellent sound quality high voltage pre-outs and digital optical outputs are geared for the audio enthusiast. THE ABSOLUTE FASTEST cd changer i have ever owned, the disc platter is a rotational 5 disc tray that spins in both directions so that the disc requested by the user is accessed in as little amount of time as possible, it also has an excellent laser beam pickup, reading both scratched cds and audio CDR's out of my computer flawlessly, the layout of the button panels are detailed but not cluttered and very easy too use. a big bonus is the dual color led lighted button that allow quick access to any disc, but changes color when the disc is playing. this feature is a must for anyone who wants too know what numbered disc is playing form across the room whether at a party of your favorite arm chair.. forget the little lcd screen that most players use..
Weakness:
the only thing that has ever bothered me about this player is it's tendancy to skip the cd's when extensive bass notes are played... this must be due to a bad mechansim on which the cd is held internally, my 10" subwoofer is situated only 5 feet away from the unit and it took 4 foam block under the feet to hinder the skipping Techincs is a company built upon reliability and performance and those traits show in this player. the value and performance that composes their line of home electronics is ideal for both the audio entusiast and the casual family listener. the product is reliable and easy to use and comes with an excellent instruction manual and is very simple to setup, even my mom could do it.. seriously consider this player, especially if you use cdrecordable discs, as i have yet to encounter a cdr brand or color that this player would not play. Similar Products Used: technics home theatre reciever which is a matching unit and the remote from the AV reciever works the cdplayer as well. |
[Jul 28, 2000]
Anton Beletskii
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Very dependable, never failed to read a disc, very fast, ergonomic, 1play4exchange design.
Weakness:
No major weaknesses I own PD1000, which is very similar, but has a digital out and a couple of improvements. I really like the fact that I never had any problems with it. It never failed me in five years, the CDs even with major scratches were read effortlessly. It is good for parties too, because even with people jumping very close and shaking the table it never skips a bit (not so with other CD players I tried - people really lose the drive to dance when the song skips!). I bought it because it was featured as "Best Buy" in Consumer Reports in 1994-1995, never has to regret my purchase. |