I had mentioned in a previous post that I had a thing for buying cheap CD players, the reason for such was to compare the sound of each and see if I was able to hear any real difference between makes and models.
Well, this is what I’ve got in my collection right now:
From top to bottom:
- Technics SL-P220
- Scott D980
- JVC XL-V311
- Onkyo DX-701
Of these four players, the ones that get the most play are the Technics and the JVC. The JVC has a little bit better bass and the Technics, in the opposite way, has a brighter sound. The other two, the Scott and the Onkyo, have a similar sound, which I feel is a little dulled. The Scott has an additional handicap in that the display can display either the current track or the track time, but not both simultaneously. All but the Onkyo have support for indexed tracks, and the JVC will show the current playing track and index. I have yet to find one of my CDs that has indexes, though. Still looking…
All four have headphone jacks; the Technics and the Onkyo have headphone volume controls, which is great. All but the Onkyo can be run by remote control, and I purchased remotes for the Technics and JVC. In both cases, the remotes were twice as much as I paid for the player.
And on the subject of cost, each player cost me less than $10, and each player was originally $150-$300 when new, so this is not an expensive endeavor.
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