Pioneer PD-F1039 301-Disc CD Changer
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- Device Type: Changer
- Number of Discs: 301
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Good for large collections
Pros
Large capacity, good price, ease of use
Cons
Set up takes a while.
Recommended it?
Yes
I bought this unit, actually 2, because they seemed like the best combination of capacity and price. I have a 350+ disc collection so I was looking for a storage solution and growth potential. Sony has a 300 unit as well, but I've experience too many faulty Sony products over the last 5 years to trust that brand any further. Pioneer on the other hand seems to have good dependability ratings, at least those I've seen.
Previously I used a 5 disc carrosel and 4 large booklets to store and organize my discs. The booklets, while better than 350+ jewel cases, weren't as convenient as I thought. After spending an evening with a friend's 200 disc changer, I was sold on the changer concept.
I set the 2 units up in series giving a unified 602 disc system. I currently have 350 discs loaded. Loading was pretty easy but did take a couple hours--getting them out of bookelts and cases. (Prior to loading the disc I made a list of all my discs so I could note their number as I loaded them.) It took several more hours to enter in titles and artist names. (Optional). I highly recommend doing the later with use of a PC keyboard not the remote. Some discs have CDTEXT which automatically enters the data, but out of 350+ I found about 5 that had the text.
I find the sound quality very good and the disc changing time OK. Random selection sometimes take quite a while. (The discs are selected quickly but the tracks take quite a while.)
Hooking them up was pretty easy. The unit is connected to a Kenwood Tuner/AMP, so I don't have a universal remote that operates the whole system, but it's not killing me. Yet. Only Pioneer XS systems will allow a tuner to control the units.
With 2 units you can have 20 custom play lists, which can have up to 300 disc in each list. Basically, 20 subsets of the collection. Programing them is very easy and playing them is fairly straight forward. Setting a custom play list with about 30 disc on Random is like having a private radio station. You won't get bored for hours.
There is also a "best" list and "previous" list, but I haven't played with that much.
The remote lets you jump directly to disc, or you can jog through disc titles if you entered them. The direct number route is best. The jogging through titles is a bit much because the title display is about 12 characters so you end up abbreviating a lot. Only you'll recall your abbreviations, just ask my wife how stupid my abbreviations are. :)
My solution is a catalog of my discs showing each disc number in the changers. I basically cataloged all my discs in a spreadsheet and sorted them several different ways and made a little booklet. I have a listing by artist, title, genre, number. It makes finding what you want very quick and easy to get to. My wife even feels this makes up for my abbreviation fiasco. :)
If you have a large collection and aren't a sound quality freak, this is a very good solution. If you have a smaller collection, you might find a better unit.
Previously I used a 5 disc carrosel and 4 large booklets to store and organize my discs. The booklets, while better than 350+ jewel cases, weren't as convenient as I thought. After spending an evening with a friend's 200 disc changer, I was sold on the changer concept.
I set the 2 units up in series giving a unified 602 disc system. I currently have 350 discs loaded. Loading was pretty easy but did take a couple hours--getting them out of bookelts and cases. (Prior to loading the disc I made a list of all my discs so I could note their number as I loaded them.) It took several more hours to enter in titles and artist names. (Optional). I highly recommend doing the later with use of a PC keyboard not the remote. Some discs have CDTEXT which automatically enters the data, but out of 350+ I found about 5 that had the text.
I find the sound quality very good and the disc changing time OK. Random selection sometimes take quite a while. (The discs are selected quickly but the tracks take quite a while.)
Hooking them up was pretty easy. The unit is connected to a Kenwood Tuner/AMP, so I don't have a universal remote that operates the whole system, but it's not killing me. Yet. Only Pioneer XS systems will allow a tuner to control the units.
With 2 units you can have 20 custom play lists, which can have up to 300 disc in each list. Basically, 20 subsets of the collection. Programing them is very easy and playing them is fairly straight forward. Setting a custom play list with about 30 disc on Random is like having a private radio station. You won't get bored for hours.
There is also a "best" list and "previous" list, but I haven't played with that much.
The remote lets you jump directly to disc, or you can jog through disc titles if you entered them. The direct number route is best. The jogging through titles is a bit much because the title display is about 12 characters so you end up abbreviating a lot. Only you'll recall your abbreviations, just ask my wife how stupid my abbreviations are. :)
My solution is a catalog of my discs showing each disc number in the changers. I basically cataloged all my discs in a spreadsheet and sorted them several different ways and made a little booklet. I have a listing by artist, title, genre, number. It makes finding what you want very quick and easy to get to. My wife even feels this makes up for my abbreviation fiasco. :)
If you have a large collection and aren't a sound quality freak, this is a very good solution. If you have a smaller collection, you might find a better unit.
