| | |  | CD Players | Home » » » » » Denon DCM-290 CD/CD-R/RW 5 Disc Changer | | | | | | | Description: | | Denon DCM-290 CD/CD-R/RW 5 Disc CD Changer | | | Features: | |
• Digital servo laser mechanism
• 24bit/192kHz DACs
• Dual direction carousel rotation
• Optical and coaxial digital outputs
• Headphone jack
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 22.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 19.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 13.89 pounds | | Package Length:
| 21.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 19.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 18.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
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Average Customer Review:
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29 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 denon dcm - 290Dec 05, 2008
By A. Levinson
"Al"
As a long time purchaser of Denon products I would not buy another Denon product. I purchased a Denon DCM - 290 Cd changer. It stopped working after 13 months. I contacted Denon, they said I could send it to one of their authorized repair places, but it would not be repaired free of charge since it was over the one year warranty period. I just received a call from the repair shop. They told me that the disk table and much of the inside had to be replaced and would cost $258 which is more than the $249 I paid for it new. Unfortunately Denon no longer makes reliable products.
31 of 34 found the following review helpful:
 denon dcm-290Feb 03, 2008
By Todd Belden
I'm being critical here- this is a good-sounding player. My critique would be that the sound isn't balanced- it's weighted toward the highs. Not much lows or low mids. Bright-sounding (I'm sensitive to this) but not harsh.
Nice amount of detail- I can understand lyrics on some songs that I never could before (our previous changer was a JVC). Changer is less "clunky" sounding than our JVC.
17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Denon 290 CD PlayerFeb 12, 2009
By Loves Lanikai
"Pat"
This player makes my old Sony look like a clumsy tank. I enjoy it except for one problem. Scratched cds won't play. But they play fine on the boom box in the kitchen! I thought that a garage sale boom box wouldn't be able to read cds better than the Denon, but I was wrong.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Shoddy operation makes this an unattractive choiceApr 11, 2009
By Noca
I haven't been happy with this changer. It's not consistent with Denon's past history as a maker of quality components. The ability to play MP3 CDRW discs is nice. It's also nice to be able to change the other 4 discs while 1 disc continues to play.
However, a few points make this an annoying choice. Firstly, the unit is slow to operate. The disc changing motor is slow. And you cannot cue up multiple "next disc" commands to cycle through the discs, which again makes cycling through your discs slow as you wait for each individual disc.
But even more annoying is that the "Disc Sequential Random Play" operation (listed on page 10 of the manual) doesn't even work! I've spent hours trying to convince Denon's technical support that there's a problem with their firmware, but to no avail. They only insist that it's a problem with my particular unit. This being after they admit that they don't even have a DCM-290 unit at their site to test! Last time I was at Best Buy, I tested the DCM-290 they had on display -- guess what? -- same problem. Basically, this unit has bug in its software, and Denon refuses to fix it. But of course, Denon cheerfully continues to sell it!
So, if you don't mind a slow changer that won't cue commands, and a player that only performs some of the functions listed in its manual... Well, maybe this is the product for you. But if you're truly looking for a quality CD changer, you're better off looking elsewhere.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
They are right -- this thing is unreliableJun 26, 2010
By Dave Schaack
Bought this thing locally, given the bad reviews, figuring that having my local dealer to stand behind it might help. Well, during the first year of operation, it ALMOST worked all the time. I judged that it wasn't worth my time to have the dealer send it back to chase an intermittent problem that DENON would almost certainly deny existed.
I'm now in the second year, and it is getting more unreliable. It just flat refuses find disks and/or tracks unless it is in the right mood. I don't use it much, which is why I haven't done anything about it. I just hate the fact that DENON sells such a flawed product now; why won't they make a reliable unit?
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