Sony CDX MP 70

My choice was based on the modern ergonomics of this unit - bye bye tacky kenwood and boring blaupunkt! I ordered the unit from mcs-direct and a day or two later a lovely brand new product arrived. Wow, its even got a remote control handset! Quick to install thanks to ISO connectors - wow, nice backlit display! I compiled an MP3 CD-RW and played it - great sound and you can FF and RW in tracks. The DSO spatializer and EQ work well in practive and there is plenty of power to drive the speakers. Detachable front panel is easy to attach/detach. For the techies - I haven't found a way to playback MP2 (Mpeg1 layer2 audio) files on this unit. I think some ...  Read the complete review

I bought this car receiver only a few months after it was first released. Retail price was $499.99. Normally I would never pay this much as a much cheaper stereo would suffice for most people. I do work at a major electronics store so I got a nice hefty discount. To sum it up if you have to save up or spend an entire paycheck or two just to buy this unit don't bother, spend less! I am very happy so far with the cd player though. It has a nice motorized faceplate and a tray loading mechanism (similar to a computer cd drive). I find it easy to change a cd and still keep my eyes on the road, the tray is lighted so you can see where you need to center the cd ...  Read the complete review

I recently wanted to upgrade the bog standard radio cassette that came as standard with my car for a CD player, which would also play Mp3's as I often travel long distances and I hate having to chance CD's every 45-50 minutes. I knew my budget, and went off on the hunt for what I wanted, and I came back with this model, and I am so sorry if my technical expertise does not do this model justice, but I am sure that the features which were important for me, will also be the same features which will attract many readers and potential buyers. The first thing that struck me was just how attractive the head unit is. It has a chrome finish, and the screen can be ...  Read the complete review

I recently purchased a new car and decided to invest in a nice sound system for the car. After many hours of searching I decided to purchase the Sony CDX-MP70 head unit. Why the CDX-MP70? My first requirement was an MP3 head unit as the MP3 format is far more effective than normal WAVE format used on standard audio CDs. The reason for this is simply the size of the audio files on the CD. On a standard audio CD you will fit around 18 tracks but if you copy a CD in MP3 format you will typically fit around 120 average lengthed tracks on the CD because of the high compression which the MP3 format employs (Basically done by removing frequencies which are ...  Read the complete review