Customer Reviews

Philips AZ7594 Portable CD Player

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I bought this player for my daughter a while ago, and I never regretted about choosing the Philips. Before I decided which player to buy, I went to a the local electronics superstore and tried out everything what they had on display. It didn't take me long to realize that with portable CD players you basically get what you paid for: while there is a number of cheaper players, they sound so much worse that it would be a mistake to trade the quality for just a few dollars of the price difference. I have chosen three best players from about 20 which I tried, and then finally decided on this one since in that particular store it had the best price of the three. It has very good sound, suitable not only for pop music, but also for classical pieces, nice set of features, and a very long battery life.

I received this unit from Amazon today. It is quite well-built and eye-pleasing (except for the cheesy stick on the cover saying CDRW compatible). Aluminum cover, plastic base, solid and heavy. The headphone is big and ugly (personal taste). Since the in-line remote control takes standard headphone plug, I used a pair of Sony earphones instead. There are three buttons on the remote (play/pause, skip forward, and stop) and a rotary volume control, but no skip backward! Also the remote looks dumb compare to the Sony's.

Now the sound quality. It is very good in normal playing mode (no DBB). I've tried some rock, some jazz, and some classic on the unit and it performed very well. With the DBB on however I didn't feel like gaining too much of the richness at the low frequencies, except for the annoying fake boost. (This could be personal-flavor dependent). I also took the unit for a drive to try the skip protection. I am very pleased with the ESP45. There wasn't a single skip during the half hour driving with the unit on the ceter concole in my truck. It is for sure better than the Sony sports model (DE51) which gave me a lot headache in skipping.

This unit is manufactured in China and carries one year free exchange warranty world-wide.

If you want a perfect portable CD player, you should look for something else like a high end Sony. If you want to balance the quality, function, and price, then I would recommend this Philips AZ7594.

This is a great cd player.I bought because it had all the extra stuff sony and panasonic had,but i was alot cheaper.The esp45 is great,not a single skip ever.The carrying pouch is nice too.The remote is the best because u can put the player down in the car and hold the remote to adjust volume or change the song.Out of the hundreds of cd players i looked at and the the ones i used to own,this is definitely the best!

There are many reasons to buy a Philips CD player, but the most important one is that they sound much better than every other brand I've tried. You may read or hear that all CD players sound the same, but it isn't true at all. There are significant, audible differences between different brands and models and Philips CD players just sound better. If you're doubtful, just play one of your favorite CDS in a Philips and in any other brand; you'll hear the difference.

The headphones which come with the player are OK, but if you get a pair of Sennheiser headphones, you'll hear how good these CD players really are!

There are so many other players out there that claim they have skip protection, but Phillips is the real deal. My friends have other brands that are the same value (45) of skip protection, but they still complain of skips when running and what not. Well this cd player not only works skipless when I run, it doesn't skip in my car either. Now granted there are SOME instances like going over bumpy train tracks too hard, then it will definitely skip. I had my expensive deck cd player stolen so I bought this until I get a new car, and my deck (installed) cd player skipped more than this one does ... go figure. Definitely worth it if you plan on putting it in your car.

It's been about 10 years since I bothered with a portable CD player, so I looked for one with a good combination of sound quality, battery life, playback features, and durability. I based my choice of this player in part on good experience with other Philips products, and in part on others' ratings of the product. (Having that Amazon promotional gift certificate helped too....)

When I received the player, I was indeed pleased with the sound quality and the playback features. The included headphones had a tinny quality, but I intended to use this through my home stereo quite a bit, and it did well for that. And in any case I had another set of headphones I preferred to use, and it sounded great with those.

The various playback modes (shuffle, repeat, program, scan) leave nothing wanting. The included rechargeable battery lasted at least 18 hours between charges, very impressive. I tried high-capacity AAs once and got probably 40 hours of playback out of them (using the included battery box that doubles the player's battery capacity from 2 AA to 4 AA).

This was the first CD player I've used with anti-skip protection, and that was a pleasant surprise. I never did manage to make a CD skip, in any playback mode. It worked fine through walking, running, cycling, mowing lawns, driving, all of it -- no skips, no pauses of any kind. And it worked with heavily scratched CDs, or CDs that would result in skips on my car stereo CD player or my home player.

The downside? This unit is not very durable. It looks good, feels like it can survive just about anything. But the lid is held in place but two small plastic nubs that, if broken, render the thing useless. Just under one month after I received it, the lid snapped clean off when I was changing CDs.

This is a good unit, but if durability is of any concern at all, think carefully before you choose this player. By all means be extremely careful when you open the device.

