Binding: Electronics Brand: Denon Color: Black EAN: 0081757507004 Label: Denon Manufacturer: Denon Model: DCM27 Publisher: Denon Release Date: July 01, 2006 Sales Rank: 8856 Studio: Denon Variation Description: Black
Features:
5-disc CD changer; measures 17.1 x 4.7 x 15.8 inches (WxHxD)
Multilevel Noise Shaping DAC removes the adverse effects of jitter
8x oversampling digital filter reduces frequency irregularities
Disc Skip button can rotate the carousel tray clockwise or counterclockwise
Outputs: analog left/right, digital optical, digital coaxial
Editorial Review:
What Others Say
OK But Better Made in Japan
I purchased this as an upgrade to a similar unit bought 17 years ago. This DCM-27 has features the earlier model did not have: MP3 and WMA capability, most notably. The unit, now made in China, has the look, feel and heft one has come to expect from electronics made there. That is to say, fewer controls, lighter weight, chintzy feel. The five CD carousel works well enough but it feels cheap and I expect it will not last. In fact, I don't expect this unit to live but a couple of years, if earlier experiences with Chinese products is any indicator of durability.
The unit arrived promptly and in perfect shape with all elements included.
Poor user experience
This player provides a poor user experience for anything other than simple, sequential play.
In random play mode it doesn't pick the next track till the current one finishes, and then it takes 15-20 seconds to choose the next track with the player making clunking and squealing noises the whole time. It's faster with just a single disk loaded, but it's a CHANGER. The manual hints at a sequential-disk random mode, but I'm not clever enough to make it work.
Setting random mode doesn't just set the mode; it stops playing the current track and starts a new one.
There is no MP3/CD-text track-info display.
Fast-forward searching seems to be limited to about 2x real time.
