[Jack Joyce]

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I have been listening to a Sony Xplod 10 disc changer for a few years by now and (believe it or not) it hasn't skipped even once. I deliberately got the model that plays mp3-encoded cds (as well as standard cds) because of the large solid-state buffer that's part of that model. The large buffer loads ahead of playing, so you're almost never hearing the signal as it's coming off the disk, always from the buffer which can't skip. There's the bonus possibility of making CDs with about 10 CD contents, if you wan to cary around a lifetime's worth of music, but I almost never do that . . .

I replaced a Pioneer 6 disc unit because it skipped way too often and took all the pleasure out of listening to music for me. The Pioneer operates without skipping in my wife's Miata (not a particularly smooth car), so the Goldwing must have been a harsh environment.

I have the Sony rigidly mounted horizontally in the trunk rather than a sidebag. It's a great unit.

Jack

 

[Jack Joyce]

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I'm convinced it's the read-ahead buffer that permits it to work so well. I just can't imagine a CD player (or hard drive based player, for that matter) NOT skipping in that environment.

I think that a larger buffer is a feature associated with the capability to read mp3s from disks, and it's possible that other manufacurers' unit will perform as well, as long as they offer the same feature. My only good experience has been with the Sony, though.

Jack