Have thousands of CDs and will never stop buying them. 👍

Still my favorite format.

Man, that shirt teleported me back to 1988... Let's keep the CD in the spotlight! It has stood the test of time as the best music format so far.

Many people are selling their whole CD collection at the moment. Here in Germany we have an online shop for used media. A CD usually costs about 1$. So I can buy 10 CDs for the cost of one month streaming and the music is mine. Awsome!

Like many guys out there, I still buy and make CD's to this day. With the availability of streaming which could only be dreamed of decades ago is to me an extra great music source, not a replacement. I still love that physical feel of owning a physical medium and I feel my fellow vinyl lovers out there, it's yours forever to hold and own. I've tried hard to hold on to D.A.T and Mini-disc (still got 'em) but Tascam did saved me with their high-capacity memory card digital recorders that gave me back everything that I loved about the Mini-disc, minus the problems.✌️

I bought a Marantz CD 6006 two weeks ago and it's been a delightful pleasure to hear all detail that was hidden in the CDs I've been buying in the last 30 years. And twice a month I go to flea markets and buy great CDs for 1 or 2 euros a piece.

Thanks Steve! My 1986 DCD 1500 recently decided it wouldn’t play a few of my CDs. Took it apart, cleaned as best I could and the issue continues. I bought a DCD-600NE 2 weeks ago. Much better sound, as one might expect. Anyway, your comments about the simplicity of this unit caught my ear. It has the optical out, so I might try an outboard DAC...The remote is enormous !

I’ve just given up on Roon and streaming and gone back to CDs. Absolutely loving them and about to order 90 and would love a new CD player. That’s me for life. Tried all the other ways and gone back to something I love, no computers or tablets, no distractions, always works, simple and can find a track within seconds of pulling CD off the shelf.

Denon makes amazing Audio gear . Thanks for the review !

My first CD player was (is) a Denon DCD-1520, purchased in 1988. I still use it on my "upstairs" system. It only had one mechanical problem with the drawer motor many years ago. Denon issued an optional EC for a customer cost of about $50.00. Still a very reliable and nice sounding unit for its age.

I have this stacked on the compatible Denon PMA 600NE receiver amp and together they give you a piece of music heaven. They handled every bookshelf speaker I've thrown at them and handled them like a boss...

Great review on the Denon CD player, in an awesome shirt.

I decided to upgrade my 1980s home stereo, and on the advice of Steve and others decided to buy the Denon DCD-600N and a Schiit Modi 3 DAC. A DAC is new territory for me. So much for the value of research! The Denon's direct analog output sounds somewhat better than when using a Schiit DAC.

Thanks, Steve. Although I’ve always been a vinyl guy, I still own aprox 300-400 CD’s, but thousands of records. That Denon looks like a cool player though, cuz I’m not too sure how much longer my JVC CD player from ‘91 is gonna work. Totally off topic, I never mention your shirts cuz it’s got nothing to do with audio or what you’re talking about, but that one is absolutely beautiful! Wow, man! Thanks for all your work, Steve! 🎶🔊🙂

Got the Denon DCD 600NE and it is awsome. Makes my speakers sing.

Great episode! I still love CD’s.

Cds rock. If music is mixed and mastered well, it sounds great on the format

I'm using a Luxman D404 is still going strong only thing I replaced was a $2 belt. Steve, that shirt tops your best. When I think you can't out do it you come along with this one. Cheers

Nice shirt - it complements you. Nice commentary - why I listen to you Mr. Audiophiliac.

Steve, would love a “your last CD player” episode. A lot of us are at that stage in our audiophile life. Please!!!!

There is no doubt how good the Denon CD players are. I still have and use weekly, my Denon DCD-1500 I bought back in the1980’s and it still works flawlessly, and sounds great. A stereo magazine review of this unit back then stated, “The creators of the DCD-1500 should be honored in public!” I still agree. I need to replace the “newer” Phillips CD changer in another home system, and have decided to let my wife get me the Onkyo DXC 390, 6 disc changer for Christmas.

hi this is my first cd player and im also using the Denon amp too. cant wait to set it up. still need to find the right speakers for the room. thank you for the video

Streaming is "easy peasy" but IMHO spinning CD's on a great sounding player is still a ton of fun.

I bought a Onkyo C-7030 and I love it. Had been using an Samsung Blu ray player for the past several years but decided it was a worthwhile investment to go back to a dedicated CD player for my over 1k and still growing CD collection.

My favorite format and I’ve tried and still use most. Perhaps when my ONKYO 7030 decides to stop giving me my money’s worth I’ll buy this one! 🤣

I still like buying the odd CD and have a big collection from the 80's and 90's. Using an OPPO dvd/cd player at the moment, but still have my first CD player. It was one of Sony's first consumer players, the CDP-302 which I paid $699 Cnd for back in the mid 80's!

