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Title:	Welcome to the CD Notes Conference
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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

987.0. "Sharp DX-650 for $119.95" by SCOMAN::THILBERT () Mon Nov 30 1987 06:44

    Noticed the Sharp DX-650 on sale at BJ's and at service merchandise
    for around $119.95 this week.  Does anyone know about this model.
    Outside of the fact that is has no remote and no frills, is this
    a decent unit.  I would like to pick one up.  The price won't get
    much better I"am sure.  I have one CD player and was thing of a
    second one.  Should I be cauious at this price or with the model?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
987.1	Try it!!	TELCOM::ROSENBERG	Dick Rosenberg VRO5-2/C7	`Mon Nov 30 1987 10:26`	6
	You have 10 days to return something at Service Merchandise if you don't like it. Why not get one, A-B it with your present CD player and decide? Also, let us know what your conclusions were, and what you were comparing it to. I, for one, would be interested. Dick Rosenberg
987.2		2B::LESLIE	Andy, WG5 Leader, CSSE OSI Program	`Tue Dec 01 1987 19:46`	1
	does it have a headphone jack? I'm interested in one for my office.
987.3	An owner's opinion ...	LEDS::WALTERS	Put clever tidbit here.	`Tue Dec 08 1987 17:52`	48
	I was in Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving and bought a Sharp DX-650 there for $99.99 (excluding sales tax). I'm using it in my office, feeding a cheap Technics receiver and Minimus 7's speakers that I already had here. It's not the most rugged player I've seen, but it really doesn't seem too bad. The drawer is rather flimsy, but it doesn't make bad noises when it closes and spins up. It's very quiet (mechanically) while it's playing. I'm impressed by it's access time -- about as fast as the Sony CDP-25 (though not nearly as fast as the Sony CDP302) I have at home. The switches are large and feel decent. It does not have a headphone jack. I didn't mind since the receiver does have a jack. Other features / non-features / comments: o "3-beam" laser. o 20 song programming. o The repeat key can repeat the whole disc or a programmed sequence (one to twenty songs). o It has Pause. o Two speed audible cue/review. You have to push the Pause key, then push the Up or Down key. Not very friendly, but it works. o The display shows song and time-elapsed only; no time-remaining. It's orange, quite dim, and doesn't view well from an angle. o It's black and measures 16 7/8 inches width, 11 1/2 depth, 3 1/8 height. o To be expected: a single D/A and no oversampling. It sounds fine. (Over the Technics anyway, which is clearly the weak link in this setup. I didn't try it on my home system.) I have no idea what it's reliability might be. Sharp warrants it for one year, parts and labor. I've had no problems, but I've only played it twenty hours or so at this point. For the price, I was willing to try it. Especially since it won't get that much use in this application. I don't know if I'd recommend it for a primary player. But then again, at this price, it might be worth a try. bryan walters