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.

I Have brought denon products before and they have always worked great, this product is of the same high standard as allways.

Outstanding product!! Well made and performace is as it should be for Denon. I buy Denon because I want a quality product that will last. They do cost more but the reason why is quality and performance. You want Sony then buy Sony. Denon is up there top of line products. All I have is Denon in my sound system now. I'll buy Denon again if this ever goes bad.

Michael

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.

This model is a real Denon, not the jerkit city model the DCM 27 is??? The DCM 290 is a great product!