Any Sony CX995 400 Disc Mega Changer owners out there?

fatchowmein

I've read all the cons and it seems like half the folks out there who buy this 400 DVD/SACD/CD Mega Changer end up hating it. I'm thinking about buying a refurb unit from Sony for $250. Why? Just to get 300 DVD's off the shelf. Of course, I want it to actually play the DVD's instead of just sit there, broken. Strictly for DVD's.

Any feedbacks?

ben62670

I have one:)
I like it:)
Works good:)
Super handy:)
All my disks are loaded, and not handled:)
Even plays SACD pretty decent:)
Use the COAX for DVD's not optical;)
I hate the time it takes to load, and it won't let you do anything till it reads the disk it is on when you turn it on:mad:
Still way faster than getting up, finding a disk, loading a disk, and playing a disk;)

fatchowmein

Ben
How are you managing the movie titles? I've read somewhere there's a third party app for it?

ben62670

fatchowmein wrote: »

Ben
How are you managing the movie titles? I've read somewhere there's a third party app for it?

I just hookup a keyboard, and type away. The OSD has a nice title display that can be broken down to different sub menus easily. A push of the folder button, and there you are. All your movies, music, and more. Check out the manual online if your curious. Its a nice unit. Movies look very good, and sound great via coax. I have no regrets what so ever about buying this unit.

Sami

I have one of the Sony 400 disc players and it's hardly ever used. I'd rather rip the CD's into a HD and get a media centre player (PS3 is one of the options). That way you'll have faster access to music, shuffle doesn't have annoying disc change in between and playlists are a lot easier to compile. Just my $0.02.

Sorry, I read the DVD part but my brain didn't register it. Long workout and sauna does that...

disneyjoe7

I use a 400 Sony CD player just music.

Like it, would recommend it, and would buy it again. Would I say it's the best CD player I ever heard hell no, but sounds pretty good to me.

ben62670

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

I use a 400 Sony CD player just music.

Like it, would recommend it, and would buy it again. Would I say it's the best CD player I ever heard hell no, but sounds pretty good to me.

I am so on the edge with...
Do I get a better CD player, and loose the convenience of my 200 disk CD changer, and 400 disk DVD changer, or do I get a decent DAC, and keep the transports? A Polkie offered me a gracious offer when I was fairly local to him, but I missed out because I was sick. He was going to let me try an Adcom 700 DAC. I am still kicking myself for not at least taking him up on that offer. I just didn't want to feel like a mooching Polkie, because I don't have the money to actually buy it at the moment. I have the Outlaw 990 as the DAC now, but too many Cd's are just too edgy, and don't have the punch through the Outlaw.

venomclan

ben62670 wrote: »

I am so on the edge with...
Do I get a better CD player, and loose the convenience of my 200 disk CD changer, and 400 disk DVD changer, or do I get a decent DAC, and keep the transports? A Polkie offered me a gracious offer when I was fairly local to him, but I missed out because I was sick. He was going to let me try an Adcom 700 DAC. I am still kicking myself for not at least taking him up on that offer. I just didn't want to feel like a mooching Polkie, because I don't have the money to actually buy it at the moment. I have the Outlaw 990 as the DAC now, but too many Cd's are just too edgy, and don't have the punch through the Outlaw.

I had a 200 disk cd changer and liked it a lot. I am now trying out a music server Okie lent me and finding music has never been easier. Since servers large enough to hold a lot of DVD's are very expensive, I can see myself getting a large dvd changer and using the server for music only. Load times for watching a 2 hour movie are no big deal, but can be a pain for switching disks or songs every 5-10 minutes. I would recommen trying an outboard dac and as long as the Sony transport is quiet, it should smooth out the edgy cd's. I had a Bel Canto Dac 1.1 and it was really nice.
Venom

SLOCOOKN

I have a 985v. I love it. I have a 3 year old so I don't have to store all the movie cases around.
The load time is not bad at all.(to me anyway.)

What I did was write down all the cd's and movies as I inserted them. I then typed them out and laminated the pages and WHA LAH

Sherardp

ben62670 wrote: »

I have one:)
I like it:)
Works good:)
Super handy:)
All my disks are loaded, and not handled:)
Even plays SACD pretty decent:)
Use the COAX for DVD's not optical;)
I hate the time it takes to load, and it won't let you do anything till it reads the disk it is on when you turn it on:mad:
Still way faster than getting up, finding a disk, loading a disk, and playing a disk;)

My thoughts exactly and as Ben does, I used the keyboard to type in disc info, screen captures to associate disc etc. Nice unit, a tad bit slow. Sold mine along time ago since going to HD DVD and Blu.

fatchowmein

I appreciate all the feedback and will order a unit soon or my wife will order it since my birthday is a couple of months away.

Asking you guys a "should I buy it?" question is like a crack addict asking a crack forum if he needs more crack. Why yes, depending on the quality of the crack. I love this forum.

Thanks, ya'll.