Sony D-FJ61 + Tuner Review

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Sony D-FJ61 + Tuner
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torquemaniac's Review of Sony D-FJ61 + Tuner Portable CD Player

3rd Sep 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    5 stars
  • Time CD Player Owned
    1 - 6 Months
  • Battery Life
    5 stars
Good Points

Won't skip, awesome AM/FM tuner, unbelievable battery life, indestructible, line out for headphone amp, three stage loudness contour, 25 presets on tuner, button lockout, independent volume control.


Bad Points

Batteries fall out when you drop it from 3 feet or more. Easily solved with a small piece of electrical tape.


General Comments

Words are failing me. The Sony D-FJ61 is probably the best audio product I've ever had the pleasure of owning.

It is indestructible - I dropped it on purpose from shoulder height onto hardwood floors while playing a CD - twice (after reading reviews of it's durability, figured I'd try it out while the warrantee was good). First time, nothing. Second time the battery door opened and the batteries fell out. That was the absolute worst damage - I had to re-program the tuner presets and it forgot where to restart on the CD (did I mention that it remembers *exactly* where it was playing on the CD when you switch to tuner or turn it off?).

Since then I've dropped it a couple more times - only when I wasn't using the included wrist strap - with no damage whatsoever. The unit is so compact it will fit in your front jeans pocket - the volume button is situated where you can position it to face up when in your pocket making it's really easy to adjust the volume.

Get yourself a pair of Sony MDR-EX71SL earbud headphones & a Headroom headphone amplifier (Google It!) and you'll have the last portable stereo system you'll ever need!

One more thing - you'll never have to remove the batteries if you use NiMh (2 'AA') and charge them with the included AC/DC converter - which can also be used to power the unit while in use domestically.

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