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    	A friend of mine has one (he is also my boss).  It holds six
    CD's and is fully programmable within all six disks.  Also it does
    a random play within all six disks. It is truly fantastic.  
    
    	NOW THE $$$$$$$.
    
    		$445.  Cuomos had the price, and Lectra City matched
    it.  I suggest talking to Lectra City, try it out, and then 
    getting the price from Cuomos, and getting a match from Lectra City.
    
    You might like to wait about six weeks.  Cuomos moves into there
    new building last week of July (approximately).  I suspect a stupendous
    sale. Godd chance to by CD's, Players, and Audio tape.  Seeing as
    though I live down the road, I will make pickups for people in the
    Spitbrook RD facility (I'll do it now, if you would like) where
    I work, for tapes or CD's, cash only on tapes.......
    
    					/mike
    

	  Either the latest or the latest;-1 ( ;-2 ? ) issue of Digital Audio 
	(I ferget which) has a review of the Pioner 6-disker. 


		-Josh

    I have one of the PD-M6s, and I love it.  Great sound and all of
    the features mentioned above are present.
    
    I got mine at Gepetto's Workshop in Littleton, Mass. (just off 495
    about 2 miles North of Route 2), for $399.  That was their sale
    price, and I've seen it there twice since on sale for the same price,
    including this past weekend when I went back in with a friend to
    ogle the shops recently added Carver line.
    
    If you think you might like the convenience that a multi-play CD
    would provide (in particular, the random play feature is nice),
    I urge you to take a look at the M6.
    
    Jim

     How depressing to find that it cost less then my 1 1/2 year old 
    Toshiba player.
     That's the problem with getting new technology. The later stuff
    is always better and cheaper.

    How hard is it to load and unload the 6 CD cartridge?
    
    GAS a_fan_of_the_jewel_box_and_single_CDs
    

    RE: .5 - There are two ways to play discs in the M6.  From your
    note I could not tell whether you knew that.
    
    1 - Using a standard drawer loading (sticks out of the machine when
    you push the eject button) you can play single discs pretty much
    as you would on any other player. (See Note below.)
    
    2 - Using the six pack, you have six seperate holders for the discs
    which you must preload by pivoting them out of the case.  This is
    straightforward, but not a cinch either.  There is a little tab
    which the machine uses to pull out these tray type holders, and
    that's what the user must use also.
    
    Now for the -
    
    Note - The one odd twist with the M6 is that it requires that you
    put the discs in music side up (i.e., label side down)!  I can only
    speculate as to the reasons for this (and if anyone is interested
    in my doing that, I will), but the effect is that you don't have
    the convenience of having the label there staring at you when you
    open either the 6-pack cartridge or the single play drawer.  This
    is actually not much of an inconvenience when the single play drawer
    is in, but if one is loading and unloading the 6-pack, it is somewhat
    bothersome to have to take the CD out of the tray and turn it over
    to determine which one it is.
    
    So that's the long answer to the short question.  I've found that
    the 6-pack is easy enough to use that I frequently change the 3
    or 4 CDs which I have loaded in to one of them for casual multi-play
    or random-play (a great feature when you're doing a couple of hours
    work around the house) use.  I also have one in which I've loaded
    and labeled with Denons 6 disc set of the 9 Beethoven Symphonies.
    If I decide to play one of the 9, I just load that cartridge, select
    the appropriate disc and track to start the symphony I want, and
    away we go.  I expect that these 6 discs will not be taken out of
    the cartridge for as long as I have the M6.  The two triple jewel 
    boxes are on some bookshelf somewhere.

    Thanks for the information.  How much are the empty 6-pack cartridges?
    Do I understand you to say that you only have two of them?

    ...just as an FYI for whoever might be interested.  I would estimate
    that approximately 5-10% of my CD collection (which is pretty small
    by some standards) and 20-30% of my listening time, makes frequent
    use of the 6-pack cartridge.  The rest of each use the single play
    drawer.
    
    Is that confusing enough, or should I continue?

    Price for 6-pack cartridges; $10.
    
    I got one with the system, received another for free from Pioneer
    for sending back a marketing information sheet telling them how
    old I was and how much money I make each year, etc.
    
    They seem to be pretty available generally.  The place where I got
    the player told me he carries them, though I haven't purchased one
    from anyone else yet.
    
    (Point of information/flame on Leach-mere: the jerk (excuse me,
    salesperson) I talked to at the store in Framingham told me they
    didn't carry the cartridges because the store doesn't stock "parts".
    Has anyone out there had a _good_ experience dealing with these
    folks.  I've dealt with them three times now and have always come
    away feeling that they expect me to thank them that they came to 
    work that day.) Sorry for the digression.

    About the best thing one can say about Lechmere is that their
    return policy is one of the most generous I have seen.  Their
    everyday prices are generally the HIGHEST in the area, but they
    have a wider selection of merchandise than most stores.
    				Steve

    The other thing about Lechemere (in addition to returns policy)
    is that their SALE prices are fairly competitive in electronics.
     I recently did a little comparison with their pricing against
    Crutchfield and Crystal Sonics, and Lechemere was ahead of both
    on SALE prices for things like SONY amps, the D7, etc.  But I agree
    that their return policy and accessibility make them worth considering
    for this stuff.

    
    I have one. I love. I got it at the AUDIOPHILE on Route 1 in North
    Hampton, NH. They have them in stock around $425 I think. Ask for
    Biff.
    
    
    Don