Title: ESP distorts high frequenices!
Product review: The new technology of powersaving 45-sec ESP Philips has come up in their CD-players is also the bane of their AZ9*** models.The ESP actually distorts the high frequencies! I played Christina Aguilera's "Genie In a Bottle" and right at the starting part of the song, you could already hear the highly distorted sounds. Of course, these sounds are not present when I disabled the ESP. It is a nuisance that I have to disable the ESP everytime I start the player. (The player, surprisingly, is able to take quite a bit of shock even if ESP is off)For the sound quality (ESP off), the bass enhancement is good (2 steps), however, the treble seemed a bit lacking. Panasonic CD players seemed to have a brighter sound with their more acute treble sounds. The max volume output was also too soft.Therefore, this model and similar models (AZ 9***) are not recommended if you want good and consistent sound quality.
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