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    The soney CDP-50 is a nice player with many features you would have
    to pay alot for in other brands. I've had mine for about 2 years
    and it still sounds great/works fine. Paid $179 for the unit and
    remote.
    
    -j
    

    I like my Technics SL-P210 which I got in Lechmere in Nashua
    for $180 last Feb.
    
    It has a full function remote: 0-9, MEMORY, CLEAR, REPEAT, TIME-MODE,
    PLAY/PAUSE, STOP, SKIP/SEARCH FORWARD/REVERSE, LEVEL UP/DOWN (reduces
    output of player from 0-12 db; allows lowering volume from remote).
    
    Programability is 20 tracks, and there is a headphone jack.
    
    I haven't seen it at $180 since I bought it, but have seen them
    advertise it for $200 (in fact two weeks after I bought it).

    I bought the Technics SLP-220 which is one model up from the 210.
    I'm not sure what the difference is however.  Mine does have volume
    control for the headphones on the player.  Anyways, I paid $199
    at Service Merchandise about 2 months ago and I love it.  That
    price was not on sale.              
    
    Dave

    Check out the Magnavox 465 or 560. You can probably find one or
    the other at Sears or Jordan Marsh for around 200.00 or so. I've
    had a Mag. 1050 for about 2 years now. Still works and sounds great.
    
    Rob

    I bought the SLP-420 about a month ago.  So far, I've been really
    happy with it.  I bought it for $250 at Lechmere's.  I guess I lucked
    out, because orginally I was going to buy the SLP-320, but the salesman
    had only one of them left and offered to sell me the 420 for the
    same price of $250!  Before I bought it, I looked around in other
    stores and saw it for over $350.  These same stores had the SLP-320
    for around the same price as Lechmere's (~$250), so I figured I was getting
    a really good deal.  I couldn't resist.  The player has every feature
    I'd ever dream of using, including remote control.  Besides sounding
    great, it has a really cool looking display, and is very easy to
    use.  Another thing that I really liked about it was it's relatively
    smaller size.  If you are lucky, maybe you can get the same deal
    at Lechmere's.  Oh yeh, it also comes with a 2 year warranty.  From
    what I've seen, most players come with only 1.
    
    

    According to Stereo Review (and part of your decision depends on
    what you think of Stereo Review), the ADC 16/2R (partially engineered
    by ADC's parent company, dbx), is a no-frills (but HAS remote),
    CD player, that, to them, sounds neither better or worse than others
    they have tested. It can be gotten mail order for $169 and, if this
    is a recommendation, Nantucket Sound carries it (for $235).
    
    Disclaimer: I've never heard it (but if I were in the market I would
    make it a point to).
    
    Dick 

    I bought the Sony CDP-350 (I think) last night at Lechmere for $220.
    I guess it was part the name and part the salesman's recommendation.
    Or maybe it was the 3 free CD offer too, although I heard the list
    to choose from isn't great.  Then again, the player's for my Dad,
    so he can make that decision.  If I got the model wrong, I'll fix
    it when I get home...
    
    Walt

Thanks for the replies so far; please keep 'em coming.

Comments on repair rates? (or are CD's too new to break...)

Allen

    
    
    
          Denon DCD-500.  I've had it a year, I like it, it's simple
      it cost about $240.
    
          I did buy a CD player for my mom-in-law, a non-audiophile
      with taste in classical musci. She wanted simplicity. It was the
      bottom end Sharp (I don't know the model), cost about $140,
      she loves it.
    
      Tb

    Nakamichi has a new OMS-1A ($349) listed in the Jan 88 issue of
    High Fidelity.  This has dual D/A and separate power supplies for
    digital and analog sections.  I haven't seen any literature on it
    yet, but its probably a minimum feature machine.

    All the name brand low end systems are the same, and they sound
    95% as good as the very expensive ones.  As with most luxury goods,
    you pay a great deal for a little improvement to get the best.
    
    Last Washington's Birthday, I bought a new discontinued Technecs
    (sic) for about $100.  It has all the simple features, and works
    great.
    
    I had a low cost system, and as soon as I got the CD, I noticed
    how bad my Receiver and Speakers were.  I had to buy $400 worth
    of speakers, and $400 worth of receiver, to keep up with my 
    $100 CD player.
    
    I just came up with a CD purchase price algorithum I'd like the
    audiophiles to comment on:
    
    	"Price of CD player shoud be less than price of one speaker"

    Jeff
    

    i bought an ADC   one  for 145.00  it is really no frills,but it
    will do.the only difference between mine and the 175.00 one is the
    remote. 
    
    kelly

I ended up getting the Sony CDP-350, which is the 550 without the remote.
Lechmere has them on sale this week for $199.  Lechmere has a policy that
for 30 days after the sale, if you can find a better price at another store,
they will rebate the difference.  I got it on Saturday for $229 and will be
going in on the 26th with the Lechmere ad to get my rebate.  It's good I
didn't wait longer, because the stores seem to be running short on CD's.

I'll find out on Christmas day how it sounds...

Thanks for all the suggestions!!

Allen

    re .13
    
    Harvey's Audio/Video which is near the Mall of NH has the Sony CDP-350
    for $189. A friend of mine bought one two days ago. They had a couple
    dozen in stock.