Panasonic SL-CT480 Personal CD Player
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- CD-R/CD-RW Playback: CD-R/CD-RW
- Bass Boost: With Bass Boost
- Anti Skip Buffer: 40 sec.
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Good for the average listener
Pros
Small, battery life, ease of use.
Cons
Silly battery system, could be louder, not many options.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
It plays CD's on the go and that's it, don't expect anything special here. What it does, it does well. Recommended for the average user.
Intro:
I've been using this discman (borrowed from my girlfriend) until I can get my new minidisc player. It's come in very handy considering I don't have any other portable device at the moment.
Sound:
My biggest gripe with this portable is that it should be louder. I've used it with a couple of different headphones and it never seems to get that loud. On the flip side, I'm sure this little unit is plenty loud for most people but it doesn't give you the option to really crank it up when you're getting into the music. The sound quality is quite good, it really depends on the headphones you use. The packaged headphones as usual are crap. It has 2 built in equilizers "bass boost" as well as "train" the bass boost comes in quite handy, I don't use the train option at all because it muffles the sound and doesn't even do a good job of eliminating sound to people around you. Overall it sounds great but I wish it was a little louder, who knows maybe I'll end up thanking this unit when I'm 80 and can still hear.
Battery Life:
Like I said, I'm borrowing this unit from my girlfriend. I've had it for a few weeks and use it pretty often, she probably used it before me a fair bit too. Even with this amount of usage I haven't had to replace the batteries once. Good stuff!
Build Quality:
This thing is sturdy and compact. It's relatively slim too. It fits fine in my pocket and is also quite light which is a real plus. For some stupid reason the engineers decided that it would be cool if the unit supported both aaa and aa batteries. The battery compartment fits aaa's fine (who cares?), but once you start using aa, which I'm guessing is 99% of the population, the lid that holds the batteries pokes out a bit, it's still secure though. I don't know anyone who uses aaa batteries, they're more expensive and harder to find, simply put, this is a stupid idea, please notify me if otherwise. Other than that quibble (sorry I just don't understand it!) it's a solid unit.
Options:
This portable really skims out on the options, it's probably done to keep the price down and most people won't notice anyway. It doesn't have a "line out" output, nor does it allow you to turn off the anti-shock (but it doesn't matter with the amount of battery life you get), no battery life indicator, no ac adapter. It comes with programing options as well as repeat one and repeat all.
Also, it has an auto-resume function and automatically starts at the beginning of the track you finished on. I like this function but my girlfriend wishes she could turn it off, unfourtunately you can't. On the plus side, with the complete lack of options there are very few buttons which makes it a breeze to control while in your pocket.
I've been using this discman (borrowed from my girlfriend) until I can get my new minidisc player. It's come in very handy considering I don't have any other portable device at the moment.
Sound:
My biggest gripe with this portable is that it should be louder. I've used it with a couple of different headphones and it never seems to get that loud. On the flip side, I'm sure this little unit is plenty loud for most people but it doesn't give you the option to really crank it up when you're getting into the music. The sound quality is quite good, it really depends on the headphones you use. The packaged headphones as usual are crap. It has 2 built in equilizers "bass boost" as well as "train" the bass boost comes in quite handy, I don't use the train option at all because it muffles the sound and doesn't even do a good job of eliminating sound to people around you. Overall it sounds great but I wish it was a little louder, who knows maybe I'll end up thanking this unit when I'm 80 and can still hear.
Battery Life:
Like I said, I'm borrowing this unit from my girlfriend. I've had it for a few weeks and use it pretty often, she probably used it before me a fair bit too. Even with this amount of usage I haven't had to replace the batteries once. Good stuff!
Build Quality:
This thing is sturdy and compact. It's relatively slim too. It fits fine in my pocket and is also quite light which is a real plus. For some stupid reason the engineers decided that it would be cool if the unit supported both aaa and aa batteries. The battery compartment fits aaa's fine (who cares?), but once you start using aa, which I'm guessing is 99% of the population, the lid that holds the batteries pokes out a bit, it's still secure though. I don't know anyone who uses aaa batteries, they're more expensive and harder to find, simply put, this is a stupid idea, please notify me if otherwise. Other than that quibble (sorry I just don't understand it!) it's a solid unit.
Options:
This portable really skims out on the options, it's probably done to keep the price down and most people won't notice anyway. It doesn't have a "line out" output, nor does it allow you to turn off the anti-shock (but it doesn't matter with the amount of battery life you get), no battery life indicator, no ac adapter. It comes with programing options as well as repeat one and repeat all.
Also, it has an auto-resume function and automatically starts at the beginning of the track you finished on. I like this function but my girlfriend wishes she could turn it off, unfourtunately you can't. On the plus side, with the complete lack of options there are very few buttons which makes it a breeze to control while in your pocket.
