Tag : sony cdx, player with, mp3 playback, gt200 cd

Company : Sony List Price : Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• 17 Watts RMS/52 Peak X 4 Channels
• Mp3s, CDs, CD-Rs, And CD-RW Discs Playback
• Wireless Remote
• Detachable Faceplate

Product Description

Sony’s worldwide reputation for creating unique, attractive, high-quality, advanced technology products rests on a long line of innovations embraced by people from all walks of life. With a diverse product lineup serving a variety of lifestyles and industries, Sony continuously strives to introduce new products and technologies to meet changing market needs.PRODUCT FEATURES:Front Panel Aux In;Detachable Faceplate;MP3 Playback;CD/CD-R/CD-RW;ATRAC3 plus/Connect Ready;Rear/Sub Selectable Preout w/LPF;WMA Playback;52W x 4 High Power;Blue 13 Segment Negative LCD, Clock;Repeat 1/2, Shuffle Play;BTM (Best Tuning Memory);8fs, 1-Bit D/A Converter;EQ3;Drive-S with 120dB S/N Ratio;SSIR-EXA tuner, 18FM & 12AM presets;Red key illumination.

Customer reviews

Excellent Value
I am fairly discerning music listener though by no means am I a car audiophile. I also tend to avoid Sony products as I find that the company is unable to offer any degree of consistent quality. I purchased the GT200 for my 26 year old Volvo and connected it to some basic, but new, Panasonic speakers (two - 4″ and two - 6″). I am thoroughly impressed with the Sony GT200. It is fairly simple to install and to operate and truly a pleasure to listen to. The remote control is useful if you have a 10 year old in the back seat and you can handle rapid-fire channel surfing through the pop stations; I advise you get a magnet to store the remote somewhere in the car before it ends up under the rear seat. The radio reception has been exceptional. For the price I would highly recommend this machine.

The only negative comment that I can offer is that LED display is irritating though not as garish as some that I’ve seem. I wish that the manufactures would allow for a more tasteful display though perhaps the machine’s programming allows for this. I am a male and true to my stereotype I have yet to have read the instructions.

BUY THIS IF YOU OWN AN IPOD!
I predicted a 2 1/2 years ago that after the masses get their ipods, every car stereo deck would have a miniplug line-in within the next year. Boy was I wrong. There are currently $100 adapters, crappy radio transmitters, tape inputs and more workarounds I care not to think about. What in god’s name are they all thinking? I have no idea, but all they need to do is put a miniplug line-in on the front of the deck or include an RCA line-in. After doing this you will laugh at those that use the aforementioned means of transmission with your newfound sound quality.

Enter Sony(also Aiwa I think, maybe others)

Buy this $100 Sony or comparable unit and buy a mini plug cord with 2 mail ends at Radio Shack for $4. Plug your ipod into one end and the onther end goes into the front of the deck and voila! You’ve just increased sound quality by about a 3-4x!

HIGHS: price/value ratio, good ipod sound(miniplug input SOOO much better than radio transmitter), sub vol control, rotary volume control, looks good, 3 EQs, good power

LOWS: sound quality could be cleaner, skip/search buttons could be a little bigger/better

SPEAKING TO PREVIOUS NEGATIVE POSTS:

1. The bass IS controllabe via 3 band equallizer(its not labelled BASS so don’t look for the bass button)What the poster failed to realize is that LOW MED and HIGH represent various frequency ranges. LOW = Bass so I recommend that guy turn up the LOW setting.

2. In car audio, many times you are running a lot of powered metal wires over a metal body near other powered metal wires. This can lead to INTERFERANCE. Try rerouting, rewiring, checking your components, etc, I seriously doubt its the deck. In his defense, the mfg of car audio didn’t make it the easiest to wire our new toys, did they?

3. I’m not a schill for Sony I actually don’t like some of their practices, its just a good value for the money.

Very Disappointed…
For some reason, this was the only CD player that my insurance company would cover after the CD player (which was a Pioneer) was stolen from my car. To be honest, the performance is awful. The songs sound muddy. There are separation problems, not only within frequency group, but between them. All preset EQs make the speakers sound like they’re in a box, and using the manual setting doesn’t fair much better. It plays a lot of CDs with a low frequency hum, and while my iPod fairs better (because it has an internal EQ) everything that comes out of the system sounds flat. In fact, it sounds like the CD player is unable to handle a great number of low and high range frequencies, and compresses them so much towards the middle that it actually causes crackling. I’m taking this back to the garage that installed it, and if they won’t put in something better, I’m asking for my money back. As far as I’m concerned, this is junk!

No Bass controls
There are no control to adjust Bass. I am not impressed. I am a sony guy and got fooled with this. My recommendation is not to buy this.

Looks great feels better
I have wanted a nice stereo for a while, I did some shopping around and comparing. I found that for the money, Sony Xplod setups are nice and sweet. I have this stereo in my car, followed by a Xplod 500w 4/3 amp, and I push two 12″ bazooka subs hard. The sound quality is awsome, $4$ this stereo can compare to Pioneer or Pyramid when it comes to sound quality. But if you are looking for a good deck, that will play whatever you throw at it, and your a father of 3 on a budget, this one is perfect. Bravo Sony!