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In Reply to: New Cd player for old folks posted by gonzo on December 11, 2006 at 09:28:44:
1) Ease of use. Try to find one with large buttons that are logically laid out and of different shapes. These new slimline players with their tiny buttons that all look the same are a nightmare. The design engineers who submit these to manufacturing should be taken out back of the factory and horse whipped.2) A nice bright display with large characters. Once again, the slimline models fail this requirement miserably.
3) Make sure the tray, when it is open, does not obscure the transport buttons and/or the display. For an egregious example of this deficiency, take a good look at the Yamaha 6770 - once the tray slides out, you can no longer see the buttons OR the display:
http://www.onecall.com/popups/ProductImages.aspx?id=25454Talk about shabby industrial design!
4) Reliability. Choose a model from a manufacturer whose reliability is known to be top-notch. This immediately rules out Philips, NAD, and most of the tweaky makes. Denon are known to be very well-constructed and are also known to have better than average sound.
5) Make sure the remote is easy to use and has buttons that are of a decent size, well-marked, and logically arrayed. The Pause button gets the most use, make sure it is easy to access/distinguish from the others. Also, make sure the battery door is solidly constructed and not likely to break from falling off the coffee table. A good backlight feature is important, too. That "soft-glow" shit doesn't work, you need an actual light that can be summoned easily. Being able to adjust the length of the light's "on" cycle is also important.
-RW-
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