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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1517
Total number of notes:13349

572.0. "Sony CD-35 quirks ??" by LEELA::MYEE (There's a light that never goes out...) Wed Dec 17 1986 13:46

    
    I just bought a '86 sony CD-35 player.  I think it's a great player
    for the money ($179 @ Service Merchandise).  It's got more than
    enuf features and search time is ~2sec.  Love it.
    
    But, there are a couple of quirks (expected for the price).
    
    1.	There is a ticking sound whenever I play a 'dirty/dusty' disk.
    	I found out (after opening the unit) what cause this was the
    	servo laser tracking motor.  It was going back and forth tracking
    	the disk.  The ticking noise must have been play in the gears.
    
    2.	My unit seem very sensitive to vibrations.  Whenever I slam
    	the door near it, it skips.
    
    Does anyone else out there have these problems (either with this
    unit or others) ??
    
    thanks,
    
    -mike
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572.1CP500 skips when jarred alsoDSSDEV::STRANGEBeing for the benefit of Mr. KiteWed Dec 17 1986 18:327
    I have the sensitivity problem on my Sanyo CP500.  I have a tape
    deck with the old 'piano'-type keys (fully mechanical), and had
    it under the CD player, and when the tape would shut itself off,
    it would jar the player enough to make it skip.  Other than that,
    it works great, and it was only $168, had it for 1 yr.
        -Steve
572.2PARITY::SZABOThu Dec 18 1986 09:016
    My CDP-35 skips when there's lots of vibration, but it takes a lot
    more than just walking by it.  I just treat it like I did my old
    jumpy turntable although I doubt it's nearly as sensitive.  Even
    my kids jumping around to 'Sususudio' (sp?) won't make it skip.
    
    I'm very happy with the player- no problems.
572.3VCQUAL::MARSHALLThu Feb 19 1987 10:266
    The CDP-35 is on sale once again at Service Merchandise for $179.
    
    For those of you that have it, are you still happy with your purchase?
    Are there better machines available in this price range?
    
    rick
572.4PARITY::SZABOThu Feb 19 1987 13:051
    Still very happy with mine.
572.5SONY CDP-M35/25FRAIS3::PRCMon Dec 12 1988 06:256
    I JUST BOUGHT A '88 SONY CDP-M25 .IT DOESEN'T QUIRKS!!!! THE PRICE
    IS AS LOW AS THE OLD ONE.IN GERMANY THE PRICE IS 350.-DM(~200$)
    IT'S A GREAT PLAYER IN THIS PRICE RANGE.NO SKIP,NOISE,TRACKING OR
    OTHER PROBLEMS.I'M STILL LUCKY WITH IT.
    
    REGARDS FOHKI
572.6On Sony model nomenclatureQUARK::LIONELAd AstraMon Dec 12 1988 15:1418
Just a comment - the Sony CDP-nn models, those with two-digits instead of
three, are part of a "cheaper line" to be sold by department and catalog
stores.  For instance, the current CDP-nn models (CDP-22, etc.) have 
2x oversampling and single D/A converters rather than the 4x and double
converters of the the CDP-nnn models (CDP-570, etc.)

I saw these side by side at Cuomo's in Salem, with the CDP-nn model selling
for the same price as the "equivalent" CDP-nnn model.  I asked the salesman
why they even bothered, and he said that Sony required them to buy
a certain number of the CDP-nn models to get the newer CDP-nnn models. 
He certainly wasn't encouraging me to buy the lesser unit!

A further note - reply 5 is apparently referring to a European model.
These typically have different model designations, so my comments above
probably don't apply.  I would tend to doubt that the CDP-M35 in Europe
is equivalent to the US CDP-35 (which is two years obsolete).

				Steve