Do I have to have a receiver with this 5 disc cd player? I bought this cd player and the speakers, but do I also have to have a receiver to play the cds? I assumed I could just attach the speakers to the cd player, and be on my way. Do I have to have a receiver with this 5 disc cd player? I bought this cd player and the speakers, but do I also have to have a receiver to play the cds? I assumed I could just attach the speakers... » Read More Do I have to have a receiver with this 5 disc cd player? I bought this cd player and the speakers, but do I also have to have a receiver to play the cds? I assumed I could just attach the speakers to the cd player, and be on my way. « Show Less
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Does this player have a volume control so that you can adjust the volume when using it with an amplifier that doesn't have a volume control?
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Yes, this CD player requires a receiver or integrated amp to amplify the signal. You need a stereo amp/receiver.
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If you want speakers, you can (prolly) just hook this to your television, but the sound quality wouldn't be as good. If you want this CD player to sound like it oughtta, you need a receiver. You also might need speaker wire and something to plug the speaker wire into the receiver with. Unless the receiver and/or speakers already have those things...
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PS. To connect them to a cd player you need to be able to adjust the volume in the player. The speakers don't have volume control. I use either a sound card (echo audio fire 4) or a headphones amp. Or u can rip your music and play as flac from your pc.
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I believe you can hook it to the cd/radio if you have aux. in jacks or you can always play it thru the radio by tuning it to the proper station.
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You can only play one CD at a time. My husband and I love this player (over a year later). We use the record player and iPod hook-up most often, and it has never failed us. I hope that this helps!
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Absolutely! The instruction booklet that comes with the receiver takes you thru all your options and it's pretty easy to follow. I don't have a CD player hooked up to mine, but I don't need it. I do have a complete home theater set up, a Wii system, and a Blu-Ray player hooked up to it. The sound is great! I'm running about 750 watts worth of speakers off it and it still has enough OOMPH. Hope this helps.
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Pretty much any CD player that has a 'line out' jack you can connect to this unit. I have never had the need to connect a CD player - yet - but there isn't any certain brand, just has to have the line out and connect to the unit 'line in'. I am very pleased with my unit.
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Hello Oscar,You are completely right.You can surely conect any externa source of sound , you just need RCA outputs at your source device or any kind of output with the adapter cable.I have my audio player connected with the "mini jack" to RCA cable and it works great, so your CD player will work as well.Hopefully you will have as much fun with this "baby", as I have. GREAT sound .Regards.Marek
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Thanks so much. I have one more follow-up question, if you don't mind answering. Can the receiver and CD player be placed on end, rather than sitting flat? In other words, I'd like to put them into a console that has a hinged lid that opens from the top. I'd then open the lid and look down on the control panels. I can't see anything in the instructions for either the receiver or CD player that says they have to be placed horizontally on a surface, only that they need to have adequate clearance for air flow.Thanks again.
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Do you know if this unit plays cd, cd-r. cd-rw? I have made most of my cd's and need a player that will play all them. Also, do I need to buy anything else other than this CS-325 to play my cd's? Thanks for your help.
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This is a CD player with toslink s/pdif and -10dB RCA outputs. The unit cannot drive passive speakers directly. You would need a receiver or integrated amplifier or pre-amp/amplifier combination to use with external speakers unless the speakers are "active monitors". IF active monitors you would need a preamplifier or mixer. Hope this information helps
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It came with speakers. Why would I want to add extra ones? The only reason I ordered this was that it had a six changer CD unit. The radio works but the CD's don't. I cancelled my account with Amazon.com because of this and won't order from them again.
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No, this Blu-ray player wasn't intended to be used as a receiver. But you can play music cd's through it if connected to a speaker system. You can use a powered speaker system with this unit that uses RCA Jacks if you wish. Or; like you said, connect your old speakers to this unit with some type of a HDMI converter to RCA Inputs. But you still would need some type of a power source for your speakers. There are no amps built into this unit. And you can also use it for internet music as I use mine for Pandora music. I hope this helps you out somewhat. Have a great holiday. :)
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Yes it will play CD-RW's and yes you will need a receiver this is not a stand alone unit it is meant to be part of a complete audio system.
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Not sure I understand the question. You need to hook up this changer to an amplilfier in order to play through speakers. You change volume through that receiver/amp. You CAN change the speaker balance and distance in the menu of the changer for Super Audio CDs.
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This particular CD player does require you to have an amplifier to connect to. The amplifier will control the volume and your speakers are also connected to the amp. If you procure an amp, you can also connect other devices such as DVD player, etc. and play them through your amp. Hope this helps.
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We have a receiver that has problems and needs to be replaced. I wondered if this radio can take the place of the receiver? I mean can we hook our CD player into the radio and then have the sound come out of our existing speakers.
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I am sorry no one answered you! This works with EVERY radio brand as it broadcasts to the radio like a FM station - it IS a FM station. just tune your radio to a specific frequency and it will pickup the CD player. It plays over your radio as if it was a personal broadcasting station with only your CDs. these are wonderful units.