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    You'll probably be happy with either one.  4X vs. 8X oversampling
    is hype.  Both are good players.
    
    				Steve

    I'd probably go with the Sony, but only after checking each and
    every one of the bells and whistles to make sure it works not only
    the way the instructions say it does, but also the way common sense
    would dictate.
    
    Willie_who_got_bit_bad
    

    A friend of mine, went out and bought a new multidisc
    player from Magnavox! This was on sale at Sears last
    Saturday. It supposedly is a cartridge type player.
    He had to back order the unit, as they had just run 
    out. The list price was around $300, sale price $229
    
    It should be in within 10 days. I will check it out,
    and comment then. Anyone else heard of this player?
    
              Wayne

    re .3
    
    I saw the Magnavox player on sale at service merchandise a while
    back. The neat thing about it is that it uses the Pioneer cartridges,
    which are widely available. 

    If you're considering a 10 disc changer, it sounds like you're really
    into CDs.  If you have a spare $1000 to burn, the 10 disc cartridge
    from the Sony also fits their "disc jockey" trunk mount CD player,
    so you could have the same capability on wheels!   8^)
    
    Bruce-who-doesn't-own-either-one
    

    
    Deebs,
    
      Big red ,aka. Honda, is coming out with a new super powered
    cd player. 100+ cds all in auto blast mode, think about it, 
    you could blow away all those american cd riders without even
    skiping a track. :-)
    
    sorry Deebs, couldn't resist.
    
    Look at one of the last issues of consumer reports, I believe
    they have checked out the multi players within the last few 
    months. Consumers is available in your friendly local Digital
    Library.
    
    Dave

    
    Hi Dave buddy,fancy meeting you here.:^)
    
    RE:-2
    
        Yes,Im going to get the Sony.Mainly for price,CD capacity,and
    the fact that Im planning on getting the sony car disc changer.
    
                              Thanks
                              DEEBS
    

    
    By the way,does anybody have that issue of consumer reports that
    the amazing Dave mentioned in his last episode?:^)
    
    Could you tell me what CD changer did the best and how well the
    Sony did.Thanks in advance.
    
                           DEEBS

    Yo Dave and Deebs,
    
    Stig here.
    
    Well, I've been doing quite a bit of looking to replace my current
    Sony with a mutli play.  Everything I read seemed to say that all
    the name brand models are good inside. What I found, it's the kind
    of options you might ant on one unit and the other doesn't have.
    I'm still leaning towards the Sony, because of reputation and that
    my current unit hasn't skipped a beat in hundreds off hours played.
    I looked at that Sont 10 disc unit, and decided to I really need
    to have 10 discs in there. It's like owning 4 Harleys, I mean do
    you really need it? :-)
    Well, I'm just about decided to get the CDP 70, since I'm convinced
    Sony's approach to the tray, is alot better (my opinion) that having
    to load a cartridge and place it in the unit. Plus you can also
    drop 3" discs and mix them.
    So my choice is the CDP70 when it goes on sale at Lechmere since
    I can get 30 to play with it and take it back, no questions if I
    don't like it.
    
    Stiggy
    

    Well,  
    
      4 Harley's sounds good to me! 
    
    The Sony is probably a good buy. I have the military catalog
    at home and will let you know the prices that they sell for 
    overseas. But most are available in the US for the same price
    as overseas, with import tariffs. I priced a Yamaha cdx 900
    at $700.00 at Cookin and the catalog had it for $410.00. 
    Sound like reasonable markup to you. Yes, I can to the same 
    conclusion, look some place other than Cookin or Tweeter.
    Do any of you have friends in the military, if so they can
    order at the overseas prices now. It takes a little bit of a wait,
    but the savings may be worth it.
    
    Dave   who will be having a root canal tomorrow,
           so will publish the overseas prices later
    	   in the week.

    
    Re:  military prices
    
    When I was in the Army in the 1970s, the rule of thumb for pricing
    was (overseas) PX price was 1/2 US list.  The difference believe it or not,
    is in the tariffs and import duties, not markup.
    
    We used to buy cases of Budweiser beer for $1 less than a case of
    Coke because we didn't have any booze taxes to pay.

    
    I went out last night and bought the Sony!It was 499.00 and I paid
    a little extra(40.00)to get an unconditional 5yr warranty!It does
    EVERYTHING......WELL!Check it out if your looking for one.
    
    
                 Thanks for your help everybody.
    
    
    
                           DEEBS

$499 for a CDP-C70?  That's a stiff price - I got mine at a Highland
Appliance sale for $399, and that wasn't much off the list, maybe $30
under.  It was exactly $100 more than the C50 I had originally gotten.

    
     No,no,499.00 for a CDP-100.The one I talked about when I
    opened this topic.It's Sony's finest 10disc changer.(I think)

    I just bought the Pioneer PDM700 for $470.  What sold me was the
    fact that other manufacturers (Denon, for one) is using the exact
    Pioneer 6 pack.  I want to be compatible with a future car CD changer
    (if I ever can get some $$$ for it), and I felt that the 6 pack
    will be used by more car CD units in the future.
    
    By the way, is the Sony car player the same carasell (sp) as the
    home unit?  The carasell (sp) is removable is it?  I bought the
    Pioneer so I could quickly pop in a cartridge in my car's trunk
    - and drive!
    
    Dave
    

The Sony trunk mounted units use the Sony (big surprise) 10 disc
cartridge/cassette.  The carousel changers are, as far as I know,
only home units.

    Right, the Sony car player (CDX-A20) uses the same 10-disc cartridge
    as the CDP-C100.  Pioneer has a similar car changer that accepts the
    cartridges from its home unit.
    
    From a recent review I read, the actual player of the Sony CDX-A20
    is marvelous, but the Pioneer control panel is nicer than the Sony's.
    Too bad you can't mix and match!
    
    				Steve

    Re: .14
    The Sony CDP-C15ESD is Sony's "best" multi-player. Not sure of the
    price but, it's based on the 100 and has 18 bit resolution and 8X
    oversampling, optical outputs, more power supplies, and 226 disc
    memory.
    
    Craig

    
    Craig,
       Is that any real big difference?Someone said earlier that 4xos
    verses 8xos is just alot of hype.Ive already got a 2xos Sony and
    I don't hear ANY difference.As for the other things you mentioned,
    what difference do those features make?
    
    
                   Thank you for your help
    
                           DEEBS
                          
    

    
    	I was down at BJ's last night, they have the TEAC 6 pack player
    for $239.??, I think its a model 500 or 5000 with a letter or two
    added somewhere - whatever,  it looks like a Pioneer clone, has
    remote, etc.,  -  but it was the PRICE that caught my attention.
    
    	R