Sony MegaStorage CDP-CX455 400-Disc CD Changer

The Bottom Line: The ONLY surviving 400-disc model specifically for music (not video). Before it's discontinued, buy (and link) TWO of these! Better still, control your changers via your computer! (See how below.)

Review: Prefatory note: If you own the CDP-CX455 (or virtually any model of Sony changer) and don't already have your changer(s) connected to your computer, smarten up by reading my review of the "TitleTrack" software:
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The Bottom Line: I would easily recommend this unit to anyone looking for a large changer.

Review:

I like many was attracted to this product for the main reason of managing my growing CD collection. My wife and I had about 500 CD's at the time, and I was sick of CD jewel cases all over our family room. When comparing the Sony 300...

The Bottom Line: Do not buy this model unless you do not need the ability to assign artist names to your music. Look for earlier models of this player (CX-400 and CX-450) instead.

Review: You can read my original rating/review for this unit after this update. UPDATE: The CX455 has a design flaw that results in scrambling of artist name assignments which make this function unusable. I've had two of the CX455's, from different vendors,...

The Bottom Line: Excellent in what it sets out to do. It does everything its set out to do, and does it very well.

Review: I swore I would never do 2 things: (a) buy a piece of audio hardware that did not have discrete codes; and (b) buy another Sony product.

Why? Well first, a good measure of whether a piece of equipment has been properly thought out can be...

The Bottom Line: This product is a 400 disc version of a 5-disc CD changer, rather than the CD-collection organizing database, container and player it really should be.

Review: I bought this unit assuming that its software would be at least as sophisticated as my two-year old mobile phone. It's not.

The entire point of this product should be to give someone with a large CD collection a way to organize it, and to...

The Bottom Line: I recommend this to the average stereo user. Four hundred CDs is just like a bar room juke box, and it doesn't cost you a quarter a piece.

Review: I write this not as an audiophile, but someone who appreciates that the technology for a 'home juke box' is available at a reasonable price and does NOT have all of the bells and whistles to obfuscate my ability to sit back and listen to music.
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The Bottom Line: Without touching, cleaning or re-shelving my CD's ever again, up to 400 of them are ready to play at the touch of a few buttons.

Review: It had gotten to the point where I rarely (if ever) even bothered playing my CD's any
more. Don't get me wrong, I love music, I love it a lot, but when hanging around the
house it was decidedly easier just to switch on one of the music...

The Bottom Line: "Sony Quality" is beginning to sound like an oxymoron. Fooled me once, shame on you, fooled me twice, shame on me. I expect a sealed box to contain perfect product.

Review: My search for a CD changer took me to many retailers. Radio Shack had a house-brand that looked a lot like a Pioneer. Circuit City had Sony, and a CX-355 out-of-box special that caught my eye. A week later, it was skipping, badly. Back to the store...

The Bottom Line: Avoid this unit.

Review: I bought this unit because I'm throwing a party. I wanted my guests to be able to pick songs similar to the way people pick songs on a juke box. This unit doesn't allow that! The unit is also very large and won't fit in most A/V racks. Because the...

The Bottom Line: I would recommend the CDP CD455 to those individuals who have a huge library of CDs, and are tired of swapping CDs in their 1, 3 or 5 Disc changers.

Review: I personally like Sony, I have had several components over the years, and I have never had a problem with any of them. The trend with the components that I have is that I want to get the latest technology, and the older components don't cut it... so...