I ordered this model by mistake . I heard your comments and decided to stick with it . I am not used to hifi but this seems fine to me .

CD & SACD is still the only media I use. No streaming in any way or LP here.

Steve, essentially the only thing you say about the performance of this Denon CD player is that "it is very functional, it is very basic" and "it is a "fine place to start." This could be said about almost any budget CD player. I guess I am wondering why you chose this piece of gear to review when you had so little to say about it.

Still loves cd. Using my Naim cd5xs as transport

It's an easy choice nowadays. Around $4 on average for good used CD titles, or $30 or more for new vinyl, or $25 for overpriced used vinyl, both of which (new and used) can be full of pops and clicks. Or you can rent air (streaming).

Still my favorite format as well. I have tons of $$$ invested in CD players and CD's (thousands too)!

CDs are a great format... for ripping to FLAC and putting on your Roon server. I personally don’t want to organize and put on display physical media in 2019. But if that’s your thing, I get it. And there are great deals to be had.

@Steve, where is a good place to sell CDs?

i am big advocate of CD format

I (sort of) took your advice on the Denon amp (399) you refer to. Hooked it to the Klipsch 600M's (439 on sale) which you and Sean and Dorko talked me into -- and an existing Monoprice ($300) powered sub. I think that will satisfy me for awhile (with an 8 year old AT120 ($250) record-rotator with Grado high output MC cartridge ($199 on sale)). Currently, CD's play on a DVD player (free) with coax to the Denon. I can see this CD machine ($299) in the future when the DVD player needs replacement. I'm more into listening to serious music than remortgaging the house to impress people ($0.10 ears) who don't know what I'm listening to. But, I digress. In a space of 1000 sq. ft., half of it with 17' ceilings, I cannot anticipate hearing anything louder there. The Klipsch's and the sub are loafing; the amp is not. But, twice the 50 watts per channel would only yield 3 dB more loudness (nature's diminishing returns). On jazz, it sounds very much like what I remember, visiting the Village Vanguard and the Blue Note. I find it's far better (for me) to be listening for a competent horn player, or a well played piano, or a brilliant acoustic instrument improvisation, than searching for some tiny discrepancy in my music player. Thanks for the advice. -Just one man's view, a musiphile.

Thank you! I still listen to cd's and fm radio! lol

Yup, still have plenty of CDs here as well and still buy them (not to mention record to them as well on occasion). I don't have 3000 CDs, but I am very near 1000. I am particular about what I purchase on CD format (never classic rock and the like, but newish music, especially electronic or ambient and classical as well as jazz are good enough for me on CD. Plus there are some special made CDs as well. Anyway, I did not know Denon was still putting out CD players these days. Another good suggestion is Marantz, they have the CD5005 at $399 MSRP, which means $299 on the store shelf or make that, Amazon as stores are dying thanks to the wretched internet. There is also the CD6006 for $100 which just offers USB playback if you want to pay $100 more for that. While Marantz and Denon are part of the same parent company and likely made in the same factory, the Marantz CD players do have an edge on the Denons. For one, they are surprisingly heavy due to a big ol' tordial transformer in them with a power cord to match. They offer a tiny bit more connectivity in back, but unfortunately, they share the exact "drive you crazy" remote. Still, a very solid player.

Awesome shirt!

Long live the CD!

Love my CD player, which really saw a lot (over my TT) of use when my kids were little. Less worries if someone bumps something, jumps up and down and you can throw in whatever they like as well. Got a nice deal on a Roksan Kandy K2 30 euro more (330) than this Denon for IMO a much higher quality bit of gear.

I bought the Denon DCD-800NE for 324 Euro's a few months ago, great CD player, value for money.

loving that shirt!! loud!!

Cool shirt Steve good review of the Denon. How would you say it compares with the Cambridge cd player? Also really looking forward to your review of the Cornwall IV

Long live CD 💿🎶

I have tons of CDs and I wont stop buying them.

I have 800 cds and am changing them constantly

"I can't have any more" LOL, I feel 'ya brother.

There's nothing than a CD...and the process to play it!! 💿👌

I have over 2000 CDs and still love the format. I am not a streaming guy by any means. Between my vinyl and my CDs I am good to go. I even have a turntable connected to one of my computers so I can digitize my vinyl albums here and there. Only a select few get that treatment. I still love the sound of vinyl. For me CDs will never go out of fashion.

I’m still using my Denon 3520 ..decades old and a freak’n work horse!

I got an older Denon CD player on ebay for $25 with free shipping. It sounds fantastic!

That trippy shirt is a "type A personality"!

Why don't you ever show us video of the actual equipment? It would be nice to see it in operation. Do you actually test it at home or do you recomend it based on specs?

