Solid CD player no complaints

I really don't have any thing bad to say

Solid CD player no complaints

I really don't have any thing bad to say

Solid CD player no complaints

I really don't have any thing bad to say

Solid CD player no complaints

I really don't have any thing bad to say

Sounds better than quite a number of other cd players. Probably ok for up to $1000 speaker systems.

Durability (my lasted just 3 years). General tendency of skipping. Above mentioned two particular kinds of distortion. Still far from high quality cd playback (but what you can expect for $300 changer).

There has been no reviews since I posted the last one a year ago, which means that this player probably have already been gone in history. Still, I am adding some comments after my unit has practically died after 3 years of quite a heavy (but respectful) use. As I said, the unit has practically died after 3 years. The process was gradual, the main feature being a large increase in tendency to skip tracks. The player had above average skipping tendency already from the very beginning, however the process started to become independent of cd's quality. Another feature was that it started to open disc tray at its own decision (not often, but it happened). And finaly it ended up by refusing (at times of its own decision) to play discs at all. However, probably of greater interest may be some observations about sound quality. As I already said in previous review, it sounded better than my previous cd changer. And afterwards I have heard a number cd players which sound considerably worse. At the same time, now I know that it also can not compare with real high-end players. Besides, the player tends to have two particular kinds of distortions: 1) sometimes you hear a strange "echoes", i.e., part of the sound tends to be spatially displaced from the main source. Actually I was convinced that this is a problem with poor recordings, however the problem dissapeared after the player upgrade. I guess it has something to do with channel separation. The problem did not manifested itself too often and apparently was associated with the content of recording. 2) some cd's were sounding generally bad (e.g. Mozarts Requiem, directed by Bernstein, Deutsche Gramophone edition). Also I had assumed that this is a recording problem, which turned out not to be the case. I have noticed this problem only on very few cds and it is interesting that it was noticeable throughout the whole cds - just a guess that it might be connected with some manufacturing or mastering peculiarities of the particular cds. Still, it is probably more easy to live with the above mentioned distortions (which you do not notice too often), than with a player which just sound generally bad. Besides that, I noticed these distortions only after a considerable speaker upgrade, thus these might be unnoticable in systems in which this player typically will be used. As an afterthought, I guess that I would not had chosen this player, if I have had this experience. Still I do not regret too much that I had it, and probably the player was not such a bad choice for a "quick buy".

Sound quality. Convenient disc change mechanism. Plays CD-RW disks.

May have problems with damaged and with some recorded CDs. Some important buttons (Random, Time, etc.) are just on remote (and, likewise you cannot select CD by its number on remote, you have just SkipDisc). The "randomness" of random play mode is not particularly convincing.

I went for it on the basis of quite positive reviews and so far feel quite satisfied with it. The sound is noticeably cleaner and more musical compared to my old Kenwood CD changer - I tried to play the same recording and switch between the two, so I am quite sure about this (but one have to listen to quite a long bits in a row to appreciate the difference, otherwise the sound of Kenwood may feel just "richer", which may appear as an advantage). However I never have had a really high-end CD player, thus I do not know how CDC-775 may compare with these. In general it plays CD-R and also CD-RW discs; I had problems with 80-min Boerder discs (the player lost the track when I tried to use fast forward button or just change the track), then I switched to Sony discs and had no problems with these. Still it may skip/lose the tracks on somewhat damaged CDs and refuses to play CD-Rs that are not correctly recorded (but are playable with some other players). However I never had problems with purchased new CDs. It also supports CD-text feature - however so far I have only one CD that has it.

Similar Products Used:

Kenwood

Great sound, great looks

Doesn't seemingly perform well with CD-Rs

I got this unit as a gift from a friend, and eagerly installed it as part of my home theater system. I put in a favorite CD (a CD-R compilation that another friend gave me), and it played fine until it reached Track 15, which was when it started acting strange. It works perfectly well with commercially produced discs. Weird...it might be just my unit...please tell me if this has happened to you too.

Because of this (hey, some of us may have burned choice tracks on CD-R and would love to hear them over and over again on a unit like this), I'll have to give a less than super-stellar rating...but over-all, it's a great player.

Play Exchange

First off, I don't know anything about DAC's. I do know that I wanted a CD changer to sync with my Yamaha MD player. I replaced an older Sony model which I never had a problem with.

This changer offers me everything I was looking for, and I believe it even sounds better than my Sony. I love the play exchange feature, and recording to MD is a whole lot easier now. The remote is just there....not bad, but not great. The controls have dimming capabilities which is nice when relaxing in the evening.

Nice player for the money

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Sony

Clarity

Remote, Soundstage

I bought this CD changer from AudioExcellence.com for $265 plus $20 S/H. I also purchased the Sennheiser 580/DSP Pro for $199, although from a different dealer. The 775 arrived double-boxed with more peanuts than a Barnum and Bailey circus. While I agree with previous comments that the soundstage can be a bit shallow, this is the PERFECT CD changer if you listen to "light" rock bands such as Steely Dan (I highly recommend the box set, "Citizen Steely Dan"). If you listen to speed metal, heavy metal, or really intricate/complicated guitar passages, you may not be happy. However, if you like a laid-back sound, this may be the best value on the planet. I am very happy with the combination I have, and recommend it to those apartment dwellers who like to listen to music but do not wantto disturb their neighbors or tip them off that you have decent stereo components. The only real weakness is the remote, which does not have on/off capabilities and has small buttons. The manual says something about not shutting down the player suddenly, but that is no reason to stop listeners from turning it on "suddenly." Nonetheless, an excellent player from Yamaha because of its value. This CD changer vents through the bottom, so you do not want to stack it directly on top of other components, particularly those that ventilate through the top.

Excellent, accurate detail and sound staging, solid construction, can change all four non-playing CDs at once.

None seen yet.

I've recently been upgrading my audio/video setup, beginning with a Sony S550D DVD player. While that unit does very well with CDs, especially compared to my previous Aiwa mini-system (not a surprise), I wanted a separate CD changer, as I spend most of my time listening to music, anyway. At the store, I auditioned both mid-level and top-level Denon players, as well as the Yamaha CDC-775, which was the least expensive of the three, at $100 less than the mid-level Denon. It quickly became a contest between the Yamaha and the top-level Denon changer, surprisingly enough. I spent some time trying to hear a "$300 difference," and some reason why I should pay more for the Denon. Admittedly, the Denon sounded superb, but so did the Yamaha. It was easy to choose the latter, especially when I couldn't hear a significant difference between them.

The next interesting comparison was between the Yamaha and the Sony DVD player. This became much more apparent after upgrading to Vienna Acoustics Haydn bookshelf speakers (highly recommended, BTW). The Sony player does well enough, but compared with the Yamaha, it doesn't bring out the fullness of lower mid-range and bass frequencies, which are essential for tough-to-reproduce sounds such as female voices, violins, and pianos. Compared to the rich realism of the Yamaha, the Sony sounds a bit too bright. When I fed both players some jazz or mean Irish fiddling, both featuring many distict instruments on the soundstage, the Sony stumbled, blurring the instrumental separation, whereas the Yamaha was crisp and focused. These distinctions are not as apparent, of course, on older recordings which lack full dynamic range and detail, but even here, the Yamaha's sound is more "honest."

Though I still have a just-adequate Sony 435 AV receiver, the Yamaha CDC-775 combined with the Haydns often produces those magical moments of transparency when I find myself forgetting I'm listening through speakers, and instruments are suddenly, vividly right in front of me. Then, there is almost nothing between me and the music -- which is just the way it should be.