Sony HAR-LH500 CD Player

A fine sounding CD HD jukebox, easy to use, and importantly it is SILENT there are no fans inside. Lovely looking unit too, build quality is good but not the best from Sony, lacks the tank like build quality of their QS products, however component wise its fine, it's just the front panel build is a little more fragile then expected ( dont drop it and it will be fine ) . Sony also make the NAC-1 model, which replaced the 500, however it is more expensive at around £ 700 new, and is also now discontinued in UK ( may still be available from Japan ). the NAC-1 has a 250gb HD and a large LCD display and is much taller. Essentially, they both do the same thing, and consdering the lower cost of the 500 when bought pre owned, it would be cheaper to buy 2 or 3 of them then to buy 1 NAC-1. OR simply just store what u dont listen too much as ATRAC and your main gems in PCM format. That way 80gb is plenty large enough. you can always buy another though !