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    Have you looked at the sony Carousel 5-disc players?  They aren't
    any more than the single players.
    
    IMO, the cartrige type changers don't even come close to the carousel
    type players.  
    
    Believe me, if you have more than one CD, the feature of having
    multi-discs at your disposal will not go to waste.  It's nice being
    able to listen to 5 discs straight through, in the order I want,
    just the songs I want, or shuffled!
    
    Steve O

    re .1
    
    What do you mean by "IMO, the cartrige type changers don't even
    come close to the carousel type players."
    
    Please explain!
    
    Regards,
    Ali

    
    re: -1
    
    > What do you mean by "IMO, the cartrige type changers don't even
    > come close to the carousel type players."                      
    
	I think he's referring to mechanical noise and reliability.
    	The carousels would be better in these departments. But with
    	the magazine system, you could have more than one magazine
    	loaded up and ready to go.
    
    	Have you decided on a home player only, eliminating portables
    	from consideration?
    
    Ken....
    

    I too would recommend a SONY carousel style player.  I have the CDP C70
    - its great.  Just a minor nit on how it shuffles, but thats thoroughly
    discussed in many other notes here.  The C50 will go for about $299.

    I think it would be a big hassle to keep all your discs in a
    cartridge(s) and not be able to easily see them for programming tracks,
    etc.  The SONY can be programmed with the tray n the out (load)
    position.

    So far my player has performed flawlessly.

    FWIW,

	Al

    With the exception of the software wierdnesses, my CDP-C70 has also
    performed flawlessly, and I'd definately get a multidisc unit again.
    It's really quite nice to be able to play lots of music without
    constant fiddling.  I didn't used to listen to albums for that very
    reason, but now I think nothing of loading up 5 disks and hitting
    "custom file play".
    
    I dunno about the carousel vs. cartridge debate, as I've only played
    with the carousel type players.  It would be nice at times to have
    more than 5 disks in the machine, but the best part about the carousel
    is that disc-to-disc changing time is very fast.  Maybe someday
    when I'm rich and they fix the bugs I might look into the Sony 10-disc
    cartridge, but the CDP-C70 is just fine for now.
    
    Willie
    

    Well, over the weekend I picked up my C15ES CD player (10 disc).
    From what you guys been saying, maybe I should return it. Although
    the latest Sterio Review had a faverable review on C15ES. It's an
    expensive unit as you all know. It's a very solidly build deck.
    But for I payed for it, in this very competetive market I can get
    so many other CD players. I listened to it last night, sounds great.
    However can someone tell me why the caroesel players are more reliable
    than the magazine styes? Many thanks for your other comments!
    
    Regards,
    Ali Ameli

    Re: .6
    
    If you like the C15ES, keep it.  The mechanics of the carousel models
    are simpler and probably more reliable than the cartridge models, but
    not so much so as to make the latter a poor choice.  If it does what
    you want, keep it.  It should give you years of pleasure.
    
    					Steve

    I have had my Sony CDP-C50 for about three months and love it. I
    know about the shuffle play algorithm problem, but then again I
    don't seem to use that feature anyway.
    
    It's worked well so far, with no reason to expect otherwise.
    
    Art