Conference cookie::notes$archive:cd_v1

    
         brand Technics / model ??????
         sale price 249.00/reg 329.00
         Lechimere
         june 8-14
    
         Does anyone know what model this is, the unit has same functions
         as most other models with the added options of remote and
         headphone output. 

    The unit on sale is the slp-300. I bought it about two months ago
    from O'coins in Worcester. I paid 279.95 and got three free disks
    with the purchase. (No bartering...that's the way it was offered)
    If you count the disks at 15.00, my final price was about 235.00.
     
    So far, it has been a fine machine. No problems at all. Fine per-
    formance and all the bells and whistles you could ask for. I've
    yet to read a review on the technical aspects of the player, but
    I like it and that's what counts.
    
    Good Luck,
    Russ Currie
    

    Sounds like you got a good deal.....beats Lechemere's price by
    15 bucks.  I think I'll get it there this weekend unless I 
    can find one cheaper somewhere else.  That machine has all the
    options I want.
    
    Thanks for your input
    
    Mike

    Anybody know what the subcode output on the technics players
    is used for,will be used for ?
    
    Mike

    This months Digital Review has a article on the (lack of) use of
    subcodes. Basically with each "frame" on the CD there are 8-bits
    labeled P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W which where to be used for such things as
    Still video pictures (when hooked up to a TV ofcourse), song titles,
    lyrics, song lead-ins and lead-outs, etc. These bits comprise about 
    15 megabytes on each CD. Unfortunately, it seems that lack of 
    agreement/demand for their usage leaves the entire use of subcoding 
    in limbo. It seems doubtful that it wil be standardized at this
    time. 
    							/Glenn
     

    Magnavox portable (CD9510) on sale at Service Merchandise as of
    July 15, not sure how long this lasts, for a few cents under $170.
    I know the Burlington store has them in stock.
    
    Player got a very nice review in the July issue of Digital Audio,
    which looked at a number of portables.  It is slightly larger than 
    the Sony and Panasonic/Technics portables, but is built very solidly
    and sounds good.
    
    Possible drawback #1:  SM does not carry the optional battery pack,
    and I am not aware of other local stores currently carrying the
    player which might have the battery pack.  I have been tracking
    through North American Philips to find how to get one.  There is a
    parts (800) number in New Jersey which has promised to send me info,
    will enter when it arrives.
    
    Possible drawback #2:  My player occasionally (one time out of 4
    or 5) fails to read the number of tracks and time info when you
    insert a disk -- don't know whether this is a design problem or
    the individual player.  It seems completely random, and either
    power-down/power-up or reinserting the disk makes it all OK.
    
    Possible plus:  The player is the same one used in Philips' CD10
    car stereo system -- where it is inserted in a DIN-sized carrier
    that accepts speaker or low-level input from a receiver/tuner,
    provides necessary switching and control functions, and can drive
    a power amp.  Maybe it will be possible to buy the carrier separately
    someday?  At any rate, this indicates (and the Digital Audio test
    seems to confirm) that the player has been designed to deal well
    with non-stable frames of reference.
         
    Dave Quimby
    
    
    

    Re: my operational problem with CD9510 in .6 -- exchanged for a
    new unit which works flawlessly.
    
    Overall opinion -- solid, well-designed, slightly large portable.
    
    dq