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CDP with minimal controls on front panel

Greeting everyone and Happy Holidays.

For this Holiday season I have treated myself to a Pioneer Elite PD-D9 J SACD/CD Player. One thing I noticed about it is that on the front panel it is very minimalist IMO. There is only a power, play/stop and eject button. I guess I'm just surprised by this because I've really only seen something like this on REALLY inexpensive players. Normally lots of CDPs from other manufacturers have track control buttons to advance or go back to the previous tracks or a pause button. I guess I better not loose the remote. ;)

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Has anyone encountered this before where a CDP or any type of player they have doesn't have many control buttons? Is there any kind of sonic benefit to this kind of design or this just normally done for aesthetics?

I tried looking in the archives but I couldn't find a thread like this pertaining to CDPs.

Thanks in advance.
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Greetings all

Thanks everyone for chiming in and sharing. I'm surprised at the number of other higher-end players out that have a similar design in terms of minimalist front panel controls. Good to know.

The looks and design of the Pioneer PD-D9 J is so surprising to me because it is a stark contrast (IMO) to their styling of previous players. I have a Pioneer DV09 and it has gold colored accents, wood sides, writing everywhere detailing what is in the unit, a larger display.

The Pure Audio ouput option is something I also use a lot as well. In my Oppo and Marantz players I've owned I've also used the Pure Audio option as well. I have never heard a difference in audio quality on any of these players when the Pure Audio option is on or off. I just like not seeing the bright displays unless I have too.

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I'm liking the sound PD-D9-J makes so far in the limited listening sessions I've had with it. It is a tad less punchy & a little laid back vs the Oppo BDP 83SE. Once the holidays are done I'm hoping to have longer listening sessions with it.

Thanks again everyone and Happy Holidays.
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