Compare Sony SCD-XA9000ES SACD Player to Yamaha CD-C600 5-Disc CD Changer / Player

Compared to conventional digital sources, Super Audio CD brings you closer to music in its most natural form. Choose from nearly 1,000 SA-CD releases, including new music from Grammy® Award winner Norah Jones, Yo-Yo Ma, Andrea Bocelli, Shania Twain and Alison Kraus as well as classics from Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, the Police and the Rolling Stones. The Sony SCD-XA9000ES reproduces all of these musical treasures as never before, thanks to breakthrough technologies like Tri-Power DACs, multi-level conversion and the i.LINK® digital audio interface. So you can truly appreciate how much more there is to hear. Less

Designed to Deliver Satisfying Sound Quality Inheriting many of the sound quality features of the S2000/S1000 Series components, this CD changer delivers sound that will satisfy devoted music fans. In addition to CDs, it also provides high quality play of music files stored on digital audio players like iPod or USB memory devices via a USB port on the front panel. Pure Direct The CD-C600 provides the same Pure Direct feature that is a popular feature of Yamaha amplifiers and receivers. Pressing the button on the front panel or on the remote control shuts down the digital audio output and turns off the display. This achieves the lowest possible noise interference and thus highest sound quality of the analog audio output. Extremely Sophisticated Circuitry and Layout Yamaha technicians devoted a great deal of time and effort to designing the overall interior layout of parts and circuit boards, a factor that significantly affect sound quality. Less