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CDP with minimal controls on front panel

Greeting everyone and Happy Holidays.

For this Holiday season I have treated myself to a Pioneer Elite PD-D9 J SACD/CD Player. One thing I noticed about it is that on the front panel it is very minimalist IMO. There is only a power, play/stop and eject button. I guess I'm just surprised by this because I've really only seen something like this on REALLY inexpensive players. Normally lots of CDPs from other manufacturers have track control buttons to advance or go back to the previous tracks or a pause button. I guess I better not loose the remote. ;)

PD-D9

Has anyone encountered this before where a CDP or any type of player they have doesn't have many control buttons? Is there any kind of sonic benefit to this kind of design or this just normally done for aesthetics?

I tried looking in the archives but I couldn't find a thread like this pertaining to CDPs.

Thanks in advance.
jedinite24
mceljo
1,357 posts
 
The Elite units also have the ability to shut off the digital display and other unnecessary digial circuits for improved sound. I can't say that I've ever heard a difference, but I do leave it in pure audio mode. For me it was a good indication that the engineers were working to optimize the design.
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tom6897
1,484 posts
 
The Lector 0.6t twin tube cd player has only two buttons.
One for open/close and one for play. That's it. There is one power switch. Everything else you need is found on the remote, so yes you need to keep track of the remote or program a universal to accept the most common commands.
jrinkerptdnet
430 posts
 
Accustic Arts players - 1 knob for standby/operate, 1 knob for forward/reverse, 1 button for play, 1 button for stop

FANTASTIC sounding unit
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
Bel Canto CD2 has only one rotary knob on faceplate. Don't lose the remote. Almost makes you wonder why there are any controls at all on the unit.
extremephono
123 posts
 
The Nuforce CDP-8 has NO BUTTON at all. Just a touch strip and would be completely stealth if you get the black on.
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