Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player

Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player | Best SACD player on the market under $400

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highly recommended

A Great Audiophile Bargain

The Sony SCD-CE595 has to be one of the great audiophile bargains of all time. I got it for $120 through Amazon and it is replacing a $3000 CD playback system.

The $3000 system consists of a $1200 Theta Digital D/A converter, a $800 Cal Audio Labs transport, $800 worth of upgrades on the Theta, and $300 worth of cables and accessories. It is about 15 years old. The last upgrade was about 10 years ago.

While the older system has a more refined top end, the cheap Sony has more detail, better bass, and good dynamics. I have tried several newer CD players and they all suffer from flattened dynamics and lack of detail. Those are the areas the Sony gets right. I have a Pioneer SACD/DVD player which sounds terrible in comparison with the Sony, although they are almost the same price.

I only have 2 SACD discs and based on that, I'm not going to be purchasing SACD versions of all my CD's. I can really only hear the difference when listening through my Seinnheiser HD 600 headphones. The SACD has better low level detail, but only people with a very high definition system will be able to hear the difference.

At the price that Amazon sell this CD changer, it is an absolute steal!

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Best SACD player on the market under $400

1. From the manual:
"You can play all the tracks on all the discs in random order. Press PLAY MODE (or SHUFFLE on the remote) repeatedly in stop mode until 'ALL DISCS' and 'SHUF' appear in the display. Press Play."

2. This player uses a DSD version of the Burr-Brown PCM1751, a 24-Bit, 192KHz Stereo DAC.

Impressed so far with Sony..

I rated this the Sony SCD-CE595 4 stars because I haven't had it long enough to give it the 5th one..maybe later. After putting it though its paces in the few days since I've recieved this unit, I must say I am impressed. I would have to be enthused as some of the 5 star reviewers..there have already been some things brought up such as the unit at first seems to be a little hot on the high end, I am going to wait as two other reviewers have recommended to see if does indeed tone down a little. But other wise, so far so good.

After looking at Harman Kardon and Denon (I have a Denon DRA-685 receiver), I went with the Sony after reading many unsatisfied users of those products..which somewhat suprised and saddened my really, I was leaning towards the Denon 380 CD player. The Sony has won me over.

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Cd Player Review

The cd player works well, just wish the random play would work for all of the cd's instead of only one.

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