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This stereo has awesome sound and withe that MAX dynamic boost button makes it sound alot better. It is one of the best stereos i have owned.

>>>Pros...can play up to five cds. Radio: Fm/Am. That's pretty much all I've used it for. It has USB port link for computer and game port for Xbox, PS2...but I haven't used either.
>>>My main motive for buying it was it's looks. It looks so cool! It's black and orange has very stylish speakers. Sound quality is excellent. The system has a button called "Max Sound" and if you push it...wonders happen. The music sounds really nice. It amplifies the music and adds more bass. Volume has a cool dial thing and can get really REALLY loud.
>>>FM radio has 30 presets. Very handy. You can scroll thru the presets or by station.
>>>A big plus is the timer. I use it every single morning to wake up. Set the time...Set the timer and it will start up at the set time. Volume starts at one and gradually up to ten. Wakes up nicely. Timer can be set to CD or Radio.
>>>On the center box, theres two circles that look like speedometers. Red and Organge lights illuminate when the music's loud. (Totally useless). If the lights bother you, there's dim mode where all light is diminished.
>>>The radio station is displayed in cool blue digits in the third circle (or Time of song for CD).
>>>You can shuffle tracks on the CD your playing. I like that. If you have more than one CD in, it will shuffle the tracks together.
>>>On the remote you can change everything that's on the center box of the unit. You can change tracks and seek on different buttons (That's GOOD!)

>>>Cons...There's also two different kinds of music settings. One changes between Rock, Pop, Jazz...and the other changes between Concert, Cinema, Hall...Sounds kinda cool right? No, it's not! it's BS!! They all sound the SAME!!
>>>I've noticed when listening to a CD for a while (and this annoys the heck out of me!) the Cd will start skipping! It sucks, especially when you into a song. The lights are flashing (and don't get me wrong, they're not spectacular) the music's cranked. Then...lights go off, music stops completely. Starts up a second later. Makes me angry.
>>>Also, anytime you seek to the beginning of a song, it skips the first beat! It's just weird, (I'm a drummer and it throws of my timing). This also bugs me.
>>>There's a delay between stations on the radio when seeking, a tad annoying until you find something to listen to.
>>>When you load a disk, it'll take about fifteen seconds to start playing...take FOREVER! and it's loud!
>>>When using the remote control, you can only change the station or song every other time you turn it on...What the HECK is that about??? There's a little light that shows up so I know it gets the remote signal, but it ignores it. You have to shut it off and back on.
>>>Actaully off is EcoPower...I don't know what that is or how it helps ANYTHING!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>Also plug cord is very short!<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Wrap-up...This Panasonic has great sound quality, but system is very flawed and to me very ANNOYING. But nothings perfect, but i'm sure you could find a better stereo for this amount of Money.

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I looked evrywere for this stereo and sams club has this same stereo for 169.95 and it amzes me that it could get cheaper.

PROPER ENGLISH KID:
Positives: First off, i accually have the "FWM57" But as far as i know, it is basicly the same, but with a few diffrent components. This stereo has excellent subwoofers with a Dynamic Boost Button that allows you to control how much power you want to it. When i put the volume and the bass all the way up, you can hear it through out my house and even with all the windows closed, you can hear it on the exterior. I love the design of it, i have the silver/orange version and it goes perfect with one of my diecast cars. I had my videogame systems (PS2, XBOX) connected to it and because it has a gameport/cd or radio mix feature which makes the ultimate gaming experience.
Negatives: I dont like how long it takes to play a CD when you put one in and sometimes it takes a while to open one of the disc trays, Im pretty sure that all stereo's with 5 or more cd trays have this problem though.
I also don't like how sometimes when you have the volume and bass all the way up on some songs, it will start to skip because the bass of the song will push it to its maxium.



GHETTO KIDD: Yo yo, i be havin tha FWM57.. it da same as dis one.. but lil diffrentt. Dis system got tha illest bass.. wit a ting called tha DBB dat make da bass pump up.. i put dis system all tha way to da top.. it be mad loud.. u be hearin it all thro tha crib.. even my homies on tha stoop n street be hearin it.. if i could id hook this system up in my whip.. but i aint got one ri now ne way.. tha style be fly.. it be matchin my lil whip.. i hook'd it up ta my gamebox n it be mad ill. iite..

I got this stereo for my 12 year old son. He loves it; it has so much bass. He sends his friends out of his room and turns it up, so they can feel it shake the walls and the floor.