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Sony SCD-XA5400ES owners question

I just purchased a Sony SCD-XA5400ES SACD/CD player. It replaces a Sony SCD-XA777ES unit. I want to ask any other owners out there about the round track control knob of the right side of the player. On my older Sony the control knob operates with very definite click detents in forward or reverse, but the 5400 knob feels very indistinct, with almost no click detent feel (especially advancing tracks), making manual track selection using the knob rather difficult at best. Do I have a defective control knob on my 5400, or do they all operate with a rather mushy feel?
Thanks any and all for your kind input.

BTW- the 5400 is an extraordinary CD and SACD player...if you are not an owner I give it my highest recommendation; do give one a listen if you have the chance!
bobup1998
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dbphd
1,631 posts
 
I never use the control for selecting tracks, but I just rotated the knob without turning the unit on and noticed subtle but definite detents. As an aside, the 5400ES is very responsive to the Logitech Harmony One universal remote I use, much more so than the DVP-S900ES it replaced. Perhaps it was the download to accommodate the new unit. The sound quality of the 5400ES really is grand. I prefer analog XLR for both CDs and SACDs with the 5400ES, whereas I preferred digital coax to my Proceed PDSD for CDs with the 9000ES.

db
chayro
3,001 posts
 
You are right - the detents feel a bit cheezy compared to the XA9000. But it works fine.
hififile
236 posts
 
The control does 'not' have definite click detents. However the operation is smooth and positive. I use the remote 99% of the time which is excellent. This is without question the best SACD/CD player I have owned and I have had many.
coxhaus
231 posts
 
Are most people running the SCD-XA5400ES single ended or balanced? Is the unit fully balanced. Mine is real new and I am trying to sort it out but it seems to sound better single ended. I don't have matching cables both XLR and RCA. I have the unit connected both balanced and single at the same time. Would this have effect the Sony unit on the sound?
coxhaus
231 posts
 
I forgot to add the balanced output seems to be at the same level as the RCA connect. Usually XLR is a lot higher.
It is strange.
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