Love that shirt

The Onkyo 7030, the Teac P650, Yamaha has a decent one. etc.......There are many entry level players out there that do a fine job. And most of them have at least one digital output if you want to use your own DAC.

Cd is awesome very hassle free if you dont scratch em. In a way i like all formats to me Every format has its pros and cons and charm. Its about having a good player and a good edition master of the release. If you have a great cd player it Will Trump a macbooks dac. I like physical format it just feels more special and engaging. Streaming is Also great sound I love Tidal. Since I have Add i love music files in high res and vinyl rips cuz then i can not break anything😂. I have a hard time taking care of myself and records but I have gotten better at taking care of my vinyl nowadays as well as my health lately. Its all good! Rant end. I know its about cd players I have ADD.

I make cassettes on the Nak ZX-9 using the Rega Planet 2000 CD. How's that for old school. The ability to make recordings is Type A

CD still is my favourite music format, including the DVD-Audio. I have 4 different CD players, each one with different DAC chips. The first I've bought with 16 years old was a Technics SL-PG 520 CD Player (bitstream) that I haven´t changed for two decades. Since 4 years ago, I've beeing colecting some of the best multibit DAC's equipping CD players. I have an upgraded (simplified signal path) Marantz CD40 with the excelent TDA1541A chip, wich equips some of the best ladder DAC's avaiable today. I also have a Primare CD31 with the other famous and excelent multibit DAC, the BB1704-K (2 per channel). My last purchase was a Arcam CD23T with another excelent DAC (a ring DAC, developed with dCS) that can also decode HDCD (that sound excelent, by the way). Perhaps in another of your videos you could explore some other formats of CD playback (HDCD, XRCD or SHM-CD).

I used to play my cd on dvd player,i switch to denon dcd 600 ,I notice it has louder and richer sound.highly recommend.

I have a Sony DVP SR510H that does a great job of playing my music cds. All I have to do is put in a cd cleaner disc from time to time.

Would have been interested in a rough comparison with the oppo...

I'm using a Sony DVD player from Best Buy for $35 into a Schiit Modi DAC via coax. Total cost $100 and with the Modi you can plug in two other digital sources - PC, whatever.

Hard to go wrong with a Denon cd player, I still have a Denon DCD-1500 MK1, from 1986, and it works great, still a decent sound, and also a few more modern, quite high end cd players, but there's something about that old Denon's sound, and it has a good headphone amp/sound.

CD's are great. I wish SACD format took off.

I love CDs and I continue to buy them through Amazon. I ordered yesterday a cd from Amazon and I got it today in less than 24 hrs. I have an Oppo UDP-203, which I love but now that they are no longer made should I buy a CD player like this and save the Oppo for my videos?

I'm curious if the DAC in the PMA-600NE would have improved the output from this CD player. With so much being written about DAC technology improving sound I'm wondering if you could hook them up together and compare the sound with and without the DAC built into the amp. Also compare to other inexpensive DACs. This is an issue as the DAC in the amp might make it even more of a bargain than it already seems to be.

I gotta say, i love the shirt

Ha, I've bought relatively cheap (~330 Eur) universal player Yamaha BD-S681, it played even SACD (I've got one!), but it was so lazy and buggy (once it was turning off forever), I returned it and bought Pioneer PD-30AE CD player, very similar to this Denon. Even the remote has similar problems ;-) small pause/play and other basic buttons. I still use the front panel more as I have to be there to put the CD in anyway. So I like this simple CD player concept although I'd love to have some great universal player. I was even considering to buy some for around ~1000 Eur, but then OPPO is gone, Cambridge CXUHD is discontinued, ... it's the same story everywhere. Now I have one box to play CDs, it's quiet, it plays, it's responsive... I like it. Definitely not the thing of the past for me.

A few days ago I bought my first serious subwoofer, of the Polk Audio brand. Afterwards one of salesmen told be I should buy one of those streaming/network players for better quality music. Well, I still prefer CDs because I hate the newer music that's online. Also some of the music I search for isn't streaming online. Japanese anime OST nobody has heard of. Film soundtracks nobody has heard in a long time. Numerous catalogues that probably haven't been converted yet. So when I buy a CD copy, I know it's in my possession and there's a reliable device to play it on. A player like that Denon sounds like it's reliable enough.

Steve I’m sure you get a lot of compliments on your fantastic shirt collection. They deserve a background worthy of the imagination of their designers. Hide your NYC APT clutter

I use my Yamaha Natural Sound DVD C900 as my main CD player only..am i doing wrong or is a DVD player as good as a dedicated CD player.

