Panasonic SL-MP70 is Supreme!
Written: Jul 12 '03
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Pros: Very good Battery life, Reads CDs/MP3s, Good Sound, CD-RW Compatible, Skips very little
Cons: No AC Adapter, Front panel scratches easily
The Bottom Line: The Panasonic SL-MP70 CD Player is a highly functional CD Player that outproforms the offerings from Sony and RCA, for cheaper. Sound and features are excellent
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| irishfinlan92's Full Review: Panasonic SL-MP70 Personal CD Player |
The reason I bought the Panasonic SL-MP70 is because I dropped my Philips CD Player and it failed. So, I went and bought this Panasonic and I have been Highly impressed.
Controls:
The controls are great, and highly intuitive. Every button works just the way you think it should. When using the MP3 Feature (more on that later), the Play button plays the music, and pauses it. You can have multiple folders on the disc you use, and to go between them, you hold down the skip backward or forward buttons longer than you would to change songs. The volume is digitally controlled(eg buttons, not a dial), and goes from 0 (Mute) to 25 (Full)
Also, when playing MP3s, the ID3 Tags (Song info embedded in MP3 File) scrolls across the 2-Line screen. You can switch between song number, filename, folder, album, and song name using the "MEMO-DISP" Button. When playing normal CDs, that button chooses between 10- and 40- second anti-skip memory. Supposedly, this is a trade-off between sound quality and buffer length (shorter length=more space to store uncompressed sound data), but I keep it on the default, 40second. It sounds no different than 10-second. This player also has a hold switch and a plug for an AC-Adaptor(not included).
Technical
Very, very good! MP3s sound just as good as CDs, which sound excellent. The sound gets loud enough, although if you are going to be in a setting that gets very loud (office, bus) than you should invest in some in-ear phones. I have no qualms with the included headphones, except for the fact that other sounds can get in, although they are very comfortable. Switching between 10- and 40- second skip protection when playing normal CDs(not MP3s, when playing them you have no choice in buffer length)warrants no change in audio quality. Battery life is very good. I also noticed when you are playing MP3s, the motor that drives the disk shuts off after so many seconds to save battery life. The player still plays, but it is just playing the MP3 from anti-skip memory. The motor starts up after you change the song or it goes to the next one, but it is all seamless to the user(I defeated the saftey switch to see this in action. It plays every MP3 in my collection (~700mb). The player has only skipped on me once, and my disc was scratched. This player reads regular store-bought CDs, CD-RWs, and CD-Rs(with regular CD and MP3 on them, but not at the same time).
Conclusion
I really like this CD Player that I would recommend to anyone, but I noticed one very minor thing: the clear blue/silver plastic scratches very easily. However, that is just a minor qualm. In conclusion, I recommend the Panasonic SL-MP70!
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Amount Paid (US$): 60$
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