Sony CDP-XE520

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General

  • Manufacturer: Sony
  • Model: CDP-XE 520
  • Type: CD-Player
  • Years of manufacture: 1999 - 2000
  • Made in: Japan and Hungary (Silver model)
  • Colour: Silver, Black
  • Remote control: Sony RM-DX 50, Similar and compatible: RM-DX740, RM-D420
  • Power consumption: 11 W
  • Dimensions: 430 x 95 x 290 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 3,2 kg
  • Original price: approx. 350 DM


Connections

Inputs Number of inputs: 1: Control A1 II (Sony control system) Outputs

  • Number of outputs: 3

Analogue output (RCA) Cinch Digital output: optical (Toslink)

  • Headphone output (gold plated)
  • Control A1 II (Sony control system)


Specifications

  • D/A converter (type) H-Pulse Digital Deemphasis
  • Frequency response: 2-20,000 Hz at ±0.5 dB
  • Dynamic range: >98 dB
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: ≤100 dB
  • Distortion factor: <0,0045 % (entspricht harmonische Verzerrungen)
  • Kanaltrennung: >95 dB
  • CD Text: yes, Sony CD, also ITunes
  • MP3 support: no
  • Pitch Control: no
  • Automatic playback: yes
  • Shuffle (random generator): yes (unit and remote control)
  • Title programming: yes (unit and remote control) 24 titles
  • Repeat: yes (title / whole CD / shuffle / programming)
  • Playback formats: CD, CD-R, CD-RW
  • Further data at "Hifi-Engine": [1]


Special Features

  • Peak level search (Peak Search)
  • Music Scan - specific location playable for 10 & >10 sec.
  • Jog Dial™ - easy to set and skip forward a track with rotary wheel.
  • Music Calendar 20 tracks visible
  • Edit: time functions for overdubbing
  • Fader
  • Headphone output (not adjustable, but output level controllable via remote).
  • Digital output (optical)
  • Provides CD text (CD total, each track) on Sony CD as well as Sony affiliated providers and some burned formats (Itunes).


Notes


Pictures

  • Image: Sony CDP-XE520

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Reviews

Stiftung Warentest 6/1999: Test mark good, 2,0. (Sound quality: very good, error correction: good, handling: satisfactory, environmental characteristics: good. Also in the yearbook of the St. Warentest 2000, p.48-49.


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