Panasonic SL-SX430 Portable CD/MP3 Player with D-Sound

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• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001HAFAW
• Item model number: SLSX430
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,818 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 8, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This portable CD/MP3 player provides some unusual benefits along with the ability to play CDs, CDRs, CDRWs, and CDs with MP3 files. The first is "advanced D-sound technology, which is essentially a combination of a digital amplifier, which helps reduce distortion for crystal-clear sound at higher volume levels; S-XBS and digital audio gain control, which helps improve bass response at higher volume levels; and MP3 re-master technology, which maximizes sound quality from compressed music files, such as MP3 and WMA.

When you're on the go, the No-Skip anti-skip system virtually eliminates track skipping, and the player's heat-resistant, polycarbonate body design makes it great for outdoor use. There's a handy, 6-key inline remote with the Active Style headphones, and average playback time on the required two AA batteries is up to 90 Hours for MP3s and up to 50 hours for CDs.

Product Description

The name Panasonic is synonymous with innovation, quality, performance and ease of use. It looks forward to a bright and shining technological future, and to playing a leading role in the digitally networked society, propelled by the creativity and dedication of its employees all around the world.PRODUCT FEATURES: Digital Amplifier for high sound quality; Digital Audio Gain Control (DAGC) and S-XBS for clear bass; New Active Style Headphones for high quality digital sound; Digital Remaster for High Quality MP3 Playback; 6-key Remote Control with detachable plug; CD round form design with LCD on top cover; Up to 85-hours of playback (MP3) with two AA alkaline batteries; Heat-resistant polycarbonate body; Slide-lock full open top cover; Neckband Headphones included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Battery life will blow you away. Almost perfect., August 1, 2004

By	m2k3 "m2k3" - See all my reviews

I spent a while researching music devices from iPods to minidisc players, and ended up adding this mp3-CD player to my electronics collection. First, a few comments on some issues addressed by other reviews: - no, it doesn't play WMA's, but at least for me the package didn't say it would. Most of my collection is in MP3 anyway so I can deal with this functionality lack. - the device is plenty loud for me, and I think I have relatively worse hearing than most people I know judging by the volume I need to set for TV's. - lack of alphanumeric display was a consideration for me, since I already had a first-generation RioVolt that did have a display. But in the end that factor was outweighed in my mind. And not to be making lemonade out of lemons or anything, but it's somewhat fun to guess songs and reminiscent of old-school CD players (without the mp3's). Here's why I bought this player: - BATTERY LIFE. It's just utterly ridiculous at >50 hours on 2 AA's (average battery life of most others: 10 hours). Battery life is probably the most underrated feature I think. Gigs of storage is nice but if the player can barely last you through one whole day without charging, what's the point? I see some of the Sony players appear to have similar battery life these days but they seem more expensive and lack a... - WIRED REMOTE CONTROL. Put the actual device in your purse or backpack and it's as if you have a super-tiny mp3 player. The remote performs pretty much every function. Compared to my old RioVolt mp3 player, load time is faster, and the whole thing just seems more dependable and higher quality. Of course there are things such as FM radio and the aforementioned alphanumeric display that this player lacks. It also can't play packet-written CD's so you have to burn a whole CD if you want to change songs (interestingly, my RioVolt could do this, but it was sloow as heck). If it had these features (and maybe WMA), it would be the perfect mp3 cd player bar-none. Anyway, to complement this player, I also bought a sub-$100 tiny flash-based mp3 player with FM radio, voice recording, etc. (the TDK Mojo). I still feel this was a decent economical choice for me while maximizing music enjoyment.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No car kit, but otherwise perfect., April 16, 2004

By	Christopher Wanko "-C" (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The advantage of a portable CD player that handles MP3 and WMA is clear, to me: any car can play MP3s or WMAs with a simple $20 kit, and the sound is still better than any of your old cassettes.

In fact, it's really a car-kit product because it lacks an AM/FM tuner, making this less all-purpose and more single-purpose. The remote makes it very easy to bury this thing in a glove compartment, under your seat, or in the armrest and manipulate the player with the remote. Makes for a clean-looking install, and you lose none of its portability.

The beauty of this CD-based MP3/WMA player is it will handle CD-Rs, CD-RWs, and normal CDs along with whatever you manage to create on your own. The battery life is incredible, especially with MP3 playback because spinups can cache the data then spindown. So, with the need to make CDs skip-proof you actually achieve a measure of battery life preservation as well since you don't drive the spindle motor as often. Neat engineering.

Of course, Panasonic does make a quality personal electronic item, and this seems to be no exception. For me it's always a toss-up between Sony and Panasonic, with Sony winning slightly more than half the battles due to extras (software, one extra feature, whatever). You don't exactly "lose" by picking this.

Honestly, this is a 4.95 star product, because a car kit is probably the least concern with something so useful and good, but I have to mention it because Sony sells a direct competitor with a nice car kit included. With a car kit, this is a five-star deal.

Fred

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars possibly the best sounding cd player I've ever had, September 27, 2004

By	Buckykatt (northeast USA) - See all my reviews

I have had a number of portable cd players over the years. Most have been victims of being dropped or damaged accidently and the majority of them if not all have been Panasonic models. I've always liked their products both audio and video.
My cd player just arrived today and tho I've not had much time to listen to it, I did briefly check it out using a CD-RW disc and the sound was amazing! The XBS bass response is awesome and the over the ear headphones are so amazingly comfortable without having to adjust them to get the maximum output entering your ears instead of escaping into the air. The swivel in the ear pieces is a great touch and I think what insures such a comfortable fit. The part that goes over the top of each ear doesn't pinch or irritate.
The remote control is wonderful and very handy, tho I wish you could pause with it but it's a minor quibble. This model is also light as a feather.
In summary, I highly recommend this cd player. For the price it is a fantastic deal.