Review on 🎶 Compact and Portable CD Player - Philips AX5210: Your Ultimate Music Companion by Flavio Scarola

After about 15 years of use, my Sony Discman (of course a pre-release version) has expired. Although it was expensive when new (the price of my permanent "early adapter"), it now owes me nothing. So the time to "look for a replacement” is long gone. It wasn't long before I picked up this Philips AX5210 CD player (matt chrome with dark blue trim; also available in matte chrome with red trim). like the CD player Philips AX5211). The Philips player is particularly beautiful and slim, barely larger than a CD and as thick as a CD case on my desk. and my Cambridge MegaWorks 210D self-powered speakers and my Bose TriPort headphones (both reviewed elsewhere in Revain). The player has some functional and ergonomic advantages, as well as a few minor disadvantages. Controls to start, index, pause, and stop the player are conveniently located on the top panel, which also includes a full-time display (which the old Discman didn't have). The headphone volume control is conveniently located on the front of the player, as is the headphone and/or speaker output jack. But the latch to open the lid is a little inconvenient, and there's only one output jack, requiring a Y-connector if you need to output both headphones and speakers. "In the box" (in one of the most infernal blister packs I've ever seen) the player doesn't include a power adapter, which requires an additional cost of seven to eight dollars for a "universal" power adapter. But it includes two battery covers that allow you to use AA or AAA batteries (in pairs) if you're so inclined. The functional principle is new to me and is certainly due to the fact that the player was designed and built to be worn during sports. -loads the signal into the memory buffer. The player spins the CD for about 30 seconds and then pauses the CD while playing the buffered signal for about 20 seconds. This start-stop motion undoubtedly extends battery life (not an issue for me) while eliminating false tracking due to body movement when carrying the player. Fascinating to say the least. I find this player to be excellent in performance (and style and a bit "busy"), although I had to add the additional expense of a Y-connector and power supply. to reflect the use I put the player to. Those who only use headphones and batteries will not have such problems. Bob Zeidler