Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65432 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Sony
• Model: CDPCX225

Features

• 200-disc roulette-type CD player
• Block file organizes your CDs into 8 musical genres
• Jog dial
• Optical digital output
• Digital servo-controlled laser

Amazon.com Product Description
This 200-disc CD changer features an 8x-oversampling digital-filter circuit that combines excellent phase linearity with superb suppression of aliasing noise to yield better stereo imaging. The four Hybrid Pulse digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are designed to place the DAC and digital filter on a single, integrated circuit. A digital servo-control system maintains stable tracking, laser focus, and disc rotation--all with high precision and low radiated noise. An optical digital output offers a pure digital connection with an MD or DAT recorder, as well as enabling DTS-encoded surround-sound CDs to be played through an outboard decoder. The three repeat modes allow you to replay a single track, a single disc, or all discs for continuous music.

Customer Reviews

Great for the Money
I've use the Sony CX-255 for over a year now and I love it. A couple of features are missing, which is very frustrating: 1) You can't shuffle or listen to two or more groups at a time. For example, you can create up to 8 group settings like Classical, Rock, Christmas, etc. But you can only shuffle through ALL 8 groups or ONE group, you can not choose Classical & Christmas. 2) Only 13 characters of text for naming a CD. I suggest if you want these features spend more money.

A good deal for the money, especially from Sony
The CX225 is a really good deal for a Sony 200 Disc changer. and you don't really realize how great a changer is till you get one. If you have a lot of CDs and want to listen to them fairly this sony is great. The optical out is nice, and it changes fairly quickly.

The only downfall is the block system, which is a nice convenince, but you can only put 25 CDs in a block and you cannot play from multiple blocks (all 200 discs or just 25).

If you have more money to spend ... go for the higher end players with CD-TEXT, but the insert organizers that came with the 225 work fine for me. If you are on a budget like me, leave the money for MORE CDS!!

Good value. Missing features.
This is a great value for a good-sounding 200 CD jukebox with a digital out. I personally like the block system. You can shuffle within each block, which is great. If you want to listen to Jazz, shuffle within your Jazz block. It keeps you from getting bored of your collection. HOWEVER: I was mildly dissapointed to learn the features don't match the ones detailed in the Sony site. Actually they don't even have the right photo of it, Amazon's is more accurate. This unit does NOT have a Custom File memory or a Delete Bank as shown on the Sony site. At least it's not mentioned anywhere in the manual. The unit on the Sony site displays text which this unit does not. But for the money it's hard to beat.