Pioneer PD-F1007 301-Disc CD Changer
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- Device Type: Changer
- Number of Discs: 301
- Outputs: Digital Audio Optical x 1 Headphone Jack
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Pros
Great sound
Cons
Poor interface
Recommended it?
Yes
But for the user interface, this is a great machine. How can you beat 301 CD's? The Pioneer PD-F1007 (and its progeny) provides a good choice for ultra super-duper multi CD playing, with just a couple glitches.
The Sound
How awesome does a CD sound when you send it out through a digital optical cable? It is fantastic. Of course, you don't need the optical cable, and it still sounds great.
Even through the standard RCA analog cables, the sound is still very good.
Searching Sucks
The title input and searching mechanism is no good, however. Here's why:
1. Inputting is a pain - that is a given without a keyboard
2. Searching is kludgy - you can only search on an artist or on a title - but not both, and you can't go back and forth in between.
Here is an example - I have 10 different Greatest Hits albums, including the Eagles. I also have Eagles' Hotel California. SO, I want to listen to Eagles' greatest hits.
What do I do?
Let's say I search for "Eagles" - well, that is great, but of the two I find, I have no idea which one is the greatest hits, so I have to play each to figure it out.
Let's say I search for "Greatest Hits". I get 10 matches, and again I have no idea which one is the Eagles, versus all of the others. Again, I have to listen to all of them to find it.
In short, searching sucks, and if you have 300 CD's this can make things little fun.
The Rest of the Interface
The front of the CD Player is very simple. It has several groupings of buttons - one group sets play mode (random, etc.), one group allows for selection of CD by number, one button is a "jog dial" to quickly scroll through CD's, and one group has other functions, like play, stop, open, close.
Nothing special, and nothing bad.
The Remote
The remote has all of the functions on it, and in fact is probably easier to use than the front of the CD player. You can "jog" the CD's up and down, or you can select by number. This is just like the front of the CD Player. What is nice is that the remote is pretty small.
ADDENDUM: Three days after writing this opinion, I realized I needed to add that having 150-300 CD's in one machine makes this worth buying even though the searching function is terrible. I hit "Random" on a regular basis, and have listened to all my favorite songs on all those CD's that I forgot I even had (some I had never even listened to before). For the first time in a long time, I spent the day listening to music and not watching TV, and I attribute it to this CD player. So, user interface notwithstanding, this player is a good thing.
The Sound
How awesome does a CD sound when you send it out through a digital optical cable? It is fantastic. Of course, you don't need the optical cable, and it still sounds great.
Even through the standard RCA analog cables, the sound is still very good.
Searching Sucks
The title input and searching mechanism is no good, however. Here's why:
1. Inputting is a pain - that is a given without a keyboard
2. Searching is kludgy - you can only search on an artist or on a title - but not both, and you can't go back and forth in between.
Here is an example - I have 10 different Greatest Hits albums, including the Eagles. I also have Eagles' Hotel California. SO, I want to listen to Eagles' greatest hits.
What do I do?
Let's say I search for "Eagles" - well, that is great, but of the two I find, I have no idea which one is the greatest hits, so I have to play each to figure it out.
Let's say I search for "Greatest Hits". I get 10 matches, and again I have no idea which one is the Eagles, versus all of the others. Again, I have to listen to all of them to find it.
In short, searching sucks, and if you have 300 CD's this can make things little fun.
The Rest of the Interface
The front of the CD Player is very simple. It has several groupings of buttons - one group sets play mode (random, etc.), one group allows for selection of CD by number, one button is a "jog dial" to quickly scroll through CD's, and one group has other functions, like play, stop, open, close.
Nothing special, and nothing bad.
The Remote
The remote has all of the functions on it, and in fact is probably easier to use than the front of the CD player. You can "jog" the CD's up and down, or you can select by number. This is just like the front of the CD Player. What is nice is that the remote is pretty small.
ADDENDUM: Three days after writing this opinion, I realized I needed to add that having 150-300 CD's in one machine makes this worth buying even though the searching function is terrible. I hit "Random" on a regular basis, and have listened to all my favorite songs on all those CD's that I forgot I even had (some I had never even listened to before). For the first time in a long time, I spent the day listening to music and not watching TV, and I attribute it to this CD player. So, user interface notwithstanding, this player is a good thing.
