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Average user rating:
- My rating: 0 stars
Full user review
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3.0 stars
"Good but hardly "Audiophile" grade"
Pros: Solid build
Cons: Sound ok but not great
Summary: After my 20-year-old Denon DVD-1700 CD player died, I went in search of a replacement - turns out it's almost impossible to find a truly great-sounding CD player anymore! And I have a perfectly good DVD upscaler, so the only other options to get good audio were to spend $2k on (another) home theater receiver and hope for the best.
So I tried the Onyko DX 7555 based on its good reviews, but was quite disappointed. It's solidly built, feels substantial, and I like the simplicity of a device devoted to just playing music... but it came nowhere near my old Denon in sound quality. You could hear the difference right away, esp. in vocals and any higher-frequency sounds (orchestra strings, cymbals, etc).
Back it went, and I bought a Benchmark DAC-1 USB instead, hooked up to a $44 disk player - wow, this thing absolutely rocks, even out-does my old Denon!
Anyways, I applaud Onkyo for not abandoning the CD player market entirely, but this one isn't quite up to level it aspires to.
Where to buy
Onkyo DX 7555 - CD / MP3 player:
$569.00 - $599.00
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$599.00 | See Site |
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$594.00 | Yes |
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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$569.00 | Yes |
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