Marantz CC4000 5-Disc CD Changer
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- Device Type: Changer
- Number of Discs: 5
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400 minutes of my own music!
Pros
Random play is quick, Unit plays CD-R'S and CD-RW's, Excellent sound quality
Cons
Programming discs is a chore
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
This is a well built and very musical sounding player with enough easy to use creature comforts that will satisfy music lovers for many years.
My trusty old Technics single play CD Player was nearly 12 years old and I decided to upgrade it with a CD Player with multiple disc capability. I decide to go with a carousel player versus a magazine player (based on reliability research I had done) and a five disc player versus a jukebox type player(I like arranging and rearranging my vast CD collection - Hey, it's a hobby). My main considerations were reliability, ease of use and most important - the sound quality. I focused in on the Marantz since I just upgraded to a new Marantz SR-7000 Receiver. (I also listened to players from Onkyo and Yammaha for comparison purposes)I've had the player for six months now and can finally evaluate how I like it:
High Notes:
- The player takes up to Five discs and you have the ability to change up to three while one disc still plays. The player also lets you "Quick Play" a disc that you have loaded. Both of these features were not in my initial requirements but have made the player very convienent.
- Random Play. Most multiple disc players have this feature but I found the time delay between disc "shuffling" in most other brands to be slow and worse yet, many other brands do not do a good job of mixing up songs. In other words you hear almost an entire disc before it moves to another disc or you hear repeated songs - very annoying. The Marantz has never repeated a single song in a five disc sequence and you can hardly detect the time in between discs. It appears very seamless in the transitions.
- CD-R and CD-RW capable. This was a huge consideration since I like to put together my own compilation CD's. I've been sticking with Verbatim 80 minute CD-R discs and have not had a single one rejected. That's 400 minutes of uninterrupted and customized music for lazy afternoons.
- Nice clean and open sound. I'm not an audiophile. I do not sit and critique the sonic properties of the music. I am a music lover and the music sounds wonderful - much more detailed than my old Technics or some of the other players I listened to.
- The player is quite solid and has a nice hefty feel to it. I cannot say whether this translates into better reliability but it seems to have a better construction than other brands - nothing flimsy here!
Sour Notes:
- It is a chore to program all five discs. I would have preferred a song number keypad right on the unit. This would have sped up the programming process.
- The remote is just adequate. I am using the universal remote that came with the SR-7000 however.
High Notes:
- The player takes up to Five discs and you have the ability to change up to three while one disc still plays. The player also lets you "Quick Play" a disc that you have loaded. Both of these features were not in my initial requirements but have made the player very convienent.
- Random Play. Most multiple disc players have this feature but I found the time delay between disc "shuffling" in most other brands to be slow and worse yet, many other brands do not do a good job of mixing up songs. In other words you hear almost an entire disc before it moves to another disc or you hear repeated songs - very annoying. The Marantz has never repeated a single song in a five disc sequence and you can hardly detect the time in between discs. It appears very seamless in the transitions.
- CD-R and CD-RW capable. This was a huge consideration since I like to put together my own compilation CD's. I've been sticking with Verbatim 80 minute CD-R discs and have not had a single one rejected. That's 400 minutes of uninterrupted and customized music for lazy afternoons.
- Nice clean and open sound. I'm not an audiophile. I do not sit and critique the sonic properties of the music. I am a music lover and the music sounds wonderful - much more detailed than my old Technics or some of the other players I listened to.
- The player is quite solid and has a nice hefty feel to it. I cannot say whether this translates into better reliability but it seems to have a better construction than other brands - nothing flimsy here!
Sour Notes:
- It is a chore to program all five discs. I would have preferred a song number keypad right on the unit. This would have sped up the programming process.
- The remote is just adequate. I am using the universal remote that came with the SR-7000 however.
