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From: dca@edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: What about Magnovox 2040 CD players?
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 10:13:52 EST
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> I would like some info about the Magnovox 2040 CD player.
> I'm looking for a relativly inexpensive player but don't want
> something that will break in 3 months.  I've heard good things
> about the Sony 102/302 players but I don't have $450/550 to spend
> so I'm interested in the $230 Magnovox 2040.  If the extra $200-300
> buys significant mechanical reliability, I would like some idea of
> how much.
> 

I think you will be very happy with the Magnovox player.  I have
had a 2040 for ~6 mos. now and have had no trouble.  In general
I have heard only good things about the players, the price is right,
error correction is quite good.
My roomate has a Hitachi 1000 and one of the new Sony players with
the linear motors and digital filters (which he has already had
to take back).  The Maganavox is better than the Hitachi as far
as ability to track bad spots on disks and very close to as good
as the Sony (when the Sony was working right).  The Magnavox does not
skip to selections near as fast as the new Sony.  Some of the
"high end" players have a significant percentage of the same
guts as the Magnavox as the got the parts from Philips (Magnavox's
european parent).

David Albrecht