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This was a great buy. The sound is wonderful and the headphones are comfortable. The player is very lightweight. The 40 sec. anti-skip works really well. Playback wasn't interupted even after turning upside-down and tossing it from hand to hand. Another great feature is that it is CD-R/CD-RW compatible for playing home-made CD's. This is definitly a great buy, and you pay $30-$40 less than a sony CD Player, which i dont think can get any better.

I just got this CD player yesterday. Its the best cd player I have ever got in my life. This baby never skips. It also has this new "hold" system. It makes it so if u leave your CD player on it turns off by its self. I recommend that u buy this CD player right now!

This unit is truly a non skip cd player. I brought it to the gym and jumped around a lot and the cd never skipped. It is just as reliable using cds that I burned from MP3s as store bought cds. This never happened with any other portable cd player I ever had. It is also good looking, easy to use, compact, lightweight, and very reasonably priced. I sure hope it lasts because I am enjoying it very much!

I am listening to this unit as I type this. While I don't know if this is the best electronic item ever produced, I can say it is miles better than the Sony discman [crud] I had to put up with for 2 years. Since I didn't really use the unit that much, I didn't bother replacing it until recently. But, wow, I'm now very glad I did.

I have play a half dozen cds so for and no skips. I couldn't go 6 minutes with the Sony. The unit is smaller than the Sony (I had), also lighter, and I think sounds better. The drawbacks are the awkward controls. There are 2 sets of 4 buttons and you have to look at them to do things at first. I'm sure after a while you get used to them, but they aren't as intuitive to me as the Sony controls were. Oh, well, that's a minor inconvenience. Now, I wouldn't buy any portable CD unit other than Panasonic. My research leads me to believe they not only have the best units, it isn't really close. Get this unit: you won't be sorry!

If you're one who tends to set your cd player and keeps all original settings to the end of the cd, this player is perfect. Sound quality and the anti skip feature are flawless and exceeded my expectations. Changing settings, however, requires removing the unit from your carrying case. Unlike some players that have a dial type volume control on the bottom and a slit in the bottom of the carrying case to access this control, no such convenience exists here. My answer was to superglue a stainless steel belt clip to the back of the player to leave the controls accessible. However . . . since the controls are so small and virtually indistinguishable by feel, some physical contortion is still needed to make changes. Once again, the sound quality is wonderful (even with RW CDs)and I haven't experienced a single skip while jogging. Were I to do it again however, I'd spend a little more for a panasonic with remote control.