Yamaha CDC-575 5-Disc CD Changer

Yamaha's CDC-575 is a very basic five-disc carousel changer, which makes it the least expensive CD changer ever offered by Yamaha. The lack of a high price tag shouldn't scare anyone away from it, because its sound quality is robust. Like the higher-priced models, it uses four digital-to-analog converters (two per channel) to provide a truer, more accurate, natural sound. Other useful features are a 40-track programmable memory, a three-way music search, and synchronized start that allows you to start recording to a Yamaha cassette deck with one touch of the remote. A surprise feature on such a basic changer is an index scan; many classical recordings mark separate movements with an index number. It also has a music calendar and intro scan feature. The CDC-575 uses Yamaha's PlayXchange system to allow you to replace any of the four non-playing discs while the music continues. With a very limited front panel, the 28 key remote becomes indispensable for anything except the most basic playbacks.