RE: Sony 400 disc cd changers

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My CX450 (gratuitous plug: it's for sale!) does store the titles after a
powercut.  Given that it took me about a week to get everything typed in
I'm
quite careful about not loosing the power for too long, but it's been
disconnected for 2 days (by accident) and still - fortunately - retained
all
the details.  Certainly when I got mine the 400 series got a flashier 2-way
LCD remote, but other than that they looked pretty similar. I assume the
300
spinner isn't as deep as the 400 on the basis that the platter can be
smaller; the 400 is _very_ deep, way deeper than any normal hi-fi rack
could
take; mine's open-backed, so not such a problem.

The review for my model is here... <http://tinyurl.com/2dvoe>
http://tinyurl.com/2dvoe which
links to epinions, I'm sure it'll have the
other models on there as well.

Pete

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From: Stephen [mailto:yahoo@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 23 July 2004 09:03
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Sony 400 disc cd changers


I am thinking of buying one of these in addition to saving cd images to
my hdd. If nothing else, it is a convenient way of storing the discs!

There are two versions a 300-disc capacity (CX355) and a 400-disc
(CX455). I think the 400 disc player will play mp3 and the 300 will
not. Are there any other differences? The general Sony brochure does
not show the 400 disc and only shows a picture, no description, of the
300. The hifi brochure shows both, briefly, but does not say a lot.

I read a review somewhere that you can set them to play random tracks
except tracks a, b, c, etc. on the 300 disc one but the 400 does not
have the "except..." feature. It seems strange the higher spec
machine
has less features! Is it missing anything else? Are there any online
reviews anywhere else?

What features does the 400 have in addition to those on the 300? What
is the remote control like? Which should I get?

The list you type in of titles, is this stored in a power cut, or do
you have to type tham all in again? Are there any players which
connect to thye internet to downlaod this information?

Thanks.