cd players and recorders

before i bought this player.
i was determend to buy a mp3 ipod 300$.
because they were the only device that had equlizer(bass((treble)(midrange)live,and the ablity to record from many
sourcese.but while was shoping i noticed sony had a new line of
cd players.i became skeptical about buying another cd(sony)
the last players i had bought had problems with there volume
being to low or only bass 1 & bass 2.one didnt sound no better
than the other.but the newwer models have 5 eq settings.

plus seperated tone controls bass ,midrange,treble.way better
than the older models.before it.atrac3 is a plus.
but there is a catch.the program that comes with the player
cannot record from home burned cds,but can record from the original source cd.other than that this player is one of sonys finest atrac cd players.sony is still the one and only.

The Sony D-NE 300 is a great and stylish CD player. Its sound is superb especially with the parametric equalizer, and various sound enhancing setting, off, rock, soft, etc. activated. The G shock protection is adequate even when riding a very bouncing school bus on rough pavemnet. It offers an opportunity to condense more than 100 songs into 1 CD for playback which I haven't tried out yet. However, the player, like many low end CD players are made in China. The 1st player I got had serious laser tracking problem causing excessive skipping problem. The replacement CD player had no problem whatsoever. Having to removing the CD in order to change batteries is one of the minor annoyances. A pretty good player at this bargain basement price range.

First off, the Sony Psyc D-NE300 is a teriffic bargain at its price. I was skeptical at first of the fact that 490 songs HAD to be put onto a CD, rather than flash memory or a harddisk. However, the included software, SonicStage 2.0 is the easiest music management software I have seen used, and I have every player/jukebox out there. As soon as you insert an audio CD, Gracenote hits its servers and comes up with every detail about that CD. The info is carried over into the ATRAC compression, and the CD player actually lists the artist, album, and song playing on its screen. That's right, it's just like a solid-state MP3 player. So far, I have seven albums on a fifth of a CD-RW using ATRAC3Plus at 64kbs/s. As for the sound, its simply amazing. MP3Pro, which uses the same 64kbs/s sound nothing like the ATRAC's. It is clear, rich, and never gets distorted. MP3Pro just sound tinny and hollow. The circuitry used in the player limits the "noise" so that distortion should never occur, even at its maximum output. Every song I've listened to so far is the clearest I've ever heard them. The included headphones even sound better than the street style models sold separately.
In conclusion, the player is amazingly stylish, small, and feature packed. I gave it four stars because the manual wasn't entirely helpful and you'll be using the buttons a lot, so they may wear out after awhile. Nevertheless, the player offers terrific sound and the ability to put about 25 albums on one CD. At a fraction of the cost of a solid-state player, it really becomes a capable alternative. Like I said, I was skeptical at first, but now I'm very pleased with the product so far. Its ease-of-use can only be matched by the way more expensive I-POD.
P.S. The player also has a parametric equalizer, whicha allows you to customize your sound however you like. I just use the "Heavy" setting though, as it produces the richest sound. Oh yeah, the batteries also last about 80 hours, which is ten times what I was getting with my old Aiwa.