TascamCD-400U Rackmount CD/Media Player with Bluetooth Wireless and AM/FM Receiver

When I first connected the Tascam CD-400U I was disappointed with the audio quality. I heard a grainy irritating distortion that was fatiguing and unpleasant to listen to. I was on the verge of returning the unit when I thought "that sounds like an over-driven stage". So I went into the menu and set the audio Attenuation control to -10dB. Immediately the distortion was gone and the audio quality is quite good. I believe the high output of the CD-400U without attenuation was over-driving the inputs to my Adcom preamp. Audio quality with -6dB of attenuation or greater is very good. I've given it the "serious listening" test with lights off, eyes closed, and a little buzz.and it gets a "thumbs up" rating. Sounds very good to me! I went from almost returning the product to a happy owner with a simple menu tweak. I was tempted to give only 4 stars because there is no digital output to feed my DAC but I had the option of buying other units with that feature and decided I like the 1U rack height and available tuners. In my opinion, it's a good buy.

I got this for my studio mainly because it has blue tooth though all the features are great. The noise floor seems to be very low, I like the assortment of output types (I use the XLRs) and all the controls have a professional feel. I also like the fact that you can configure the output power, similar to a mixing board.

Love the sound, build quality, features, options for media, and variety of outs.I don’t have it rack mounted. Added on some taller rubber feet.

I can't believe you used to have to have a 2 rack space tuner set a 2 or 3 racks bases took app a cd player blah bla law this thing is pretty amazing it's got a remote and it has blue tooth (which I'm still trying to figure out how I can use it) but I didn't buy it for that - so it's kinda just an extra luxury. I really wanted to have the Bluetooth pair up with my MacBook Pro, but you can't do that and use this unit as thesource~( ... But I love having a tuner now in my rack.

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I like its rack size and Convenients.Now that cd's are going away very useful to have.

I ordered this from 3 different places until I was finally able to get it from Amazon. Bought it for the American Legion and it's awesome.

I added the Tascam CD-400U to my DJ setup because there are still times where I am asked to play a CD. It is also nice to have the ability to play music from an SD card or USB device just as a backup. I loaded an SD card up with about 500 songs and cusom mixes that would "get me through" most events should my laptop fail.The CD-400U is a great piece of equipment and has all the features a DJ or an audophile would need. Initially, I had trouble figuring out how to jump from folder to folder on the MP3 playback. There is a hidden setting that you have to enable. I would like to see a "folder" button on the control panel to make it easier. It sounds great and perfoms well.

We purchase this unit for playing in the office/lobby enviroment. The product is well made, all buttons are very responsive. The buttons also feel firm and tight which indicate good components. All functions work as advertised. AM/FM radio has a dedicated output is a nice feature to have (so you can play CD/USB/SD at the same times with AM/FM). There are balanced output but we do not use. Rack-mount 1U is very compact and easy to deployNow, the media requirement (USB/SD) is rather boring and somewhat limited to what the company tests only. There are 2 documents that list the make and the model number of the USB and SD card. You must use these only otherwise, there is a very good chance that your current USB/SD card will not work. We are an IT company and we have lots of USB/SD cards laying around but none of them work with the unit. We have to purchase a specific ones (the ones that list in the product specifications), then it worksFinally, we wish if it can be controlled using a simple TCP/IP protocol instead of the aging and not user-friendly Telnet protocolOverall, highly recommended

Great sound, very functional features, XLR output connectors and convert CDs to mp3 is a welcome feature!