Technics SL-PD888 5-Disc CD Changer

Pros: Cheap, quiet, feature-packed
Cons: None

For years, companies in various industries have used alternate brand names under which to market certain products. Some of the most obvious examples exist in the automobile industry, such as Ford/Mercury and Dodge/Chrysler/Plymouth. Often this occurs...

Pros: Price, Features, remote control
Cons: transport bulky, discs sometimes skip

Technics has always been rated well for reliability, so I thought I'd go buy one to test it out and compare it to my other CD players. Well, I've owned it for just over a year and it is already starting to skip on every disc usually around the time I...

Pros: quality, reliability, features, price, looks, display, performance
Cons: maybe the remote

My dad got this cd player almost 3 years ago, and he has used it constantly ever since. It has never had any trouble. It changes discs and tracks very fast and quietly, it's one of the best at reading scratched cd's (confirmed by Consumers Reports...

Pros: Easy to use, reliable, doesn't skip
Cons: Only holds 5 cd's

I like it

When I went out in 1999 and got my new stereo, I spent over three-hundred dollars on my receiver, and I wanted a cd player, that wasn't as much, but just as good. So, after looking around and talking to some other...

Pros: cheap, sound great, easy to use
Cons: really light weight - not sure how durable

Last year I received a gift from my company during the holidays. I could purchase any item out of a catalog for under 200 dollars. Since I needed a CD player (my 8 year old Sony finally bit the dust), I picked the Technics SL-PD888. This 5-CD carousel...

Pros: Fast carousel. Excellent quality and reliability.
Cons: Few extra gadgets.

I own the PD887 model. I assume it's pretty much the same thing. It has worked flawlessly for years.

This is definitely one of the best affordable 5 disc changers. Technics is a subsidiary of Matsush*ta, the maker of Panasonic products. Both...