Panasonic SL-CT570 Personal CD Player

I bought the step down model from this one, the Panasonic SL-CT470. The cd player is basically the same thing, with a few nice features added on. I'll explain every single difference between the two players and then give you my original review of the SL-CT470.

The SL-CT570 adds on a wired remote control that you can connect to any headphones through the headphone jack and control the cd player while it's in your pocket. It adds a metal lid instead of the regular plastic one on the 470. It has a 4 level battery indicator that the 470 doesn't have, and a 10 second linear anti shock system. The regular 40 second anti shock slightly degrades the sound quality. With Panasonics SL-CT570 model you can use the 10 second linear anti shock so you won't hear any sound degrade at all, and you also most likely won't experience any skipping.

The rest of the features on both of these cd players are the same, although the button arrangement is slightly different on each of them.

Here's my original review:

I originally got a Sony D-EJ915 but returned it for this player after I had some problems with the Sony. (You can read my review on it). For only $129.99 this Panasonic is a much better deal and does the same job with a few missing features.

The SL-CT470 that I got is a really cool looking shiny metallic blue color. It looks really nice. I think it looks a lot better than the silver one.

The sound quality of this player is its best quality. The bass boost doesn't work as good as the one on the Sony 915 did, but the overall sound quality in the normal mode is noticeably better. It sounds like your closer to the music with this player than with the Sony. The headphone jack on this player might have something to do with the sound quality. It's kind of clunky looking and sticks out of the player a bit but its silver and appears to be made of metal unlike the regular plastic ones (I'm not sure about this so don't take my word on it) anyways the silver headphone jack does make it look higher quality and the sound is great. The last Panasonic I owned was an SL-S200 and it sounded kind of crappy and skipped easily so I sold it. It's headphone jack also started to wear out after a year and a half of light use. I remember comparing it to my old Sony D-E446CK (which this player beats in sound quality) and it sucked compared to the Sony.

The 40 second anti shock memory version 4 works really good. With the anti skip turned on I haven't heard a skip yet while walking around school with it in the pocket of my jeans. I have even run up stairs and up my rocky driveway with it in my pocket and it still never skipped. With the antiskip off it doesn't skip quite as easy as the older Panasonics did, but it skips much easier than my old Sony did with ESP off.

This player comes with a set of AAA Nickel Metal Hydride batteries. The player takes only AAA inside the unit to save space and size. These batteries only last about 6 hours on one charge while the Sony D-EJ915 that I traded for it lasted 23 hours, and they will need to be replaced after only about 300 charges which is much less than the Sony's. These batteries will be a lot cheaper to replace though.

Another problem is the 470 doesn't have a battery gauge like the step up model 570 does. I'm not used to this since both the Sony's I had before had a battery gauge. Now I won't know when my batteries are gonna die until about 5 minutes before they die. The display on this unit is big and easy to read though.

The headphones that come with this unit are very bad just like any other portable cd, so don't bother using them unless you don't care what your music sounds like.

The volume output on all the new Panasonics is louder than the output on the new Sony's so if you have headphones that aren't very efficient this player would probably be your best choice.

For the price this basic player is a great deal. It comes with rechargeable batteries and all you'll need is decent headphones.