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I am looking to get a DVD changer that will also serve as my CD player. I found a Harman Kardon DVD 5 for $450. Has anyone heard this player? Are there any other DVD changers in the same price range that would be a good alternative? Please don't suggest single disk players. I know some people don't like changers for valid reasons, but I need a changer with a random mode to satisfy my wife and for party music. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.
If you really want a changer, I would suggest you go all the way and go for one of Pioneer's jukeboxes. They list for $1200, more or less, depending on whether you go the standard Pioneer or the Elite version. BUT, the standard (DV-F727) version is selling for $640 or so at many Costco stores (here in Oregon anyway), and some chains (Good Guys, for one) will match this price if you don't like or don't have a Costco.
For a couple of hundred dollars more you get a staggering 296 disc increase in capacity over the paltry 5 disc changers, and by all accounts the audio/video quality is easily the equal.
I have had a DV-F727 unit for a few months now and LOVE it.
The Pioneer units are smaller than the Sony jukebox while holding 101 more discs, and lack the bugs that most people report with the Sony player. At $640, the Pioneer is even cheaper than the Sony. (Audioreview.com has many postings on each player.)
I just purchased a Sony DVP-C650D. Plays CD and DVD. Got it for around $440 on the web FWIW. Various sources had it rated highly. I haven't hooked it up, so no performance opinion yet. Check out www.buyersedge.com.
I use the Yamaha c-900 for the same purpose. It works well with the rest of my Yamaha system. Only drawback is that it will not play my CD-Rs.I use it with B&W 604s, LM-1s for surround and ASW 1000 sub.
I am using a Sony DVP-C600D for the same purpose. I wanted a DVD player, but also wanted the functionality of a CD changer w/o buying the two components separately. I decided on the Sony DVP-C600D primarily because it was the only changer available that also reads CDRs, which I like to use to play mixes when entertaining. I think it has a separate laser for reading CDs (not sure here, though.) But beware, the replacement model currently on the market, DVP-C650D does not play CDRs. The DVP-C600D used to retail for $900, but prices dropped when it was discontinued last year and I got mine as a brand new floor model that hadn't been out of the box for more than a week for $400.As for musicality, I would say it sounds ok. I consider my system nice mid-fi, and am new to the audiophile life, so I don't have a lot to compare to. But I am looking to add a dedicated CD player to my system as my next purchase, because music is very important to me. The DVD changer was the low hanging fruit, so to speak, when setting up my system last year. I'm guessing that I can do better in the sound department. That's not to say that the Sony sounds bad, but it does a lot of things--change disks, read different varieties, onboard DD decoding (which I don't use)--so I expect a dedicated CD player to sound better. The Sony is actually a pretty nice DVD player, though, if you can find one. My main gripe is that the remote is not well suited to porting functions over to a universal remote (there's a jog dial and separate buttons for each disk, rather than a "skip disk" button.)
My associated equipment: Monitor Audio Silver 5i mains, Mission MS-5 surrounds, Nakamichi AV-8 receiver.
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