All the great features of the CDP-CX400 plus the ability to play CD's with MP3 files on them makes this a great sound system addition for owners of larger CD libraries. The CDP-CX455 does suffer from the same common malady of the Sony predecessors in this line, namely failure of the drive belts in the rear of the machine. The material used by Sony for the belt that drives the carousel and the belt that drives the CD loading mechanism does not age well and over time, quite literally liquifies (creating a horrendous mess). To replace the belts, the amount of disassembly varies from model to model and the 455 requires a fair bit. If you're not handy or find it challenging remembering how things go back together, find a friend who can help or a repair shop. The belts are available from several sellers online and on eBay. I've found the non-Sony replacement belts to be a bit thicker but whether this translates into longer life, the jury is still out on that question. Another quirk about these units is that the remotes seem to indicate you can connect three units together for a 1200 CD library. This is NOT the case. Only two can be connected using the Sony control signal cable. Not a show stopper for me and using two connected units to provide continous, delay free listening is very nice. All in all, great sounding players which are relatively easy to work on, I give the CDP-CX455 a firm thumbs up.Read full review
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I have several of these CDP CX 455 Sony disc players, so it stands to reason that I like them . They give me a convenient place to store a lot of cds .I'm an old dude so I've been collecting them for a long time. I went through the vinyl , 8 track , cassette tape and cd stage of collecting music . Now comes the digital age . Being of an older generation , I still like to have my music on something I can touch and hold in my hand . I'm still resistant to digital music. As long as I can I'll probably continue to hold out. Here's to keeping cd players around. Thank you.
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Every works as expected; the one I bought did not have a remote, but the remote for my Sony 300 CD Changer works great. It is a BIG device; had to cut hole in back of entertainment center cabinet to make it fit on the shelf.
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I have this same CD player for over 20 years, so I do know how to operate them. I spent over 9 hours transferring 400 cds to the new one and typing all the titles. The table only turns less than 1/4 of the way when plugged in. It sounds like it is hung up somewhere. I have not had any trouble with the other ones. I am very disappointed. I think I might order new belts for my broken one and try and fix it.
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Needed a place to store my extensive music mixes from the last 20 years and have easy access to it as well. The 400 cds were very easy to load and easy to remove when needed. I will use this in my office as well as for entertaining. I have not yet tried to enter the name of the each song and artist. Seems like it will take a long time which is time I seldom have as well as lot of hand fatigue, so I cannot comment on that feature. But that feature is not overly important to me at this time. I may enter some titles here and there when I have some free time in the future. .
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This is well thought out machine and is of excellent quality Is it easy to use? No, it has so many features that you have to read the book and use it for awhile before it is easy. I am very happy with it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I owned a Sony CDP-CX400 previously, so was disappointed when they removed the Group Mode function (which allowed Continuous Shuffle play within a Group) and put in Artist Mode instead. Not only that, but Artist Mode does not work. The player plays discs fine, so it is not worth sending back, but it does NOT have the full function it should.
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My husband is in heaven after getting this as a gift from me. He has an extensive CD collection, and this is perfect! It's too bad these aren't being made anymore, but thank goodness for eBay!!!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I have a few of these units but this one for some reason does not display the artist or song. my other units do. not sure how to fix this. unit does work and works well. thanks
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I had a Sony 300 CD changer for years before, but lost it when my ex-wife burned my house down. I decided to gradually replace the things I enjoyed most, and this was one of them. Although these units are very deep front to back, this is necessary for the space needed for the disc carousel (but it's still less room over all than 400 CDs in jewel cases). You may have to cut out the back panel of a shelf unit, but it's worth it for the convenience of having your entire CD collection accessible at the push of a button. Even if that takes two units (800 CD capacity), they can be linked to work together. It may just be my particular unit, but it seems sensitive to the tiniest imperfection on the CD, such as an almost unnoticeable smudge, but once cleaned, the CD played w/o problem. I burn a back-up copy of all my CDs on CD-R and use them in the player (and in my car CD changer) so that the original CDs stay pristine, and the Sony MegaStorage CDP-CX455 CD Changer plays the CD-Rs well. (It also plays CD-RWs.) I haven't used this unit for playing MP3s yet, but I may do that in the near future, since I have a large collection of them on my computer. You can label each CD slot so that the name of the CD shows on the readout when it is playing, or the Changer reads text info already on some newer CDs and automatically shows the artist/album and each song title as it begins to play. Title input can be done on the changer alone, or a keyboard plugged into the PS2 input on the front will make it much quicker and easier. Overall, this unit is super-cool and so convenient; set it to continuously play one album and stop or each album in order, one after the other, shuffle songs on one album (or MP3 folder), shuffle all songs on all 400 albums randomly, shuffle or alternate with a second Sony CD or DVD changer (without pause, fading out/into each selection if desired -or not). Like I said before, it's super-cool and extremely convenient. It will save handling accidents and "normal" wear and tear on your CDs, and you'll wonder how you ever did without it!Read full review
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