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I bought this player for my daughter a while ago, and I never regretted about choosing the Philips. Before I decided which player to buy, I went to a the local electronics superstore and tried out everything what they had on display. It didn't take me long to realize that with portable CD players you basically get what you paid for: while there is a number of cheaper players, they sound so much worse that it would be a mistake to trade the quality for just a few dollars of the price difference. I have chosen three best players from about 20 which I tried, and then finally decided on this one since in that particular store it had the best price of the three. It has very good sound, suitable not only for pop music, but also for classical pieces, nice set of features, and a very long battery life.

I received this unit from Amazon today. It is quite well-built and eye-pleasing (except for the cheesy stick on the cover saying CDRW compatible). Aluminum cover, plastic base, solid and heavy. The headphone is big and ugly (personal taste). Since the in-line remote control takes standard headphone plug, I used a pair of Sony earphones instead. There are three buttons on the remote (play/pause, skip forward, and stop) and a rotary volume control, but no skip backward! Also the remote looks dumb compare to the Sony's.

Now the sound quality. It is very good in normal playing mode (no DBB). I've tried some rock, some jazz, and some classic on the unit and it performed very well. With the DBB on however I didn't feel like gaining too much of the richness at the low frequencies, except for the annoying fake boost. (This could be personal-flavor dependent). I also took the unit for a drive to try the skip protection. I am very pleased with the ESP45. There wasn't a single skip during the half hour driving with the unit on the ceter concole in my truck. It is for sure better than the Sony sports model (DE51) which gave me a lot headache in skipping.

This unit is manufactured in China and carries one year free exchange warranty world-wide.

If you want a perfect portable CD player, you should look for something else like a high end Sony. If you want to balance the quality, function, and price, then I would recommend this Philips AZ7594.

This is a great cd player.I bought because it had all the extra stuff sony and panasonic had,but i was alot cheaper.The esp45 is great,not a single skip ever.The carrying pouch is nice too.The remote is the best because u can put the player down in the car and hold the remote to adjust volume or change the song.Out of the hundreds of cd players i looked at and the the ones i used to own,this is definitely the best!

There are many reasons to buy a Philips CD player, but the most important one is that they sound much better than every other brand I've tried. You may read or hear that all CD players sound the same, but it isn't true at all. There are significant, audible differences between different brands and models and Philips CD players just sound better. If you're doubtful, just play one of your favorite CDS in a Philips and in any other brand; you'll hear the difference.

The headphones which come with the player are OK, but if you get a pair of Sennheiser headphones, you'll hear how good these CD players really are!

There are so many other players out there that claim they have skip protection, but Phillips is the real deal. My friends have other brands that are the same value (45) of skip protection, but they still complain of skips when running and what not. Well this cd player not only works skipless when I run, it doesn't skip in my car either. Now granted there are SOME instances like going over bumpy train tracks too hard, then it will definitely skip. I had my expensive deck cd player stolen so I bought this until I get a new car, and my deck (installed) cd player skipped more than this one does ... go figure. Definitely worth it if you plan on putting it in your car.