[lan]

Welcome to team NEC CDROM.

Imagine if this player were tweaked to the max.

 

[Lando]

Mmm...tweaked....

I plan on building my own ultra-cool cabinet to hold and display the drive, a better power supply, and my DI/O. I still have to order the DI/O, though.

 

[yishuen]

Hi Guys,
Just got the 601 today and thought i would share my experience as well.

1. Sound : Sounds pretty good, no complaints about the sound through the analog outs. Initially i felt that there was some noise , but that went away.

2. Build : Like others have been saying , this player is HUGE. Its a lot bigger than i expected, but still manageable.

3. Durability : For something that was manufactured in 94, i have to say that it still looks fantastic after having been around for so long.

4. CDR's : Thats my big complaint so far, some of the CDrs work and some don't.

5. Controls : I wish this thing had a remote, but other than that , the controls are pretty basic and its simple to use.

On the whole, i am quite happy with my purchase so far. The drive is really quite when reading the CD and for 21 bucks shipped, it is value for money.

 

[lan]

Quote:

Originally posted by yishuen 4. CDR's : Thats my big complaint so far, some of the CDrs work and some don't.

What brand and burner are you having issues with? I've been using Fuji (Taiyo Yuden) + Yamaha F1 with no problems.

 

[puppyslugg]

Quote:

Originally posted by yishuen 3. Durability : For something that was manufactured in 94, i have to say that it still looks fantastic after having been around for so long.

I read somewhere(audioasylum?), the lasers are rated for 100.000 hrs. I wonder how many hrs. new cdp's lasers are rated for?

I suspect they aren't rated for nearly as long.

 

[Lando]

Quote:

Originally posted by yishuen 4. CDR's : Thats my big complaint so far, some of the CDrs work and some don't.

Burn at 4x.

 

[Edwood]

Any success on replacing the 601/602's internal switching PSU with a regulated one?

What about external regulated PSU's for the 3XP Plus?

I'm getting two 602's. I'm itching to Frankenstein one of them.

-Ed

 

[marios_mar]

Pls answer to me as soon as possible. Does the CDR-502 have a search function?

Is there a NEC drive with search function???

 

[Edwood]

On the CDR-602 and 3xp Plus there is only skip track functions. Have not figured out how to "fast foward" or "rewind" during playback.

-Ed

 

[xtreme4099]

got mine too ...

 

[andrzejpw]

Mine should ship today or on tuesday. I can't wait to see how it does with my art dio!

 

[D-EJ915]

just a question, is it possible to turn newer CD-Rom type devices into cd-players??...I was wondering...since I've got a million

 

[gastro54]

you mean those without power supplies and just the standard volume, and headphone out that fit in the 5 x 1.5 computer bay? I dont know, but it would be good project to attempt (like find the specific IDE pins that output audio or whatever and so on)

 

[D-EJ915]

well, they do have analog and s/pdif outs on the back, but I've never actually used the s/pdifs, so I dont' know how they work...

 

[gastro54]

really? so your talking about external drives right, not internal? What do they use to interface with the computer?