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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

646.0. "SONY D-10 Portable CD Player" by JUNIOR::STUDIVAN () Tue Feb 17 1987 21:50

I bought a Sony D-10 portable disk player in Cambridge at Boston Compact 
Disk about a week ago. Thus far, I have been really impressed with the 
sound quality and tracking of the unit. Sound is much cleaner, less harsh 
than the D5 or D77. Unit is incredibly small, slightly thicker than two 
jewel cases. Unit comes with AC adapter, stereo adapter cords, rechargeable 
battery pack and case.

I have logged about 25+ hrs on the unit thus far both in the air and 
travelling the frost heaves of NH without any problems. Running in the car 
the unit never mistracked despite some bad frost heaves.

The unit runs $329 and has optional accessories including a car stereo
adapter and remote control for use in a home environment. 

                                                     Earl
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646.1At Cuomo'sPARSEC::PESENTIJPWed Feb 18 1987 07:032
Saw the D10 at Cuomo's in Salem, NH, recently, for the same price minus sales 
tax.
646.2D10 at LechmereJUNIOR::STUDIVANSun Feb 22 1987 20:225
Lechmere in Framingham now carries the Sony D-10 for $299.00. I don't know 
if they had any in stock, but there was one on display.


                                                        Earl
646.3D10 vs. D77?LA780::LONGOBob LongoWed Feb 25 1987 19:345
    How does the D-10 compare (feature wise) with the D77?  What does
    it do?  I purchased a D77 a few months ago, I hope I'm not sorry
    I didn't wait.
    
    -Bob
646.4QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centWed Feb 25 1987 20:3818
    The D-77 is the D-7 with FM tuner, right?  Well, the D-10 has no
    tuner (though it seems clear Sony plans one someday), the D-10
    has an optional remote control, is smaller, has more resistance
    to vibration and has 2X oversampling and the UniLinear Converter.
    
    In the fast-moving world of CD players, like computers, it's madness
    to wait to see what comes next.  You will be always waiting and
    never getting any enjoyment.  I bought a D-5 two years ago.  Should
    I have waited for the D-7, or the D-10?  Heck, no... I got two
    years of CD pleasure out of it and have retired it into true
    portable status, replacing it with a CDP-510. 
    
    So stop worrying, enjoy your D-77 to the hilt, and know that when
    the time comes, you can buy the latest whizzy D-276 with the built-in
    3D television and the no-headphones circuit that transmits the sound
    directly to your brain.  :-)
    
    					Steve
646.5D-10 info?NOVA::LAVASHSame as it ever was...Thu Sep 24 1987 16:586
    do any of you D-10 owners have the remote control unit?  Since you've
    had it for a while, any problems? praises?

    thanks for any input,

    george_who_might_be_buying_one
646.6Remote for D-100 yepUNTADA::TSCBSBazzoo�Fri Oct 09 1987 09:3420
    Yep, I have a D-10 and the remote unit. Glad I got the remote unit. At
    home I always plug the remote in and put the hold switch on. You get
    much better response to vibrations that way but can still use player
    through the controls on the remote (putting the hold switch on turns
    off the controls on the player). The remote allows you to use all the
    functions except displaying time remaining and programming the unit to
    play a set sequence of songs. It also allows you to go to a track
    directly by a key. If you you use the remote and have the player
    running off the battery pack it appears to flatten it much more
    quickly, I presume the reciever uses some of the power?

    My choice, get a remote.

    By the way the D-10 can now be brought with a tuner and there is a new
    saucer looking player (I think called a D-600) for the car. Has a lot
    of builtins for getting rid of those vibrations in a car.

    Bazzoo
    
646.7D-10DICKNS::MACDONALDWA1OMM Listening 224.28Fri Oct 09 1987 15:453
    The D-10 is no longer on display at lechmere. Does that mean it
    is being replaced by something new? How long does that flat pack
    battery provide voltage to theplayer?
646.8Battery AcidJANUS::HUDSONWilliam Hudson, REO-G/F2 DTN 830-3101Mon Oct 12 1987 05:5019
    < Note 646.7 by DICKNS::MACDONALD "WA1OMM Listening 224.28" >
                                   -< D-10 >-

>    The D-10 is no longer on display at lechmere. Does that mean it
>    is being replaced by something new? How long does that flat pack
>    battery provide voltage to theplayer?

    
    Don't know about a replacement, but the battery is supposed to last
    4.5 hours after an 8 hour recharge. I've certainly played several
    CD's on battery without running out of steam.
    
    BTW the battery is a sealed lead-acid unit and good for about 200
    charges (according to SONY). Unlike NiCad it doesn't like to be
    flattened an they suggest that you keep it at full charge as much
    as possible.
    
    wrh
    
646.9I like mine...RSTS32::DBMILLERCecil B D&#039;Miller, the EsotericFri Apr 22 1988 15:2814
    I just bought a D-10 for use at work.  It works great.  It's by
    far the most resistance to skips of all the portables I've tried.
    
    Re .1 (.2?)  I don't remember seeing anything about the unit having
    2x oversampling.  Are you sure?  Where is it documented?
    
    A freind at work has a D-7 and we did a brief comparison.  The D-10
    seemed to be a little `crisper' sounding than his D-7.  Also, the
    D-10 plus the BP-100 battery pack was the same height as the D-7
    without any pack.  His D-7 came with the BP-200 which apparently
    lasts half as long as the BP-100.
    
    -Dave (Fast becoming a CD `heavy')
          [A little knowledge is a dangerous thing]