kenwood dmc-m55 review

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Value for Money	8/10
Overall rating	8/10

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By Aldus Wong. on 6th Nov 2002

Aldus Wong.'s Ratings

Sound Quality	8/10
Value for money	8/10
Overall value	8/10
Aldus Wong.'s recommendation

Good Points

Awesome economy power consumtion,
Powerful sound quality,
Slim design,
modern looking and full functional remote control,
Metallic case,
Come with recharable battary and charger,
LP4 playback available. Can play up to 320 mins of music in one MD.

Bad Points

Doesn't include a protective softcase,
high tone is not as clear as Sony,
ear plug isn't comfortable when listening for more than 2 hours.

General Comments

I have wanted a portable MD player for a long time. Two years ago, I bought this Kenwood DMC-M55 from Hong Kong. This is a Japanese internal version. It is supposedly only aviliable in Japan. Therefore, the battery charger is 100V AC. But using it in Canada is still OK. It cost $220 Canadian.

Power Economy
1 AA battery can last at least 20 hours playing continutely in normal mode and 54 hours in LP4 mode. If we use 1 AA battery with the recharable battary together, it can last 60 hours in normal mode and 100 hours in LP4 mode. This is one of the reason I buy it. In fact, I didn't charge more than 5 times in two years. This is 'coz even when it starts to indicate it is low battery, it can still play at least 10 MDs completely. It is awesomely economical with power.

Sound Quality
Clear human voice. Bass is enough, even on a bus.
The person next to you will not hear what you are listening while you are enjoying Rock n'roll. The Headphone has good quality for sealing sound. However, Sony has a better hi tone than this one. This speaker's high tone is a bit blurry - not clear enough. Besides, it has 40 sec buffer in normal mode and 120sec (more than a minute) buffer in LP4 mode. It basically won't skip, even when you wear it to run or even horse racing.

Build Quality
Overall feeling is that is quite fagile but so far it is ok. Most likely because it is made from metal. However, you are better to handle with care. I bought a soft case to carry it so it works perfectly. Earplugs are also good. But I felt uncomfortable with it when I listen for more than 2 hours continuously.

Conclusion
It is a good quality and power economy MD player. It also comes with good sound quality. I recommwend it and it's next model.

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