I would just have to say this is one of the best purchases I have ever made. Out of all the cd players (sony, panasonic) I ever owned this is the one that tops them all.

First off the sound is incredible. It has a very nice balance between the bass and treble, unlike many sony products which just shoot out bass and no other frequencies The 3 level bass control is a great feature- it's not like panasonic or sony's where there's bass or no bass at all- its always nice to have a midway.

The user interface is also nicely done- very easy to find and use- clean.

The back lit lcd interface is easy to read and great for those low light situations.

The anitshock really works. I literally shook this cd player until my hands got tired.

The only thing I didn't like about it were the headphone- clumsy and a bit big- BUT I always end up buying new headphones anyway.

For the price and the features this is the one!

Not only is Philips Magnavox a top brand name, it is also known for quality. The main things I like about this cd player was the bass. You have three stages of bass and the second stage is about as much as you get with other cd players, but this has one more to give you even more! Another thing I like about the cd player, is it's 45 second ESP. A 10-20 ESP will get you by, but if you are active as me, a 45 second ESP will give you un-skipped music, 24/7. The extra battery pack you get with the player makes it so you can play for over 40 hours, what other cd player has over 20??? The music quality is excellent! One flaw that I had was the headphones, two days after I received the cd player, they stopped working, I don't know why, but if you do decide to buy this cd player, buy another set, the headphones were good, but not lasting. You will not go wrong on this purchase.

I bought this same CD player for a friend about a year ago and paid close to $140 for it. I then ended up barrowing it a couple time and knew then that I got my money's worth. The best feature is the rechargable batteries, which last for a long time. The skip protection is great, the first thing that My Friend did when he opened it was plug it in, put in a CD and started shaking it very hard and there wern't any skips. When I put it in my car I don't even have to turn on the extra skip protection it is still skip free except over railroad tracks. Now it's time for me to buy a new CD player and this is the only one that I even considered buying, however I couldn't find it anywhere until I looked on Amazon.com. It's also forty dollars less than I paid for it a year ago, but it's worth much more.

First i wanna say that this has been the FAR best cd playere ive ever used. Every Philips purchase ive ever made has satisfied me. I didint even need a portable cd player at the time i looked at this and i had an old sony that worked just fine but looked up to this cd player. I was sheer amazed that someone would put so much into one cd player even for its price and if it was anyone it was Philips. When i saw this cd player i fell in love with it becuase im just an average 15 year old that likes to listin to music. my probloms with my old cd player were that

1. i like to listin to music in the dark and id have to find a light to change stuff on it. The Philips had a backlit lcd that's very bright.

2. My cd player would skip when i put it in my pocket and rode my bike. But the philips Has 45 seconds of esp witch is way more than i needed. Every time i use this thing its never skipped.

3. It did not have a remote control so i would have to reach in my pocket when riding my bike to get it out and change things on it. But with the Philips i just have my handy dandy remote on my pocket that Changes my volume, switches to the next track, stops and plays, and it has a hold button so nothin bumps it and when you put the cd unit on hold the remote can still switch tasks on it.

4. I went through batteries like a dog on a peice of meat. But even with the Philips 45 seconds of esp. the Nikel-Cadium-lithium-Ion batteries hold up for days. And every time i lay my cd player down i just hit stop twice and it charges them up so i got a full tank and you dont even have to take them out. And its got an extra batterie pack so when you go on those long trips it wont run out.

5. Batteries alwase fell out the bottom of it. The philips has inside batterie compartment so that they wont.

6. It got beat up very bad every time i dropped it it made a scratch. And with the philips ALUMINUM lid efvery time i dropped it noting happend to it.

7. It did not play Rewritable cds so when i make mixes i gotta use a new blank CD-r Every time. And the Philips uses cd-rw fluently

8. It Had NO style and did not look good. The philips is a stunning desingn and amazed my freinds.

9. I could barley read the lcd it was so small . But the Philips Has A massive display ON the top so its very easy to read

There was only one downside to this great cd player is that a month after i had it the back left hinge for the door broke off, i was very dissapointed i had the same problom humby27 (see his review on this page) had and this thing became very hard to use and i explained it to amazon to return it and they said thed be glad to return it WITH FREE SHIPPING too. That made it a lil better but i wanted a replacement since i loved this thing so much. and trust my luck there out of stock. I have looked everywhere for this cd player on the internet and can only find it here. I have tried to find an alternative to this cd player and i just cant find it. Besides Sonys top of the line walkman witch is $487 and theres no way im paying that.

Bottom line is that i hope that if you buy this it will stay durable and not break. but this is an awesome cd player and i recccomend it greatly.