Panasonic CQ-DF44

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00 from Circuit City

Year / Model Reviewed:
1999 CQ-DF44

Strengths:
Large Display, Great sound, remote

Weaknesses:
Display can be too bright even when on dim at night, especially in the rural areas. Head unit really not powerfull enough to power larger speakers. I do wish it had 4 volt RCA outputs.

Summary:
Have had the CD player over four years now and have never had any problems out of it. Sounds great and looks cool, too. Used it first to power my Pioneer speakers and it didn't have enough power to push the 6X9's. I now have it running into a rockford fosgate 501x and sounds great. Others have reported problems, but I have yet to have any problems at all.

Similar Products Used:
JVC and Pioneer head units.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Strengths:
Good power (40x4), good sound

Weaknesses:
the pre-amps burned out (before I even had a chance to use them) and that the display is just too bright for night driving. Constantly found myself leaving the face flipped down at night so the light wouldn't annoy me.

Summary:
Great CD player, good sound, good power (40x4). Only problems I had were with preamps and display. Nice, easy to use, with the nice feature of turning the clock on or off.

Price Paid:  $200.00

Year / Model Reviewed:
 Panasonic DQ DF-44

Strengths:
Awsome Blue Light. Detacable face. Remote. 2 pre-amps. Clock. Turns alot of heads

Weaknesses:
Pre-amps tend to burn out. Buttons stick.

Summary:
Looks Great at night. People think it’s a TV from far. Lights up the whole front of the dashboard at night. Very bright. Sometimes too bright at night but does have a dimmer. I get alot of complements on it. Does play scratch CD’s. Comes with a remote. Skips sometimes are rough roads. I think this product is more for looks. My pre-amps blew out. One of my buttons gets stuck sometimes. Has good power and good sound. The new models look real nice

Similar Products Used:
None

Price Paid:  $200.00

Strengths:
will play scratched cds

Weaknesses:
blue light is bright at nite
blew the preamps--apparantly they don't like running 4 amps?

Summary:
not recommended if you are using amps. sounds good running speakers off the deck though.

Similar Products Used:
pioneer deh365

Strengths:
Great looking! Buttons placed on cd player conviently.

Weaknesses:
Wobbly main button.

Summary:
I paid $180 for it so I got a great deal. I would highly recommend it for the price and it looks and peforms like a high class receiver. I have had many compliaments about it and I've had no problems with it.