Customer Reviews

Koss CDP-1740L Personal CD Player with 40 Seconds of Anti-Skip Protection (Translucent Green)

5 star:		(32)
4 star:		(17)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

Because of the low price, I was worried that this portable CD player would break soon after purchase, or the sound would be terrible, or it would eat batteries ... something had to be wrong with it at that price, I thought. But after using it for a month I can say with confidence that it is a fine CD player -- much better than the Sony I had before, which cost three times as much. The Koss CD player spent an entire day with a six-year-old girl who dropped it repeatedly, and it emerged unscathed. I recently sent it sailing off my kitchen table to crash into my hardwood floor, and again it was completely fine. Great sound, very sturdy and you can't beat the price.

i had the model 1659 (same as the 1689 but with 10 sec of ASP) which lasted about 8 months. it almost turned me off koss until i saw this on sale.

a huge improvement over that design- better placement of the controls, a door latch assembly that isn't just waiting to fall off, recessed play/stop buttons that aren't so easily tripped when the player is stuffed into a carrying case.

my only mechanical complaint would be the adaptor jack- mercifully placed on the other side of the case, but the plug only goes about halfway into the socket. electrically i'm sure it's fine, just disconcerting to see it like that.

the electronics are about the same- some hiss but much less, and it seems more forgiving about slightly scratched CDs. headphones are great, with a cute "bondi blue" touch to them.

for the bucks, a good deal.

Ive had this cd player for about a week now, and i really like it. It sounds good and it had a low price tag. The shock protection is excellent (try leaving it on a table while a stuborn little brother does his work)and the 40 seconds are great to have in case your in a car (or bus) thats on a bumpy road. The only drawback is this, it is a little less durable than i'd like it to be. Koss should have hinged the lid instead of using the spring. But I know it wont come off when it is closed thanks to the open switch (it is really nice because it eliminates the chance of it opening in my pocket or book bag) But that makes little difference. The cd player and headphones are attractive and the entire design is well done. I applaud Koss for their work on this cd player.

I have prior expeirience with several products. I started with a sony cd player 5 years ago that had no skip protection. i went to aiwa shortly later that had none either. after a while i stumpled upon a cd player with 10 sec skip protect. the cd player worked great, and skip protection protected for a max of about 6 seconds. and this was another sony! this koss cdplayer, which i bought a few weeks ago, has shock protection that lasts up to 30 seconds, and even is somewhat shock proof without the skip proof on. i dont know what these people are talking about, this cd player looks great, sounds great (awesome bass!) and the shock protection works better than even a 100 dollar sony i bought earlier! i recommend this for anyone who wants to get great sound for less money.

This CD player has a great weight and feel to it, and it look awsome to. It plays CD's super and has a very crisp sound. I got this to replace my Sony Discman, and with the replacement, There are some missing features that are hard to live without. This CD Player doesnt have a "resume" function that allows you to pick up off the place on the CD where you left off, and the biggest missing feature is a Battery Indicator, so you have absolutly no idea what condition your batteries are in. I will now be forced to take an extra pair of batteries with me wherever I go in case they go dead on me. But overall, its worth the money, and a good CD player! You can always trust Koss

Hello, thanks for reading this. I am reviewing the Koss CDP1740A Blue Portable CD Player. I just got this today, and at first glance it looked like I got a wonderful buy. I brought it home from the post office, stuck my cd in and also my batteries, closed the cd lid, hit play button and nothing happend...I put the batteries in as the diagram showed, I hit play like the instructions showed...what happend? Maybe I had bad batteries. So I inserted the DC power, it worked fine. Ok so it is the batteries I thought, so I put a differant brand in, hmmm, it still did not work. OK so time to do some thinking, I put the batteries in backwords to what the diagram showed, hey it`s working! So the circuitry was backwords, no big deal. Other wise it`s a GREAT cd player, the blue color is awsome. I say that you buy this, but not right away look around a little more and you will see that this is the best one for the price but most importantly the quality! Thank you again for reading this and I hope that you make the right decision in buying this great cd player. Thank`s Amazon.com!

This CD player is phat. It's got sweet headphones, nice sound, and 40 sec. anti-shock protection. Its see-through ice blue cover is cool. It has an extremely low price for a CD player of this quality and these features. If I had to choose between this CD player and any other of the same price, I'd buy this one immediately. Go out and buy it now!

Nice sounding, nice looking, and definitely a great deal at this price. I can't believe it has the 40 sec anti-skip at this price. And these are hard to come by in local stores as they sell out super fast. Great for a gift too. If the other colors ever become available soon I will buy another one for myself this time (I need different colors so I know which one is mine and which is my son's!) I was actually looking for a blue one at first but purple looks good too) And a suggestion - buy some CDs here at the same time as it works out to an even better deal because of the shipping.

This cute discman manufactured by Koss have a 40 sec memory for the hard bus time. The overall sound quality is ok and there's a bass boost option that work very well. Beside the cool design, I have to admit that the headphones are not the finest one but remember that price of this Koss player is the Panasonic and Sony 40 sec. models price divided by two !

This player is a wonderful purchase, with outstanding features. It has an indicator to let you know when your battery is getting low. Also the anti skit feature is wonderful, now the player never skips. It also has a hold button, so if you have an annoying sibling that thinks it is funny to change your song or stop the payer, they cant do it. all and all it is a great buy