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Sony DHC-MD555 Executive Microsystem

Sony DHC-MD555 Executive Microsystem

List Price: $800.00
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Features:
  • Desktop CD/minidisc/tuner system
  • 5-disc minidisc changer
  • 5-disc elevator-style CD changer
  • CD Text display with compatible CDs
  • 25 watts per channel


Description:

With the ability to store five CDs and five minidiscs simultaneously, this mini system will never leave you out in the cold when it's time for a change. Throw in CD Text for easy artist and track identification (with compatible CDs) and a stellar 25 watts per channel amplifier power, and the Sony DHC-MD555 shows its colors as a real gem of a sound system.

This desktop system also offers tape, tuner, and analog inputs for other sources, such as a VCR or MP3 player. To assist you in sculpting the sound to your taste, the DHC-MD555 comes with a five-band equalizer, bass boost, and 10 preset equalization curves. A nine-band spectrum analyzer, which represents the music visually in real time, shows you which portions of the frequency spectrum are most--or least--active. (It also looks cool.)

CD Text displays disc and track names for compatible CDs and also automatically enters disc names into a Custom File Memory without requiring you to type in the information. A feature called play exchange lets you change four CDs, even while a fifth one plays. The DHC-MD555 also has a Disc Memo display, which lets you assign an alphanumeric name for your discs; names display on the front panel while a disc is playing.

Synchro Recording simplifies making cassettes or minidiscs from CDs. When the CD player goes into play mode, Synchro Recording automatically releases from record/pause mode. When you record a minidisc, you can name the disc and each individual track using the system's jog dial. Your names will appear in the front panel of your own system and in the panels of other compatible minidisc players.

Sony's exclusive Highly Oriented Polyolefine is a speaker-cone material of extraordinary strength. According to Sony, the material is up to 30 times more rigid, per unit weight, than polypropylene, giving you a woofer of low distortion and extraordinary transient response with great high-frequency extension.

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