Yesterday I purchased the Kenwwood 5900 to replace my Sony 850 200 disc dvd changer. The first disc I inserted was Star Wars. After loading and reading (which was very slow), the unit started to vibrate, sort of like a mild version one of those magic fingers bed massagers in the motels. It did smooth out after the opening scenes. I tried reloading this disc several times, all with the same result. I also tried other discs, such as The Coors Live at Royal Albert Hall, Belly, Meltdown, Superbit Desperado, The Magnificent Seven, and Romeo Must Die. Some of these vibrated more than others, and some never smoothed out. I also reinserted these discs into my Sony changer, and there was no vibration on playback.
This vibration was very audible on low passages, and very annoying. I believe the picture and audio quality beat the Sony ( which is run through an Iscan Pro), but this player was obviously slapped together without much thought to quality control.
Upon removing all the discs from the Kenwood, I looked inside the unit from the loading door with a flashlight. The flanges of the case at the rear left corner were just bent in to fit the unit together with no precision whatsoever. While this will not affect the units performance, I think this is indicative of the lack of care used to assemble the unit I purchased.
All in all, I am very disappointed, and am returning it today. If I decide to exhange it, I will audition the exact unit I am purchasing before taking it home.
This vibration was very audible on low passages, and very annoying. I believe the picture and audio quality beat the Sony ( which is run through an Iscan Pro), but this player was obviously slapped together without much thought to quality control.
Upon removing all the discs from the Kenwood, I looked inside the unit from the loading door with a flashlight. The flanges of the case at the rear left corner were just bent in to fit the unit together with no precision whatsoever. While this will not affect the units performance, I think this is indicative of the lack of care used to assemble the unit I purchased.
All in all, I am very disappointed, and am returning it today. If I decide to exhange it, I will audition the exact unit I am purchasing before taking it home.