Sony SCD-XB 940

Description: Manufacturer: Sony / Remote Control / Headphone-Out / Digital-Out: Optical/Coaxial.

Newest Review: ... itself has only the most basic set of controls (play/stop/pause/eject and a track select jog wheel) everything else is on the ... more

... remote - including the SACD / CD selector - I think Sony have slipped up a bit here. The deck defaults to the last played media type so a dual layer SACD will play the CD tracks if a CD was the last disk played - unless you tell it to play as an SACD - Surely if anyone loads an SACD into an SACD player they expect it to play as an SACD! The 940 is an easy machine to live with. It's sound is fairly natural and neutral so it may not appeal to everyone but I have no problem listening to it for extended periods. ...more

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Sony SCD-XB 940: Sony "budget" SACD player (561 words)
by - written on 08/02/01 (Very useful, 4218 readings)
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I've been using the Sony XB 940 for about 6 months now which has given it plenty of time to settle down. Playing CD's the machine gives a fairly refined version of the typical Sony sound. Base is powerful but controled, mid range is good but the top end "could try harder" The overall balance is both involving and easy to live with. It's not a sound which stands out in a 5 minute audition. It doesn't have the same "by the throat" sound of some of the Marantz or Arcam decks but in a longer listening session its strengths easily see off the opposition. It doesn't provide the same level of detail as a top end machine but I would ... Read the complete review