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Headphoneus Supremus
After reading Duncan's take on pdcp I decided to get a Sony D211 especially since I was lucky to get them relatively cheap on ebay. I don't have a cam at the moment so I can't take any pictures...
The remote is pretty useless because you can only connect the Sony headphones that are meant to be connected to the remote so you can't connect other headphones to the remote. Of course, you use the line-out and the remote. Build quality is pretty average in my opinion. The features are good (bass boost and DDS) although I prefer not activating any of these features as IMO they degrade the sound quality by quite a lot. Especially the bass boost muddles the midrange (I thought that pop with bass boost is pretty unlistenable on the D211). I haven't quite figured what the DDS is for but in some songs it adds some echo.
Other than that you can charge the batteries (standard AA) with the power supply. The LCD display is very pretty with a orange background light. And it has a resume function.
Ok, the sound: very good. Not nearly as good as my CDP (Philips CD 850) but simply blows my old Slimx 350 and Sony D131 and competes farily well with a Yamaha CDX player (consumer cd player for around 200$ 8 years ago). Soundstage is pretty good (the sound actually extends to the whole area around your head). Midrange is pretty sweet. The bass, though strong and deep, however, lacks some texture in some of the songs I have tried them with. The highs on the other hand pretty good.
To sum it up: a great player with a great sound though I haven't tested it under portable situations yet. Power output is good: I tested it with Grado 125 and turned the volume to 4 (out of 10) for really loud and 2 for average listening level. This is great player if "you like it proud and loud" (Duncan).
This is not intended as a review but simply a take on this IMO great vintage player.
If it can even last under a portable situation (which I am very curious of since it lacks antishock), I don't see a reason why I should keep my Slimx anymore.
The remote is pretty useless because you can only connect the Sony headphones that are meant to be connected to the remote so you can't connect other headphones to the remote. Of course, you use the line-out and the remote. Build quality is pretty average in my opinion. The features are good (bass boost and DDS) although I prefer not activating any of these features as IMO they degrade the sound quality by quite a lot. Especially the bass boost muddles the midrange (I thought that pop with bass boost is pretty unlistenable on the D211). I haven't quite figured what the DDS is for but in some songs it adds some echo.
Other than that you can charge the batteries (standard AA) with the power supply. The LCD display is very pretty with a orange background light. And it has a resume function.
Ok, the sound: very good. Not nearly as good as my CDP (Philips CD 850) but simply blows my old Slimx 350 and Sony D131 and competes farily well with a Yamaha CDX player (consumer cd player for around 200$ 8 years ago). Soundstage is pretty good (the sound actually extends to the whole area around your head). Midrange is pretty sweet. The bass, though strong and deep, however, lacks some texture in some of the songs I have tried them with. The highs on the other hand pretty good.
To sum it up: a great player with a great sound though I haven't tested it under portable situations yet. Power output is good: I tested it with Grado 125 and turned the volume to 4 (out of 10) for really loud and 2 for average listening level. This is great player if "you like it proud and loud" (Duncan).
This is not intended as a review but simply a take on this IMO great vintage player.
If it can even last under a portable situation (which I am very curious of since it lacks antishock), I don't see a reason why I should keep my Slimx anymore.