Yamaha Natural Sound CDC-575

[poppachubby]

Hey Guys. I have never been a big CD fan. As a result I have owned a revolving door of questionable players.

I recently bought a used Denon 5 disc carousel from a Goodwill. It did a great job at playing the disc but was extremely noisy. I don't have the budget to justify a purchase, especially since it's not my first choice in terms of medium.

I was at a local shop and they were trying their hardest to push a used Cambridge D300 on me. Man I was tempted. They wanted $100, and I know it's worth it but again, it's not in my budget plans.



Just as I was about to leave, realising that I wasn't biting. They offered me a Yamaha CDC-575 that came in with a pile of components as trade in. Since it's old and not "the greatest", they wanted it gone. $10? Sold!!

I have it outputting digitally (toslink) to my computer, which in turn processes through the dac. I am really impressed! I know alot of guys will groan and moan at the suggestion, but this thing sounds great. No noise whatsoever, even when using the play/exchange feature. The sound is indeed quite "natural" as the name suggests.

The other thing I noticed is when playing a shoddy CDR or poor recording, the 575 exposes the sonic weaknesses. So it's at least good enough to reproduce those differences.

I checked on audioreview and saw a heap of reviews for it, all along the same lines. So, for now, it's a Yamaha for me. Vintage fans, keep an eye out for this one!