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(100 customer reviews) 113 of 117 people found the following review helpful
Simple, easy to use and hook up, and delivers the goods,
April 1, 2006 Larry VanDeSande - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player (Electronics)
Sony hit a home run with this, the best SACD player on the market for the average guy making the switch to super audio. When I changed from stereo to SACD I first bought one of those player that does both SACD and DVD. Nyet!
I don't care much about DVD and music is a large part of my life. I have collected classical recordings for 35 years and wanted to hear what those hybrid SACDs had to offer in SACD. My first experience was a nightmare; then I bought this machine.
Today I've listened to the Bach "St. Matthew Passion" highlights, Berlioz' "Symphonie Fantastique" and, now, Bach's "Two and Three Part Inventions" by Glenn Gould. Each of these SACDs delivers something a little different -- the Bach was made last year and is true surround sound; the Berlioz was recorded in 1959 and is three channel without surround sound; the Bach, recorded in 1964, is SACD in stereo only.
But each of these recordings, when played on this machine, sounds like they were...Read more
55 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Sony SCD-CE595 exceeds expectations,
September 15, 2004 Rick Wirch (Madison, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player (Electronics)
I bought a Toshiba SD-6915 multi-format 5 disc changer because it did SACD, DVD Audio, and CD. It was terrible and I returned it. It has the worst user-interface and ergonomics on the planet, and I noticed several bugs in the 2 days I owned it.
So after returning the item, I decided to exchange it for the Sony 595 SACD/CD player. Wow! the audio quality was amazing over my previous CD player. My wife said immediately when listening to CD's its like we had a new stereo and she could understand the lyrics in some songs that she couldn't before.
My stereo is a very good audiophile type setup, so I was surprised that the CD player was my weak link. I have Magnepan planar magenetic speakers, an Adcom 120W amp, and a Denon preamp. Previously, I had a Denon 5 CD changer that was about $400 in 1995.
I also listened to the 2 or 3 SACD's that I have and they also sound wonderful, but I am amazed at how everything sounds so much better with this...Read more
81 of 90 people found the following review helpful
Pretty good player at a great price,
December 11, 2005 A photographer (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player (Electronics)
I was upgrading some of my stereo equipment a few weeks ago and bought this Sony CD changer for the SACD capability. Let me first say that I do not have multi-channel capacity. To put it simply, I don't want a bunch of speakers with their wiring running all over the room and I'm pretty happy with 2-channel stereo. I listen to a pretty wide range of music, from country to classical and I have a fairly good stereo system. In addition to my main outfit, I've been using a Sony receiver and CD player at the back of the house to play music in the backyard through some outdoor Polk speakers. The Sony equipment was originally purchased in 1985 and has served well. I had no qualms about buying another Sony CD player.
SACD's and CD's on the SCD-CE595 sound a little bright compared to CD's played on my main CD player made by Rotel. Not harsh, but there is a tendency toward the treble. This probably can also be accounted for by the B&W speakers I use and their amazing clarity...Read more
