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AllegroMaestoso
113
Apr 28, 2018
Scoff if you must at the compact disc format, but I personally find it the perfect medium. Much more durable, portable, and lower maintenance than vinyl. Less ephemeral than high-res digital, and given the staggering variety of music on CD, significantly more opportunities for exploration, discovery, and learning about music of all kinds. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has spent years lovingly building a CD collection that will continue to please his ears for hopefully many years to come.
That said, I bought this TEAC CD receiver a year ago at the full price of $500. It was pretty much everything I needed - CD player, line in, sub pre-out, 4 ohm speaker output, headphone output, and a compact footprint for the small space where I planned to set it up. The unit I ordered turned out to be defective. With the "loudness" mode turned on, clicks, squeaks, and snaps riddled the sound. After literally MONTHS of arguing with TEAC while they diddled around with the defective receiver in their shop, waiting for parts to arrive from Japan, I finally convinced them to send me a replacement unit at no cost. The new one works fine. I wouldn't call it outstanding - four out of five stars, maybe - but it is reliable and delivers clean, detailed sound. It's not a pleasure to operate - the controls and display more utilitarion than sexy or smooth - but it's not too irritating either. Matched with Onkyo bookshelf speakers and a Polk Audio 10" sub, the sound is plenty powerful for my taste and the small bedroom where I use it.
georgeghand007
4
Aug 17, 2019
AllegroMaestosoAgree with AllegroMaestoso, especially since most of my digital files are MP3. I was going to pass on this until my current CD player (a Teac that uses five disc cartridges and appeared in versions from Pioneer and Radio Shack--I think Pioneer was the OEM) started losing a channel. The Teac dates from 1988 so I don't have a complaint, and pulling and reinserting the RCA out module seems to have fixed the problem. But CR-H101 would replace a whole sideboard full of components. For the aging set what remembers and likes CDs, check with your local public library branch. Mine is dumping its CD collection (for Hoopla) and, even better, is dumping CDs donated by people who have gone digital, all for the best possible price. (BTW: I have a friend in the media conversion business who will make 8 track copies of CDs...for a price. -:)
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