Sony CDP-CX555ES 300-Disc CD Changer
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- Inputs: Analog Audio x 1
- Device Type: Changer
- Number of Discs: 300
- Outputs: Digital Audio Optical x 1
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Killer changer.
Pros
Organizes all(or most) your CD's.
Cons
None, if you're prepared. It makes my friend Scott jealous and negative.
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
Buy this thing and get to work. Then sit back, have a beer, and enjoy.
This changer takes a little work to set up, but it's well worth it. Here is what you should do.
1. Set up your discs in order. I set mine up in alphabetical/chronological order, because I'm anal about that stuff, but you can do it any way you like. When I buy new discs they will be put in out of order, but they will be easy to locate using the features in the changer.
2. Add CD-text to all of your discs. This changer will read CD-text info, and save you the huge headache of entering the data manually(you always have to input the artist info manually though). To do this you need to copy each disc, and add the CD-text. That may seem like a huge pain in the arss, but it's not so bad(use your copy program along with the internet, it will download all the track and disc info when you put in the disc), and it will pay off for these reasons....1)You can eliminate all those tracks that you hate like blank tracks or the ones that just have "noise" and not music(the changer has a delete bank that works perfectly, but I chose to remove them from the disc entirely)....2)You can't manually enter track names(you can only enter the CD title), but the CD-text will display each track name. This is very cool, especially with the LCD remote.....3)Copies stay in the changer and the originals can be stored. I play them in my car changer, so I never have to remove discs from the changer. 4)Everything you input(CD titles, delete bank, artist name, and cd groupings) on this changer is stored in its memory. That means when you want to move discs around, move the changer, move to another home, or there is a power failure for more than 15-30 minutes, all your data will be erased. Unless, of coarse, the data is stored on each CD. I've heard inputting each CD title is a major pain in the arss, so I know I wouldn't want to do it twice. This way if something happens I will only have to enter the Artist and group info again.
3. Keep track of every disc you put in. You want to know the artist name of each disc, and how you want to group each disc. This is important because you can't select the artist alphabetically. The changer only lists them in the order you input them. It could become pretty difficult to find a specific artist if they were input randomly, and there is a limit of 200 artists. I'm entering the artists name if I have 3 or more cd's from them, and excluding the others. I also will input an artist as "A", "B", etc...this will give me room for growth, and the ability to narrow the search for the discs that don't have an artist name set up.
Once you've done this you're set. You can then play your discs continuous or random(no repeated tracks), by group, by artist, by 3 different 32-step(can be a track or a disc) programs, hit list, etc...
There are so many ways sort and play the discs.......It's killer.
1. Set up your discs in order. I set mine up in alphabetical/chronological order, because I'm anal about that stuff, but you can do it any way you like. When I buy new discs they will be put in out of order, but they will be easy to locate using the features in the changer.
2. Add CD-text to all of your discs. This changer will read CD-text info, and save you the huge headache of entering the data manually(you always have to input the artist info manually though). To do this you need to copy each disc, and add the CD-text. That may seem like a huge pain in the arss, but it's not so bad(use your copy program along with the internet, it will download all the track and disc info when you put in the disc), and it will pay off for these reasons....1)You can eliminate all those tracks that you hate like blank tracks or the ones that just have "noise" and not music(the changer has a delete bank that works perfectly, but I chose to remove them from the disc entirely)....2)You can't manually enter track names(you can only enter the CD title), but the CD-text will display each track name. This is very cool, especially with the LCD remote.....3)Copies stay in the changer and the originals can be stored. I play them in my car changer, so I never have to remove discs from the changer. 4)Everything you input(CD titles, delete bank, artist name, and cd groupings) on this changer is stored in its memory. That means when you want to move discs around, move the changer, move to another home, or there is a power failure for more than 15-30 minutes, all your data will be erased. Unless, of coarse, the data is stored on each CD. I've heard inputting each CD title is a major pain in the arss, so I know I wouldn't want to do it twice. This way if something happens I will only have to enter the Artist and group info again.
3. Keep track of every disc you put in. You want to know the artist name of each disc, and how you want to group each disc. This is important because you can't select the artist alphabetically. The changer only lists them in the order you input them. It could become pretty difficult to find a specific artist if they were input randomly, and there is a limit of 200 artists. I'm entering the artists name if I have 3 or more cd's from them, and excluding the others. I also will input an artist as "A", "B", etc...this will give me room for growth, and the ability to narrow the search for the discs that don't have an artist name set up.
Once you've done this you're set. You can then play your discs continuous or random(no repeated tracks), by group, by artist, by 3 different 32-step(can be a track or a disc) programs, hit list, etc...
There are so many ways sort and play the discs.......It's killer.
