Denon DCM-380 Five-Disc Auto CD Changer

by Denon

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 15 x 17 x 5 inches ; 12.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 18 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00065HLVK
• Item model number: DCM-380
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #171,168 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The stately DCM-380 CD player offers Denon quality and convenience with 5-disc playback and multiple play modes. The unit handles prerecorded and recordable CDs, including MP3 CDs, which can store around 10 hours of music per disc. 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-380 offers quality and convenience with five disc playback and plenty of playback options. View larger.

With all the necessary connections, Denon makes it easy to integrate this CD player into your home theater system. View larger.

Included remote control. View larger.

The player also offers decoding for discs encoded with HDCD (High-Definition Compatible Digital), a 20-bit process used on many commercial CDs to deliver better sound than is possible through standard CDs. HDCD-encoded discs play on all CD players, but HDCD-enabled players deliver extra resolution. (Check your discs for an HDCD logo on the disc face or in the liner notes.)

Ensuring top-flight sound regardless of the source disc, the DCM-380 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 (not including MP3 CDs). 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.

Outputs include a set of left/right RCA analog outs (which you'll want to use when listening to HDCD or MP3 sources) and a coaxial digital-audio output for direct connection to a surround receiver or a minidisc or CD recorder.

With intelligent disc scan, the disc skip button can rotate the carousel tray clockwise or counter-clockwise as you search for a disc. (Counter-clockwise rotation is operable only by remote controller.) When the DCM-380 is cable-connected to an amplifier or receiver that supports Denon's remote control in/out feature, you can operate the DCM-380 via the remote sensor on the amplifier or receiver. This feature is especially handy when the DCM-380 is located in another room.

What's in the Box
CD changer, remote control, remote batteries, a stereo analog audio interconnect, a user's manual, a warranty card, and a service-station list.

Product Description

5 disc carousel CD/CD-R/RW changer ¿ HDCD Decoding via Pacific Microsonics PMD-100 filter decoder ¿ MP3 Decoder ¿ 20 bit Burr-Brown DACs ¿ Digital servo laser mechanism ¿ Coaxial digital output ¿ Remote control in/out jacks ¿ Dual direction carousel rotation ¿ Headphone jack ¿ Remote control supplied

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars sound quality 5+, build quality 0, October 31, 2005

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M. Bauer "M." (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon DCM-380 Five-Disc Auto CD Changer (Electronics)

I have been completely satisfied with the sound and build quality of Denon's products for twenty years. Since I've had such good experiences, I decided to ignore the negative reviews I read on the DCM 380 and give it a chance.

Out of the box, the DCM 380 seemed relatively solid and fit in well with my other Denon components. I became concerned as soon as I opened the disc drawer for the first time. The disc tray barely came out and then reluctantly stopped in the disc 3 position. I put in a disc and was immediately impressed with the sound quality of the DCM 380. The Burr-Brown converters and HDCD processor live up to their well-deserved reputation... simply beautiful sound.

However, its excellent sound quality could not make up for its shoddy build and unreliablity. The DCM 380 hesitates for unduly long periods of time when reading a new disc. Worse yet, it won't even play several of the standard, mint condition, commercially recorded discs in my collection. What is the point of fantastic sound quality if you cannot load a CD changer with discs and have it play reliably?

Sadly, my impression of Denon has changed through my experience with this CD player. Fortunately, I was able to return this player for a full refund and purchased a Rotel changer.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sort of works..., March 12, 2005

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lew "lwndw123" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Denon DCM-380 Five-Disc Auto CD Changer (Electronics)

Nice player, but... a) doesn't play some disks. Just doesn't detect them. These disks play well on 10 years old Sony player and $20 CD walkman, b) CD-RW recoreded on Sony CD recorder don't play. They play on $20 CD walkman. Each time I insert CD I pray that it will be recognized. If plays, plays well. By the way, it is 6 month old...

I don't know whether it is just defective, of this is the "feature". Have to find the service...

More: ergonomics questionable. Cannot program sequence of CD playing, can do this only on track level. My 10 years old Sony has no problems with this.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars sort of works 2, July 8, 2005

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R. Graham (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Denon DCM-380 Five-Disc Auto CD Changer (Electronics)

My unit (the replacement for the first unit with the same problem) "sort of works" like the previous reviewer. Some discs are not recognized, discs that work in all sorts of other players. Sometimes if I open the tray and close it again the player recognizes the disc. The digital track calendar sometimes fails to light up the 17 and or 18. The disc 5 indicator and disc 1 disk loaded indicator also fail to light on occasion.

Unlike my Denon AVR-3300 receiver and DVD-2900 universal player, the DCM-380 is a piece of junk and given the sticker price it is quite a disappointment. I hate this player.