I listen to my cd's in my DVD player hooked up to speakers and a 50 dollar Sony CD player they sound great

I love CD's :)

Thanks for all your insights and interesting presentations. You mention that this cd player can be used as a transport by means of the optical output. I wonder if that is correct as I understand it, a transport does not have a DAC built in, but relies on an external DAC. The specs on this Denon mention a DAC IC PCM5142, Burr Brown (192kHz/32-Bit). But my question is more on which format/ resolution is outputted to the optic. Is it always 16bit/44kHz regardless of the resolution of the recording/ file on the media? And is the max capabilities of the internal DAC only used to convert to the analog outputs? I have been trying to get my head around this issue and are still looking for a good CD player. I have a LYNGDORF Tdai1120 as my main amp. Did you do a review on this amp? Or is class D's not your cup of tea? Enjoy your videos.

I love CDs I buy all my CDs from a German website because CDs are still highly valued in Europe people like to collect

Nice shirt!!!!!!

I love the sound of CDs I just have one problem with the format, one problem.... I hate when a cd comes in a plastic case. They look terrible, they break easily and they get scratched a lot. When a cd comes in a paper/cardboard or whatever case it is simply an amazing format to have your music. I recently got a bit fed up with being online all the time and returned to CDs and I must say it sounds better than your usual Spotify music.

Found a Sony ES207 for $7 1987 sounds very good.

Yesterday evening I ordered maggot brain funkadelic, black Sabbath black Sabbath and all the witches lightning at the door on CD. Can't wait to hear them uncompressed on my arcam cd player. Thanks for the maggot brain recommendation btw 👍

I currently use my computers DVD player to rip my CDs to FLACs and then stream the files from my PC to a Schiit Multibit DAC and Magi 3 amp and listen to them with my Massdrop HD600X headphones. Given the $299 price for the Denon CD player, will it make a discernible difference or would it be better to first upgradie one of the other items in my system?

Steve, you need to put this up against a Yamaha CD-S300 and the Onkyo C-7030. I believe the 7030 might be at the end of its run, and going up in price. All three are/were $299 and have good reviews on various boards. We need to know - which one is best?

Hola Steve. Tengo ese modelo de reproductor pero nunca entendí por qué cuando inserto los cd's originales no aparecen los nombres de las canciones y el del grupo. Muchas gracias.

No surface noise can be had for a song and dance.

Great video. I just bought this DCD 600NE. But when I load up a perfectly compatible CD the unit just tells me "NO DISC." I also bought the Denon PMA 600NE Amp, that's a gem shame about the VS player.

The only issue I would have is the fixed power cable.

Good morning, i own a denon DVD/HDCD 5000 and i am thinking to sell and buy a newer player dcd600 or 800. What would you suggest? Keep it or sell it? Should i see a significant improvement to the soundstage? Merry xmas Mel

It's almost identical to DCD-720 AE i have , but this one here doesn't have usb port and headphones jack . This one must also have very nice sound if i judge from mine as the specs from both ate the same .

A recent move required multiple trips with trash to the complex dumpster...on one trip there was a CD player sitting on top of 2 boxes of neatly organized CDs. Next trip...player Wass gone BUT the CD's were now IN the dumpster. Go Figure. STEVE - I'd still like to hear an episode about the sound of music in your [well damped] living room vs. the more austere rooms of dealers or even at CNET. (and BTW, your well damped room ain't nothing compared to my mom's upper westside apartment, whew!)

No mentions to how it sounds rings a bell.

What about if I am interested also SACD... What you think is cheap but still good quality to start that. Or is there even..

I play my cd on a cheap chinese made dvd player connected to my pioneer receiver,quality of the music coming out from speaker work just fine.

if connecting to a DAC, is digital coax connection better than Toslink?

My Teac cd record deck broke so I have been playing cd's in my Denon dvd player. Do you think a cd player sounds better through an amp than a dvd player?

Damn, that shirt is badass.

Brought one ,I found audo output to be louder,richer and feeling of 3-D deep.

For me, physical media is where it is at.Records, CDs. Heck, i still have casettes but unfortunately no casette deck.

They can have my Technics SL-P350... when they pry it from my dead fingers, CD is and always will be my favourite format and that player is absolutely astoundingly good for considering it's 31 years old!

Planning to get a Denon DCD 50 because of the smaller size. Physical media 4 life

Music distribution corporations have a vested interest in trying to get rid of CD's. The same thing happened with video gaming. With CD or Vinyl you own your product for as long as it lasts and CD's last pretty much forever. Streaming services require an on going fee which will cost more and more as time goes on. When you create a copy of "your" music from a streaming service you may think you own it but due to security and copyright rules they can change the access codes at any time and you will not be able to play your music. When I started game playing in the 1990's you could buy your game dvd and play it without having to go to any other source for approval. For "security" reason they changed how you could buy their product by creating a gaming platform. From that point on you could never play current games without first accessing the gaming platform and your game dvd would not work without first getting on the platform. If you must have access to the internet to play your music or games you don't own it and will always be paying fees to keep it. I own CD's and stream but CD's and Vinyl are the only guaranteed way to own your music.