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I recived the Aiwa CSDFD81 last year on my birthday, so i was not aware of the price. I thought this was an expensive boombox. I was mistaken. This boombox has a lot of features and has an extremly high quality for the price. First this boombox can play every cd format: cd, cd-r, and cd-rw. Which is very nice if you are into MP3 swaping. You also have the standard repeat and program features but you can also repeat only one song with a touch of a button. If you put the cd into the player before you turn it on and then press the cd power button it will play the cd automaticly. It has a digital tunner built in and allows you to store up to 12 stations (i have yet to use all 12 spots). You can recall these stations with the play button or with the nifty remote that comes with the system by punching in the numbers. The tape player is nice too, it senses when there is no tape in the player so if you accdently pushed one of the buttons unknowingly it will shut off the tape player for you so you don't waste energy.The system has a three mode EQ(rock, Pop, and Jazz) that you can control from the button on the system or on the remote. It has a Digital Bass Boost that can also be controled from both the remote and the system. The only thing that can't be controled from the remote is the Q-sound. Q-sound is a great feature turns on the two other speakers that are smaller thats really all i know about Q-Sound from a technical point of view. i have yet to find a song that sounds better with Q-Sound, the only thing i do with it is kareoky (i think thats how it is spelled!)because it makes the music and backround vocals louder then the singer. This system has a sleep timer also. The speakers work great. There is no distortion at maximum volume even with hard rock music playing on it. I had a gig at my school to dj and this was my first time djing so i had no equipment so i tried to find a power speaker that i could use to connect to my boom box. I could not find one so i decided to make do with the boombox itself. That little thing was more then enough. We had about 20-30 people and the music was still heard clearly by everyone. It was louder then the other boombox (which had bigger speakers) i was using also. This boombox is a great deal. You get so much for so little money. I am still impressed by this thing and i think you will be too.