Sony Mobile ES CDX-C90

Price Paid:  $650.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2001

Summary:
I always love it when someone asks "what kind of head unit do you have?". Knowing they have not experenced the ultimate sq that comes from the c90 breaks my heart. When i first grabbed this unit going from a c8825 or somthing like that, I notice a differance HUGH! The clearidy and accraucy was awesome. Then i hooked up my xdp-4000 and holy beep! This product is not to be taken lightly, this is a seriously wicked deck.

Strengths:
a-1 sound, very easy to use. The hardest thing for me to figure out was setting the time lol. great for competitions. Clean look not to flashy.

Weaknesses:
Can't really see the display to well in the sunlight. When using the xdp-4000 you need to run at least three amps,because of the rca out puts

Similar Products Used:
nothing that comes close to this

Price Paid:  $500.00 from Ebay

Year / Model Reviewed:
 CDX-C90 Mobile ES CD Tuner

Summary:
Sony has really outdone thereselves this time..... The C90 is an outstanding piece. The unit is a excellent upgrade from my CDX-C910. The display is well laid out, I like the fact that the clock, disc/track names and info can be read at once. It can be a challenge to read in direct sunlight though. The angle adjustment helps a little. My 2 gripes are the fact that the display seems to be temperature sensitive, changes color when its hot. The other is the fact that Sony made the digital out a coaxial instead of TOSlink. There's no excuse for this, so you have to go out and buy an XA-D210/211 adapter. This should have come with the unit, the bracket for it does!!?!!?! Anyway, the fact that it can display CD Text is a plus, and it can display up to 10 tracks/discs/md's that are either loaded in the changers or in the unit. I have the unit connected to a XDP-210EQ dsp/crossover/eq unit, XA-U40D digital multi-changer selector and a MDX-65 MD changer.

Strengths:
Very informative display, CD Text, sound quality.

Weaknesses:
Display temperature, no optical adapter included.

Similar Products Used:
Sony CDX-C910 Sony CDX-C490

Price Paid:  $900.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 cdx c90

Summary:
what an amazing piece of technology with the optical output in use with the 210eq eneything is possible, i sent my old C910 back for repairs several times and wrote them a letter of complaint and suddenly the c90 shows up whoa!

Strengths:
sound quality u can do anything, with or without the processor it sound great the abilty to shut the display off when driveing at night is cool too

Weaknesses:
the display during the day is a little hard to see but u can adjust the angle to compinsate that, also once in a while the unit will stop and restart but not very often.

Similar Products Used:
the c910, and my first deck pioneer deh p545 no comparison

Price Paid:  $685.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 2000

Summary:
well, 3 weeks ago, ive bought an jvc kd sh77, but he had some problems and my salesman had this sony, with 3 months of use, to sell and i changed them. and what a difference!!!!the tweeter is less harsh and he has great sq.i love this unit, the only problem is that the knob colour(blue) isnt the same of the buttons(green or ambar), and i cant save any names on the cds, i dont know what im doing wrong, but i cant do it!

Strengths:
price(mine) sq doesnt skip

Weaknesses:
colours cant put names on my cds

Similar Products Used:
jvc kd sh77 jvc kd lx30r

Price Paid:  $900.00

Summary:
Great sq. Top of the line cd player.

Strengths:
cd sound quality is great
cd player looks

Weaknesses:
face plate is kinda flimsy and the display is kinda hard to read in sunlight, the radio tuner is not the best ive had.

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