the best at resisting skipping,digital output,integrated carrying case,aluminium milled battery case,solid construction.

Excellent sound,slide in disc system - no lids to open up,nearly unstoppable music whether you are jogging or deliberately tapping on it.
As stated I have owned over ten other different Sony's,as far as skipping goes this is the best - i think only MP3 players would beat it.Very legibile remote control.The carrying case is very versatile,holding the extra battery ,and space for numerous Cd discs,and a belt loop,fits in pocket without carrying case - extra battery.very good battery life.

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Great sound (no hissing - very clean sound). Unbelievable battery life. Love the slot loading. Love the remote. Nice case. Very light. Virtually impossible to get the thing to skip!

Buy the Sony 888's or something other than what comes with the unit.

I can't say enough great things about this player. I bought it sight unseen because of the things I heard about it. The slot loading is a great convienence when it tight spots. The battery life is simply incredible. I keep thinking, after each CD I play, that the battery has to give out! But it goes on and on and on and on. I let the thing run continously for 3 days and it STILL have juice!

The sound is great. I can't find fault with it. I have a great home system and have compared the sound quality, and I'm just plain happy with the Sony. I hear NO hissing that's not attributable directly to the CD itself. I thought I heard a little noise in a classical CD I was listening to, but popped it in my Nakimichi and cranked it through some pretty expensive gear, and heard the same thing I heard on the Sony -- it wasn't the player, it was the recording.

Do yourself a favor and buy the best headphones you can afford. This player deserves it - you deserve it! You'll be happy you did. The sound is clear and crisp at both low and high levels, very enjoyable.

This is by far the best unit out on the market. OH! Skipping - forget about it! I dropped the unit a few times during a flight between Chicago and London (I kept nodding off and shifting around - knocking it off the seat) and NO skip. I've gone running with the unit (although I use the new Sony MD 900 MiniDisc player for workout stuff - another wonderful device) and have had NO issues with skipping.

That's about it. I'm the kind of person who usually buys the best I can afford -- and I'm really happy I bought this unit.

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I bought this D-EJ01 in Singapore in Feb 2001 and was quite disappointed with what I got. I'll focus on the negative aspects of the cd-player as I feel the good points have definitely been covered by the other 12+ reviews.

Firstly, the most annoying problem with the D-EJ01 was the loud hiss sounds you get when listening to soft music (or even on fadeouts of songs). I can confirm with two other people that there is a large hiss problem and maybe attributed to the spinning mechanism of the cd-player. It is certainly more pronounced when using the Ni-MH batteries but I can still hear it on the AC adaptor. Regardless of the earphones I use (MDR-EX70SL, MDR-E888SP, or the supplied MDR-E838SP) the hiss is still there. I've read reviews where people refute this problem which has lead me to believe that I was maybe sold an older model and the majority of reviewers have a newer model with the problem rectified.

Secondly, a major defect is the vertical knocking problem. This is heard when you play the last tracks of a 74min+ cd with the player vertically orientated with its slide-in door pointing to the ground. I tried this with cdr's as well as a retail cd (RHCP-blood sugar sex magik) and the D-EJ01 will 'knock' when playing the outer tracks. Sometimes, it gets so severe that the last track will not play rendering all the final tracks of my compilation 80min cds useless. This is a very IMPORTANT ISSUE and I STRONGLY suggest that reviewers/ owners of the D-EJ01 to try and replicate this problem. My Sony Repair Centre is apparently looking into this problem but they need more anecdotal evidence. IF anyone can confirm or refute this, please email me as my Sony repair centre will contact Sony Japan to rectify this. Again, I may have bought an older model so later models would have this problem fixed.

My last complaint is that in all 3 of the D-EJ01's I've seen in stores, all of them have a gap in the lower left of the slide-in door. When I asked about this gap, my Sony service centre said it is built to Sony specifications so I guess it must be there for a reason. But I do have concerns with dust and muck getting in there.

This review was to point out some flaws with the D-EJ01. I've read the many positive reviews about it but I felt that many people need to know some of the weaknesses of this cd-player. It is very expensive and if you happen to get a dud one like me, you'll be wondering where all your hard-earned money has gone to.

PS: for the people who can refute or confirm the vertical knocking/ loud hiss/ or the gap in the lower left of the slide-in door, please email me at unibombr@tartarus.uwa.edu.au

great looks, remote, slot loading, optical out

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Well, I was just reading the review that was posted by thomas ho and I disagreed with what was said so I just want to put in my opinions. First off, I listen to this cd player every day and I havent heard this "high pitched hissing noise" and I would have to say that the sound quality on it is excellent, not to mention it offers an optical out for hooking to your reciever. Some of the things I really like about this player are:
Sideloading - which looks great, works great, and i think is much easier and faster for cd switching
the carrying case - yeah i know its no reason to buy the cd player for but it organizes everything very nicely into a nice small package. holds the cd player, several cds, the external battery pack, and the remote all in about the size of a large cd player
batteries - the batteries are great, long life (i think it was about 60 hours) and it has both the rechargables in the cd player, and the external peice for using standard AA's which I've found to be very nice for long trips where you cannot recharge the rechargables but you can carry a few extra AA's if you feel you will need it.
the remote - probably my favorite feature, its an extremely attractive little remote (a lot of people ask me if its a minidisc player for some reason) has a cool looking reflective background in the sunlight and an equally impressive backlight display (orange in color). It looks like top notch equipment. Also the remote is great if you just stick the player in your backpack (just something i do) and then have the remote just coming out and go into your pocket or something for instant access to the controls.

