Aiwa CSDMD5 Portable CD Stereo with Built-in MD Recorder

by Aiwa

Product Details

Product Manual [861kb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001OX6J
• Item model number: CSD-MD5
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,788 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best stereo I've ever had, April 1, 2000

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"ejay45" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aiwa CSDMD5 Portable CD Stereo with Built-in MD Recorder (Electronics)

When I got this thing out of the box, I was disappointed to see it looked nothing like the picture on Amazon.com. But when I turned it on and heard the crisp clear sound from radio, CD, and MD, I learned this was nothing like I thought it would be. Recording MiniDiscs is a piece of cake. It took me five minutes to read through the manual about recording them, I was off to making my first mix MiniDisc! Erasing, combining, titling, dividing, and changing the order of tracks is as easy as pushing a button. Just like that!

The MiniDisc is a big advancement in digital audio. It's ultra compact size is made possible by ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding). The ATRAC system automatically extracts only the frequencies that are actually audible to the human ear and cuts the frequencies which are inaudible. This compresses the amount of data to be recorded to 1/5 of the normal amount.

Now I know that the Aiwa CSD-MD5--with radio, CD player, and MD player/recorder--is the best stereo I've ever had.

45 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Who needs a Boom Box?, December 30, 1999

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Bic "fpoon" (Atlanta, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Aiwa CSDMD5 Portable CD Stereo with Built-in MD Recorder (Electronics)

Weighing in at 13 pounds, this is not as "portable" as you might hope, but its great for the work place, and the MiniDisc features make you very popular with freinds and co-workers alike. It sounds great, especially considering its size.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Small but powerful!, March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Aiwa CSDMD5 Portable CD Stereo with Built-in MD Recorder (Electronics)

This is one of the coolest things Ive ever bought. Its opened the door to me to create music any way I like too. The mini disc player is really cool. Its a very powerful system for its size. Excellent bass too. I also like the front loading CD player, a very conveinient feature. It has all the neccesary controls to edit the music you create so you dont have to purchase any other accesorys {accept for the mini discs}. I love the display on the front its very crisp looking and gives it an ellegant style all to its self. I really wish I could have found this product sooner , its been so much help to me. My friends think its awesome too. Its very portable accept you need an outlet wherever you go. Aiwa has always had a good line of products.