Sony CDP-CX260 200-Disc CD Changer
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- Number of Discs: 200
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Best 200 Disc Changer I've Used
Pros
Great features, style, and quality
Cons
Price
Recommended it?
Yes
I have a collection of over 150 CDs, and for a while I was a slave to several CD towers. I would often leave one CD in my single-disc player for weeks at a time, lacking the motivation to change it for another one. I eventually got a great deal on a Kenwood 200 disc CD changer, and immediately fell in love. It held all of my CDs, and I could name them, and that was good at the time.
About a year later I found a great deal on the Sony CDP-CX260. Having both players in my possession for a short time before I got rid of the Kenwood made comparing the two easy. The Sony shined for all of its little details.
First, naming the CDs is a snap. You can use on-board controls, the remote, or plug in a computer keyboard. You can name up to 8 groups to assign the discs to, which makes listening to a certain genre of music, or a particular artist, a snap. The shuffle play is better than most that I?ve dealt with. It doesn?t seem to get into any ruts or loops. If you have more than one Sony CD player with a capacity of at least 200 CDs, you can link them together, opening up a whole range of new options. You can cross fade between the two or cue up the idle player so there is no gaps between the music. Other neat features are available as well. The remote is well done also, with most of the controls on the unit available at your fingertips. A very handy backlit LCD display shows disc and group titles.
The whole unit is very well styled. The classic black color matches most any stereo equipment I?ve seen. The display features large, easy to read lettering for the CD names, and the buttons are all well marked. The group buttons are backlit, for an extra styling touch. The light in the CD bay is quite useful for lining up the CDs with the slots in the bay.
The CD player is also technically impressive, especially considering it?s massive capacity. Usually, the more discs the player holds, the worse the quality. Not so here. The signal-to-noise ratio, which is essentially a measure of sound quality, is ?More than 108 db? which is comparatively quite impressive. Equally impressive is the harmonic distortion, which is ?Less than 0.0045%?.
Despite all of the praise, I have one major complaint about the Sony CDP-CX260, especially when compared to the Kenwood. When you named CDs on the Kenwood, you named the actual CDs. With the Sony, you?re just naming the slot that the CD is in. So if you change the order of the CDs in the player, you have to rename all of the slots that have different discs in them. Fortunately, the naming procedure is the simplest I?ve seen.
Overall, I?d say the Sony CDP-CX260 is the most impressive 200 disc CD changer I?ve had any experience with, combining utility, style, and technical superiority.
About a year later I found a great deal on the Sony CDP-CX260. Having both players in my possession for a short time before I got rid of the Kenwood made comparing the two easy. The Sony shined for all of its little details.
First, naming the CDs is a snap. You can use on-board controls, the remote, or plug in a computer keyboard. You can name up to 8 groups to assign the discs to, which makes listening to a certain genre of music, or a particular artist, a snap. The shuffle play is better than most that I?ve dealt with. It doesn?t seem to get into any ruts or loops. If you have more than one Sony CD player with a capacity of at least 200 CDs, you can link them together, opening up a whole range of new options. You can cross fade between the two or cue up the idle player so there is no gaps between the music. Other neat features are available as well. The remote is well done also, with most of the controls on the unit available at your fingertips. A very handy backlit LCD display shows disc and group titles.
The whole unit is very well styled. The classic black color matches most any stereo equipment I?ve seen. The display features large, easy to read lettering for the CD names, and the buttons are all well marked. The group buttons are backlit, for an extra styling touch. The light in the CD bay is quite useful for lining up the CDs with the slots in the bay.
The CD player is also technically impressive, especially considering it?s massive capacity. Usually, the more discs the player holds, the worse the quality. Not so here. The signal-to-noise ratio, which is essentially a measure of sound quality, is ?More than 108 db? which is comparatively quite impressive. Equally impressive is the harmonic distortion, which is ?Less than 0.0045%?.
Despite all of the praise, I have one major complaint about the Sony CDP-CX260, especially when compared to the Kenwood. When you named CDs on the Kenwood, you named the actual CDs. With the Sony, you?re just naming the slot that the CD is in. So if you change the order of the CDs in the player, you have to rename all of the slots that have different discs in them. Fortunately, the naming procedure is the simplest I?ve seen.
Overall, I?d say the Sony CDP-CX260 is the most impressive 200 disc CD changer I?ve had any experience with, combining utility, style, and technical superiority.
