Good CD, Really lousy FM
Written: Jan 11 '07
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Pros: CD & MP3 quality very good. Cool color display, very readable.
Cons: FM quality lousy. I tried two units, both sounded the same.
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| janus21's Full Review: Sony CDX-GT400 Car CD/ MP3 Player |
I bought this to replace a stock CD/MP3 unit which died. I know I'm fussy about FM quality. But heck, FM is a 60 year old technology, and there's no excuse for Sony not getting it right. The problem is a non-linearity in FM audio at low modulation levels. This translates to a roughness in quiet passages (a real problem if you are a classical listener), and an excessive sibilance and harshness in voices and loud passages. I actually bought a second identical unit, figuring it was a defect. My plan was to return the first one. The second one sounded exactly the same.
I must say, the CD/MP3 performance is fine. Unlike my old car MP3 player, it will remember where you are in a MP3 track if the car is shut off and restarted. My old, stock unit (which had great FM, sigh) would restart at the beginning of a MP3 track.
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Amount Paid (US$): 139.00
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