Denon DCM-390 5 Disc CD Carousel w/ Built in HDCD Decoding

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Denon DCM-390 5 Disc CD Carousel w/ Built in HDCD Decoding Features 20bit Burr Brown DACs Dual direction carousel rotation Optical and coaxial digital outputs Serial IR remote ports Tray rotates both clockwise and counter-clockwise for easy loading and unloading of discs Denon DCM-390 5 Disc CD Carousel w/ Built in HDCD Decoding Overviews Denon DCM-390 5 Disc CD Carousel with Built-in HDCD Decoding Denon DCM-390 5 Disc CD Carousel w/ Built in HDCD Decoding Specifications Enjoy continuous play from your CD collection as well as CD-R/RWs burned with MP3 and WMA files with the Denon DCM-390 5-disc CD changer. It also provides encoding for HDCDs, the newest audio playback format that provides pristine sound reproduction. The carousel changer's play exchange feature lets you swap up to 4 discs while a fifth is playing, and you'll only hear the music, thanks to Denon's quiet changer mechanism. The DCM-390 features a Multilevel Noise Shaping DAC, which removes the adverse effects of jitter and, because it is built into the output amp, provides a clean analog output with suppressed high-frequency interference can be directly obtained. The 8x oversampling digital filter makes possible an extraordinary degree of attenuation and reduces frequency irregularities in the audio range to an absolute minimum. Ensuring top-flight sound regardless of the source disc, the DCM-390 features a multilevel noise-shaping digital-to-analog converter. Multilevel modulation removes the adverse effects of jitter. And because the feature is built into the player's output amp, the player directly obtains a clean analog output with suppressed high-frequency interference. You can customize a song sequence with 32-track programming, which lets you create a a custom music mix from the remote control. Program any combination of tracks from the 5 discs. Three-mode random playback includes full random, program random, and disc sequential random modes. The display shows total remaining time on the disc, elapsed track time, and remaining track time. Four-mode repeat play loops 1 track, 1 disc, all 5 discs, or a programmed sequence. When this changer is connected to an amplifier or receiver that supports the Remote Control IN/OUT feature, you can operate the DCM-390 via the remote sensor on the amplifier or receiver, which is handy for controlling the player from another room. It offers the both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs, a headphone jack on the front of the unit, and RS-232C terminal. Tech Talk The HDCD (High Density Compatible Digital) audio CD format is encoded with 20 bits of information instead of the 16 bits found on standard CDs. A player or receiver with an HDCD decoder chip is required to achieve the true sound of an HDCD disc, but it can be played on a standard CD or DVD player (minus the enhancement). Additionally, because an HDCD decoder chip includes a high-precision digital filter, HDCD-equipped players help to improve audio quality for even traditionally recorded CDs and DVDs. What's in the Box 5-disc CD changer, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions Related Products Denon ASD-11R iPod Dock for Use with Compatible Denon Receivers Denon DCM-290 CD/CD-R/RW 5 Disc Changer Apple TV with 160GB Hard Drive - MB189LL/A Denon AVR-2308CI A/V Dolby Digital Surround EX 7.1 Receiver w/ HDMI Switching Logitech Harmony RF Wireless Extender Customer Review 1 : Denon DCM-390's nice sound is dependent on crap hardware - Steven Annan - I've owned many cd players over the past 25 years since "Born in the USA" came out the non-vinyl format. Most have been abandoned due to upgrades, the double-edged sword of technology: the newest format/tech/software provides better sound, more convenience, whatever benefits but requires upgraded (generally, NEW) equipment. So single-disc players made way for multi-players which made way for players which could decode HDCD, then dvd-audio and SACD and of course dvd-video (which we are now being taught is vastly inferior to bluray...) (WARNING: CONSPIRACY THEORY AHEAD) And look what US companies did to Minidisc (effectively ignored and suppressed it and all of its multi-format convenience coupled with much better sound than mp3 (which is not saying much, but MD does provide great sound). However, what were "record"(cd) companies to think of a device the size of a pack of cigarettes which, with a couple of quality covert mics plugged into it, is capable of making a commercial quality digital recording! Well, instead of losing their asses to unlicensed MD recordings, they lost them to mp3s. So the consumer got lower quality but the big guys still took it in the shorts. (Minidisc recorders/players are still quite available on Ebay, Amazon and specialty sites and are still doing well abroad. Most use here is by musicians for self-recording, it seems.) We are so manipulated by the makers of tech but are so enriched by it. Anyway, I have an Oppo DV-981HD(pre bluray)player which will decode nearly any disc you put in it: HDCD, SACD, dvd-video(easily hacked to all-region/region 0), dvd-audio, mp3, WMA. It handles DivX (don't ask), Kodac picture discs, CD (w/upsampling), CD-r/-rw, dvd-r/-rw, dvd+r. It will decode Dolby & DTS if your amp won't. It has HDMI out with DCDi(Faroudja chip)deinterlacing/upsampling to 1080p. While small & light, it does NOT have a propensity to break. While its price has gone up, this player at 0 will perform quality-wise like players costing 4 times this. NOTE: Oppo now makes a bluray player, 0 at its website, which will do pretty much all my Oppo will and more, including improved dvd up-conversion so those dvds don't look so shabby next to your blurays. What the Oppos WON'T do: play more than one disc at a time. The ability to load 5 or 6 cds (not needed for dvds--I CAN get off my ass to put in a second movie) is imperative to a cd freak who plays music much of the time, while computing, tinkering in the garage, cooking, whatever. And if you are a cd freak-audiophile, it needs to sound good. Which brings me to my long-lost point: the Denon DCM-390. For 0 or so, it's not cheaply priced, it sounds damn good but it IS cheaply built: check out the general tone of the other reviews. Denon used to mean quality, cheap neither in sound OR build quality. But now they break, it's that simple. Mine just started working intermittently. It would just stop mid-tune. Getting it going would sometimes work, sometimes not, involving turning it on and off, stopping & restarting, etc. A pain. A couple of close calls (would not even re-power up, no display) warned me that it's a matter of time til it dies totally while loaded with 5 of my favorite discs, an issue I don't wish to deal with. So I'm back to my Oppo for now. Given the shift away from cds by many, a good (audio-wise) but cheap used multi-player (of the RELIABLE variety) is in my future. Thank you, Ebay! Customer Review 2 : Lousy quality - Michael J. Carey - The thing cost 300 dollars and quit after less than a year of light use, will only play a minute of music regardless of the cd.