CD player?

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 5th, 2003, 5:29 pm

Heres my setup:

Thats one wall in my room. In the upper left corner, where you see the speakers, I need a CD player with a built-in amp (>100watts) player that'll
fit in that space on the left of the speakes. I could get one that'll fit on the dresser underneath, but It'd be kinda cool if I could get one that would fit in that space.

I have a home entertainment sys on the other wall with a 500-watt 5.1 surround sound Kenwood AMP, but I am not going to move it.

Post by **Nitin** » September 5th, 2003, 7:03 pm

Panasonic SC-PM18 5CD/120W/CDRW/$149
or
Panasonic SC-PM28 5CD/140W/CDRW/MP3/$199

I have the former.

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 5th, 2003, 7:09 pm

Those are good prices

I have an old DVD player I am going to use as the CD player right now, but it doesn't support MP3/CD-R, so I'll still need to get something else.

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 5th, 2003, 7:27 pm

Here's the DVD player + speakers set up. Hopefully soon there'll be an amp there as well.

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 6th, 2003, 10:14 am

Can anyone reccommend a good stereo amp thats around 200-250 watts (100-125 watts per channel). It'd be good it it was in the $80-$100 price range. It doesn't need to support optical input or surround or even radio - thats what the Kenwood is for.

Thanks.

jrobbio · Post by **jrobbio** » September 6th, 2003, 10:39 am

I struggled to find anything that cheap that was that powerful so you may want to look somewhere like here http://www.audioweb.com/

Lost User 8002 · Post by **Lost User 8002** » September 6th, 2003, 10:41 am

You need a new desk...

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 6th, 2003, 11:03 am

I know.

How about something with 80 watts per channel? I will look at Circuit City as well.

EDIT: How's this: http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&catoid=-8021&qp=0&bookmark=bookmark_0&oid=38868? It has good power (210 watts, or 105 per channel). D oyou think it is any good?

jrobbio · Post by **jrobbio** » September 6th, 2003, 12:57 pm

nilson wrote:I know.

How about something with 80 watts per channel? I will look at Circuit City as well.

EDIT: How's this: http://www.circuitcity.com/detail.jsp?c=1&b=g&catoid=-8021&qp=0&bookmark=bookmark_0&oid=38868? It has good power (210 watts, or 105 per channel). D oyou think it is any good?

Specs are pretty basic, but its definitely the most powerful I've seen for the price.

ROb

johann_p · Post by **johann_p** » September 6th, 2003, 1:16 pm

just out of curiosity, wouldn't it somewhat enhance the stereo effect if you move one of the two speakers to the shelf on the right (I'd suggest the one for the right channel

)

nilson · Post by **nilson** » September 6th, 2003, 5:22 pm

Yea, but I want to keep them both on one shelf; I might move them later.

tolremeno · Post by **tolremeno** » September 6th, 2003, 7:05 pm

vfwlkr wrote:Panasonic SC-PM18 5CD/120W/CDRW/$149
or
Panasonic SC-PM28 5CD/140W/CDRW/MP3/$199

I have the former.

you have had good experiences with panasonic? they make excellent speakers (i used to work in one of their speaker plants - panasonic speakers are everywhere, even if you think it's another brand), but i've had bad experience with 2 cd players by them and 1 cordless phone. the cd player in my car (discman) is a panasonic that skips b/c the memory doesn't work too well, and my phone's battery will only hold a charge for about 2 hours (it's maybe 1 year old).

good to see that they do things right sometimes.

i'm looking into getting a new stereo soon, too, but i have it written down elsewhere (on the computer that isn't starting) what exactly i'm thinking about.