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I was influenced into buying this CD Player by my previous experience with a Kenwood XD-951 Stereo Set, which I currently own. The difference between the DPC-X507 and the DPC-X602 is that the 507 models do not include the car ac adapter or the car cassette adapter. Both CD Players are the same. The Portable CD Player first appealed to me with the design, very small and neat...along with the bright silver finish. My cousin was amazed by the excellent sound quality as opposed to other CD Players. He actually thought that the Bass Boost feature was on when it was really off. Playtime with batteries is very long. The CD Player carries an internal capacity of 2-4 batteries, 2 as a main charge and the other 2 as a sub charge. This extends playtime to 25hrs. It also features a 10/40 Second selectable Digital anti-skip. I hardly use the anti-skip anyway because the CD Player hardly skips and if I do use the anti-skip, it's only the 10 sec one. It has an extended 32 programmable track memory. The line out jack features tremendous volume as opposed to a Panasonic XBS, which it was compared to. The only problem was that the Headphones were a bit weak for the Bass Boost. Other features are the Audible Fast Forward/Fast Reverse, Auto Power-Off, Function Hold Key, Random Play: with Lockout, Repeat Play: Track, Disc or Program, an 8 times Oversampling digital filter and a Dual 1-bit Digital to Analog Converter. I would recommend this CD Player or any other Kenwood CD Player for that matter to anyone. If you have any more questions or queries, you're free to email me.

I had a CD player stolen and my dad went to get a new one. He came back with this one. It is a very durable CD player! My friend dropped it down 3 cement steps and it is fine! It has been dropped on the ground alot! It has great sound and works fine. Of course if you are a jogger, I wouldn't recommend this to you. It has 40 second anti-skip, meaning it takes 40 seconds for the anti-skip to start. When it starts, it is great though! I recommend it.

The Kenwood cd player listed here is great but Sonys g-protection cd player is still better. this doesnt skip much but sonys does not at all so buy sonys

This cd player is ok, but for the money it is not. First of all just because it has 40 sec. anti-skip protection does not mean it is good. It has anti-skip MEMORY, not protection. What is bad about memory is if it is set to 40 sec, it takes 40 sec for the protection to be full. If it is shook at 5 seconds after it is set, it skips. That can really become annoying. If you also skip to another song, the skip memory starts from 0 then works it's way to 40 sec of protection. Other than that it is ok. It is quite big compared to other CD players. One other thing, it does not play CD-Rs or CD-RWs with the same quality of music as a regular cd. Also the skip protection does not work at all if a CD-R or a CD-RW is played. One plus is the headphones, they are good and comfortable. The other good thing about this player is that it also looks cool. Thanks for reading.

After I've examined it a little more, I decided to write this review with my other thoughts. In the first review done by me below I mentioned that the headphones were a bit weak for the Bass Boost. It turned out that they were actually much more powerful than others. I used the Discman with an Aiwa Headphone that was much larger and stronger in Wattage. I turned on the Bass Boost expecting to hear superb sound quality but was horrified at the scramble of the sound and rattling of the headphone speakers. The line out, I had mentioned had a very high volume as opposed to a Panasonic XBS, but the Discman also possesses very high quality from the Line Out especially when it comes to treble. (This was done with a Kenwood KRC-204 car Stereo) As I find out more about this marvelous CD Player, I will keep on writing more reviews. I assure you that this is a great CD Player leading into the New Millenium...