SONY CDX5500( AKA 5800 in some other parts of world...) (Sony Xplod CDX F5500)

Member Name: spuranik

Product:	Sony Xplod CDX F5500
Date:	04/10/05 (2502 review reads)
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Advantages: Value for Money...

Disadvantages: Not really.....

After purchasing of New or Old car normally Accessories hunt starts from a Car tape
We have different opinions for the car tapes.
Friend A will say Buy a Sony and get Alpine Speakers Great effect!!!!
Friend B will shout Sony is Hopeless,take Pioneer Pioneer is wonderful....

And the list goes on with various permutations and combinations .But take you pick
I thought of following companies.
1. Sony-Good right from its Name
2. Pioneer-Good but looks are no no(Atleast for me)
3. Kenwood-Too many cars have this... so No novelty value!
4. Blaupunkt-Very good but no VCD player is available..Only one DVD player model which is out of my scope and was not my requirement)


Some Guideline for purchasing your Dhhang ching Dhikang MOOZIK SHHYSTEEM (I call it as DCDMS technology. Patented by me right from its birth folks !

1. Keep your ears wide open.Do not listen to only dealer.They will sell you any product which is lying in their godown. Go for latest always.Now,in modern days,everything is proven.So, do not get entagled in PROVEN TECHNOLOGIES .You may get OLD box for proven technology.So, Beware.

2. Keep the volume minimum and try to get minute details from the song. and yes.. one more thing..keep original Soundtrack CD(Not MP3 WAV file CD).This will give you exact clarity.

3. Big sound doesn t necessarily mean a large output. This is a trick of any sales person to fool you. (How to check this Go to any dealer and tell them abt your purchase,what these people will promptly do is to increase the volume to its fullest and will say’’ see sir,no distortion at all at such large volume’’...90% times you will come acrooss such situation if you want to buy any Audio system)
Listen to the song on the same normal volume level which you normally use. You will get a good system.

4. If you are buying from Grey market,try to bargain as much as possible because it comes at very dirt cheap rates to dealer.Get maximum chunk of benefit from him.Also,get written warranty from him.Be very strict in putting your warranty terms.

After lot of technicalities and Woofer, Tweeter terminologies , I purchased In Dash Sony VCD player.....
For all techie gurus in Audio here are the specs.
<CDX-V5500 >
- 1-Disc-VCD Changer
- VCD/CD/CD-R/CD-RW Playback
- MP3 Playback with ID3Tag v1.1
- S-MOSFET Output Power: 52W x 4
- Pre Out x 2 (Front + Rear Sub Switchable)
- Aux-In
- EQ3 (3-Band Equalizer/7 Modes)
- DSO (Dynamic Soundstage Organizer)
- ESP (Electronic Shock Protection)
- Karaoke Function
- 1-Video Output (PAL/NTSC)
- RM-X138-Wireless Card Commander (Incl.)

XS-GT6937X Speakers

- 350W-Peak Power
- 100W-Rated Power
- 28Hz-28kHz-Frequency Response
- 93dB/W/m-Sensitivity
- HOP Cone
Now for all.....the sound quality matters So here is my personal experience.

1. At low volumes,it is really good and bass quality is excellent.
2. At high volumes, I found the speakers can handle the show but if you use original CDs then the quality improves dramatically.
3. I suggest you to fit the Rear speakers by using some rubber packing at the back.The speaker vibrate sometimes if the fitting is poor and gives you bad sound of an additional frequeny trrrrrrrrrr...It is a rattling sound &#61514; and can be very annoying sometimes
4. Everything is almost perfect.
5. I don't like the DSO effect,it unnecessarily increases treble in music. But all 5 Presets are very good. Explode preset is awesome. Try it !!
6. You may fit Additional woofer in your Ikons,Indigos.For me it is more than enough.
7. Rotary Knob for volume and not press buttons like Kenwood and Pioneer.Excellent feature!

Overall Sony CDX 5500 is a good package ..

Get JVC TFT monitor instead of Necovox or Daewoo for LCD monitor .
Excellent and rich color reproduction. I enjoy watching the movies while travelling (When I am not in Driver s seat !! otherwise there will not be next show! )


Hope you enjoyed my review.....

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