Well, I'm not sure what else to say, I just felt that the other review kind of added a discouraging feel to this player and I think it's worth every penny. I suppose just go try it out in the store and you'll see. I haven't had a single problem with mine at all, seems very well built. Just trying to cover every detail possible. Hope this helps, sorry for the poorly written review, I'm in a hurry.

-small size
-slot loading
-good antiskip

-price
-sound quality for price

The most notable feature of the discman is the slot loading mechanism. Although it sounds like a gimmick, it actually quite a useful and well designed feature. It is much easier to change discs-Simply pull back the lever and the disc ejects; Slide in a new disc from the front, and it automatically closes up and locks it in place. The mechanism is very well built, and seems like it will last as long as the rest of the Discman...
The CD player is very small, barely larger than a CD, and about 2cm thick. ALthough the newest CD players on the market (Sony D-E925, Panasonic 780) are a few millimetres smaller, the D-EJ01 is definitely small enough. It can easily fit comfortably inside a pocket. However, the D-EJ01 is quite heavy, weighing half a pound...
The entire case is made of magnesium, in contrast to most other cd players which have metal lids and plastic bottoms. Although the magnesium gives the CD player an "expensive" feel, it is actually easier to scratch and dent than plastic. Also, the metal is quite flexible, particularly around the slot opening. If you pick up the cd player by the front while a CD is playing, the lid will bend out of shape, causing something inside to rub against the lid, producing a loud scratching sound. Although the lid is resilient and will return to its original shape, it could be permanently bent out of shape if it is bent enough. This could interfere with the slot loading mechanism or even worse, the main spindle motor. I find this to be a serious problem with the discman...
The Cd player has great battery life: 25 hours on the internal rechargeables, and 40 hours on 2 alkaline AA's. (note: the AA’s are placed in a very high quality battery case made of aluminum) This is even more remarkable because the D-EJ01 always has antiskip protection on, and has a powerful 15mW x2 headphone amp. The batteries are NH-14WM gumstick-type NiMH batteries. I feel that they are charged at too fast a rate (only 4 hours to recharge), seriously shortening their lifespan. They can be charged about 200 times, and they cost $100 in Canada ($50 x 2) That means that it costs as much to use these as disposable AA batteries.
Another feature of the D-EJ01 is its G-protection antiskip. When it was first released several years ago, the g-protection technology was truly amazing-It is pretty much skip proof in everyday use. However, G-protection has can now be found on most Sony discmans, so it isn't really that special. There is no way to turn off G-protection. I would personally prefer a system similar to the Panasonic CT-570, where you can choose between good antiskip (40 seconds compressed) or good sound quality (10 seconds uncompressed).
There is no LCD display on the main body; all of the controls and the display is on the remote control. I would have preferred an LCD on the main body (like panasonics), or at least a small 2 digit-7-segment LCD (like Sony Md player E800). The remote is very high quality, and has a nice orange backlight. The remote is able to display CD-TEXT titles. Although it is a very "cool" feature, i found that none of my Cd's (approx 100 alternative rock, hip hop, trance, and classical Cd's) have cd text encoded on it. However, most modern Cd burners can create Cd's with cd-text.
The Sound quality, which in my opinion is the most important feature of a Discman, is good, but nothing spectacular. The sound is quite neutral, without the excessive brightness and harsh treble of older Sony's. The midrange is quite warm, though not particularly detailed. The bass is excellent, very tight and with plenty of punch. In comparason with older dismans however, it seems to have slightly less detail and clarity- It could be a result of lossy data compression used in the antiskip, but there's no way of telling if this is actually the case. Although the D-EJ01 sounds reasonably good for a portable, it is probably identical to all other Sony's. For 4 times the price of cheaper Sony's, much more is expected. In addition, the Cd player's motors are extremely noisy; they can be heard when listening at low levels with open-air headphones. Also, on soft recordings, there is a high-pitched hissing noise produced by the Cd player. It comes on whenever the motor is spinning, and seems to be RF noise picked up and amplified by the headphone amp. On soft classical recordings, this noise is VERY distracting; it is unlistenable with audiophile-quality headphones unless an external headphone amp is used (from line out). Low impedance headphones such as the 16 ohm Sony MDR-E888 are the worst off. Also, when the AC adaptor is used, the motor is constantly spinning, so the hiss is constant. Fortunately, most popular music is recorded at higher levels, and the hiss is inaudible. Nevertheless, this problem should never occur on such an expensive CD player.
Overall, the D-EJ01 is probably the best CD player on the market; it has the most features and is among the best in every respect. However, it is also (by far) the most expensive CD player on the market, and i find that there is little to justify its price. The normal retail price is $550 Canadian, more than 4 times of Sony's Cheaper G-protection discmans. These cheaper discmans seem to have the same electronics as the D-EJ01, with cheaper cases and less accessories. I wouldn't recommend this CD player, unless you must have the slot loading mechanism. Even though i was able to find a floor model in Hong Kong for only $1500 HKD ($300 CDN, $200 US), i still think i paid too much for it.