Sony D-EJ815 CD Players Portable
Sony D-EJ815 CD Players Portable
USER REVIEWS
[Mar 18, 2002]
Kevin
Casual Listener
Strength:
Good sound and bass, great remote, awesome battery life.
Weakness:
Makes loud sounds when it plays, stalls in play, bad headphones(bad sound produced, short wire) In the beginning, the cd player was awesome. It had great sound, and the features, especially the bass enhancer, were great. Now, over time, it has really started to decline in performance. When held vertically, the cd hits the lid and makes weird sounds. The cd also spontaneously stops playing and stalls. The remote is really great, though. It is really convenient. The player has taken only moderate abuse in my backpack, yet it still frequently has problems. The extra batteries also is great, giving great battery life, but it dangles. If you do buy this cd player, get new headphones. Similar Products Used: Philips |
[Feb 15, 2002]
jo
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
g protection remote lcd screen battery life design light and compact rechargable batteries carrying case
Weakness:
headphones sound quality...minimum for all those people who gave this product such a low rating...you got a lemon. ive had mine for 1.5+ years and it great. it never skips, the battery life is forever, looks good, handy remote, etc. the headphones suck...but dont they always when you dont buy it separately, sound quality isnt the best...you dont get the long lasting battery life for free, and distortion at high volumes...but most of us want our hearing intact later on in life. as for the extra battery case, who cares the battery life is long as it is. |
[Jan 12, 2001]
greg
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
small, looks good, long battery life
Weakness:
quality mine crapped out on me at a little over the 12 month point. this means no work on it is covered under the warranty, if you don't know already sony customer service is a joke. they want to charge me $80 plus parts for the repair. the problem is that the player constintly tries to bring the eye in. this happens when the eye is as far in a possible. the problem is not mechanical, it is an electronic error, therefore i cannot fix it. before it broke it didn't perform as it should have. occasonally when i pressed pause, and then tried to resume playing, all that i heard was static. this would only cease if i pressed stop on the player. overall it was a good discman until it broke. Similar Products Used: many |
[Feb 21, 2001]
Clark Wayne
Casual Listener
Strength:
Price, bought it for $59.99 open box. Great remote, backlit is a big plus. Aluminum lid is slick, battery life is good, could probably even outlive Liz Taylor... neah, that dinosaur will be around longer. NEVER skipped on me even when playing CDRs.
Weakness:
Bass is a little distorted and under boosted, Sony sacrificed great sound with extending the battery life. I bought this unit for $60 from the Good Guys as an open box item. It was the 1st week of the new year and they were clearing out inventory, NO ONE beats the Good Guys on open box prices. Similar Products Used: Sony Discman 885 or something, the car discmand with the wireless remote, this one blows the 815 away in sound quality but a little bulky. |
[Dec 21, 2000]
Randall Leong
Audiophile
Strength:
Weakness:
Neither G-Protection nor Resume can be manually turned off This is a bit expensive for a portable CD player, but it is the best value in Sony's "CD Walkman with G-Protection" line. The sound quality is good, for the most part, but distortion at high frequencies can be heard at maximum volume. And I tried... and tried... and tried to get the player to skip, but I couldn't. In fact, you'll have to get this CD player run over by a train just to get it to skip. Similar Products Used: Panasonic SL-S231C, SL-SW850; Sony D-E301 |
[Jan 15, 2001]
R.L.
Audiophile
Strength:
G-Protection, long battery life, remote
Weakness:
Sound quality not as good as some other portable CD players I bought this CD player almost two months ago, and I initially liked the player. But now, I found out that its headphone output is very weak (to save batteries) - it can barely drive the cheesy headphones that come supplied with the unit. Also, it clips on bass-heavy music at most volume levels, and on other types of music at the maximum volume setting. |
[Jun 01, 2001]
Chytra Pawashe
Audiophile
Strength:
Looks/physical qualities and poteintial for great battery life
Weakness:
See review... Alright, I got this PCDP back in the days I thought my Jensen street styles were the most amazing thing on the planet (good thing those costed the low low price of free). |
[Feb 01, 2001]
Chris Lee
Casual Listener
Strength:
G-Protection, Remote, Thinness/design
Weakness:
battery life on two batteries, sound, Everything is good but the quality. I bought a pair of Sony 50 dollar headphones (MDR-V300) and when I use it with the Cd player, the sound only comes from the left ear. I dont know whether it's the cd player or the headphones. And the player will freeze on me sometimes. It'll just stop, and i gotta turn the system off, then off again, then back on. Its a real pain. Plus Either its the headphones again or the player but but real loud static will come out without music. |
[Feb 09, 2001]
Peter Leyssens
Audio Enthusiast
Strength:
Very long battery life,
Weakness:
Why the hell do you need a remote, if the thing is so small you'll carry it around anyway ? Waste of money ! I'm a bit of an audio fan and I'd spend quite some money on equipment that will make my several hours a day of listening an experience to look forward to. But when I moved to L.A. for 3 months, it wasn't really worth moving all my equipment and converting all of them to 110V. Getting frustrated after 2 weeks, I decided to go for a discman with a *good* set of headphones. I ended up buying this one, because I felt a bit weird heading for the twice as expensive D-EJ01 immediately. I combine this cd player with a Sennheiser 570 that I payed the same price for. I must say that I'm not disappointed at all ! Similar Products Used: None, I usually listen to full stereos |
[Mar 15, 2001]
jerry
Casual Listener
Strength:
Sound, battery life, design, slim, remote, backlit display
Weakness:
headphones it comes with, mega bass This is a great player, never skips, no distortion except at maximum volume with bass turned all the way up. It is very slim and light. The backlit display kicks @$$. The remote is very good, and well laid out. My only gripes are this: get some new headphones, the ones that come with it suck big time. Also the mega bass sucks, dont use it. Also the leather case that comes with it is good, but the cd player doesnt seem to fit all the way. But other than that, this player is very good, and I think it is a great purchase. The whole cd player comes with a remote, headphones, leather case, adapter, 2 rechargeable batteries, external battery pack (which brings the battery life to 76 hours). It plays cd-r's, and has never skipped on me, NEVER!! Similar Products Used: Sony D-EJ611 |