The "Yugo" or "Trabant" of CD Players
I bought a Denon DCM 390 to replace my 15-year old Sony player. We built a house 5 years ago and, while I wasn't paying close attention, we ended up with Denon gear. Except I kept my Sony, which I loved but which eventually died. And so I decided on a 390 as a replacement, which might be more compatible with my Denon amplifier (also a dog).
The good news is that the DCM 390 works, after a fashion and at least for now. Practically everything else is the bad news. Features supported by my elderly Sony, things I took for granted, either aren't available in the DCM 390 or can only be executed in the most clunky, time-consuming and counter-intuitive manner. To give two examples, I usually play all the disks on the carousel in the "repeat ... Read More
Great sound but unreliable operation
I've had 3 of these machines over the past couple of years. The first one, bought brand new, sounded great. After a few months, it started acting up - would not read discs at all or would skip, etc. Then I began to clean it regularly using a lens cleaner. That helped, but about a week after the each cleaning the machine would once again begin to function defectively.
After about 6 months, the tray (which is all plastic and not very substantial) would simply not open at times for no apparent reason. Turning the player off and back on helped alleviate this situation for a while. But eventually the tray just would not open at all. The machine was history.
I phoned Denon at the number on its website, but the phone went ... Read More
Simply TERRIBLE, and I've gone through TWO of them.
FEATURES:
Deceptive "Denon" Name. Not your father's Denon, let me assure you.
Weight. If it were any lighter it would be made of balsa wood.
Remote Control. The remote does not light up when used and does not have a power on/off button.
5-CD carousel, reads multiple formats, digital output: I have been unable to verify if these features exist because I haven't owned a Denon DCM-390 that works, and I've been through two of them.
EXPERIENCE:
I bought the Denon DCM-390 because it offered a lot of decoding features (mp3, wma, wav, HDCD decoding) and, well, it's a Denon. My last Denon CD player lasted over 20 years.
The DCM-390 didn't work out of the box. It would only ... Read More
Total failure after 7 months
Really enjoyed the sound from this changer until it totally failed after only 7 months of very moderate use. For the price of this deck, I would expect better. The player will play a disk for 37 to 40 seconds before stopping, regardless of the disk or carousel position.
Don't waste your money!!!
Ok....Music is my life!!! I play it morning, noon and night.Ever since my prize Sony player went on the fritz (owned it about 10yrs), I'd been shopping around for a quality replacement player.I was very aware of Denon's standing in the audio world. I had even owed a Denon reciever about 12yrs ago. And that experience had been great. I came across a couple of great Denon-390 reviews on Amazon and was impressed.The super quiet exchange of CD to CD hooked me. But even then looked for reviews on other site...couldn't really find any. Now i realize why!!! After finding a great price for this player, I made the purchase. Very excited!!! When i connected everything the player shuffled through the Disc and I was floored as to how very LOUD it was. And how slow ... Read More
