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Technics CD Player Review - SL-MC7 110+1 CD Changer
CD Players
The Technics SL-MC7 is a CD megachanger with dignity. It stores 110 discs behind an icy blue display readout and see-through panel, yet it's smaller than a lot of carousel changers that handle only a fraction of the albums.
Accessing your CD collection requires no more effort than flipping down the front panel. There, the discs, loaded in slots, can be played in any order you choose and even categorized according to musical genre.

The single-play slot (that's where the 110 "+1" designation comes from) allows a quick listen to a new or borrowed album without having to remove a disc from your library.

Newcomers to the megascene might wonder how people keep track of which disc is in which slot. There are two ways. The old-fashioned way is to use the enclosed portfolio, a sort of mini-photo album, to store the CD jackets in numerical order. The digital way is a function called CD Text, which reads information off compatible discs (and that's most new CDs) and automatically displays the album title, artist, and songs. When discs offer no such information, it's back to a little old-fashioned work--inputting information manually using the telephone-type keypad on the front panel or remote control.

The rear panel is outfitted with an optical digital output, so your albums can be transferred to another digital format like minidisc or integrated with your surround receiver.

Will the SL-MC7 hold enough music for you? An average compact disc is 60 minutes long. That's 110 hours of music. Is that mega enough?



Technics CD Player Technical Specification - SL-MC7 110+1 CD
Disc capacity: 110 + 1
Changer type: Front loading in-line
CD-R: Yes
HDCD decoding: No
Group filing: Yes
Time display: Yes
Intro scan: Yes
Play exchange: Yes
CD Text: Yes
Repeat play: All, disc
Random/shuffle disc play: Yes
CD programming: Yes/32 tracks
Pitch adjust: No
A-B repeat: No
Direct disc access: Yes
Remote control type: Full-function, push-button
Megachanger control: No
Remote component linking: No
Coaxial digital-audio outputs: No
Optical digital-audio outputs: Yes
Analog-audio stereo outputs: 1 pair
Headphone jack: No
Headphone volume control: N/A
Variable output: No
Digital-to-analog audio converter: 1-bit
Peak search: No
Signal-to-noise ratio (playback): 100 dB
CD dynamic range: 92 dB
Power consumption: 11 watts
Width: 16.30 inches
Height: 6.70 inches
Depth: 15.50 inches
Weight: 15.60 pounds
Warranty, parts: 1 year
Warranty, labor: 1 year