raan@hp-pcd.UUCP (raan) (04/16/85)
As the owner of a CDP-302, I have to comment on some of these comments: >> Sound? Sounds O.K.. It sounds great, (damn near perfectly flat response 20-20K). But I haven't done a lot of comparisons. >> Programming is possible only through the front panel, which >> is not a problem - but the way you must do it is by stepping >> forward or back to the track you want, then entering it into >> memory. Slow. Actually it is not any slower than a keypad. The pickup doesn't actually move during the programming process, and the repeat rate for the track counter is high enough that you can get to any number quickly. >> The remote is wierd; direct access is done by a 10 digit keypad, >> but if you wish to access track 23 you do not enter `2' then `3' - >> you must press `10' twice and then `3' (10+10+3 = 23). This seems >> unnecessary. The remote has direct keys for 17 tracks (ie keys numbered 1 thru 17) and then uses the above described scheme. I haven't seen many discs with more than 17 tracks. >> A final complaint - and this is of more importance on a day to day >> basis than the ones above - to back up a track, you must press and >> hold the `back up' button until the display begins counting backwards, >> and it begins counting backwards very fast. Thus it's easy to overshoot the >> track you want if you aren't watching the display carefully. Yamaha >> has a better backup feature; tap once, and you're back at the beginning >> of the track; tap again immediately after, and you've moved back a track. No >> feedback from the display is needed. In fact, the Sony backup key works exactly as described for the Yamaha. One of the most impressive things about the Sony is the speed with which it accesses tracks. In fact, it is so fast, Sony sticks in a three second break between tracks in program mode. It has the ability to skip from point B to point A (the reverse of the repeat from point A to point B feature). I used this to skip from the beginning of track 1 to the end of track 12 on a 63 minute disc. It was essentially instantaneous. Raan Young (hp-pcd!raan)