The device has like all of the CDP-XE devices, a plastic front
The headphone output of the device is not controllable (via the volume control on the remote control to -20 dB controllable)
No 10-key keyboard on the device
No reports in the three major German-language magazines, Audio, Stereo and stereo play
St. Warentest Test 3/2002 and Yearbook 2003, p. 27-28: "well," (2,2) - "a Very low-level device with the best remote control in the Test, headphone output almost unusable, because of the very noisy and rarely silent adjustable.“ (Sound quality good, error correction befr., Versatility fr., Handling of fr., Environmental characteristics very good.)