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High quality sound. Easy to operate. Very portable. Attractive design. This is a very good product, especially at this price. Before I ordered this from Amazon, I went to Target to get a CD player, and they had a less expensive model, also a Sony. I asked the salesperson if he could recommend it, and he said, "It's one of the best we have!" When I got it home and tried a CD on it the sound was so chinzy and crummy I returned it the next day. I then searched Amazon, and seeing all the favorable customer reviews for the CFD-S350 I bought it, and I'm not sorry at all. The sound was so much better. Don't hesitate to buy this one.

Great Boombox for listening to Techno music on
This model has a a Digital Synthesized tuner with 30 presets
It projects sound and has large speakers and LCD display.
Easy to record on too. lol

The *Mega Bass* sounds tiight. This small lightwieght box sounds as good or better than my 32 watt Panasonic heavy clunker


One of the best smaller boxes out there. Snatch 'em up.

I bought this boombox last year for my daughter, based in part on the customer reviews from Amazon. While it looks attractive in my daughter's room and the remote control is a nice feature, that's about it. The controls on the boombox are cheaply made and are not as well thought out as I would expect from Sony. Programming stations is awkward, and as other people have mentioned, the MegaBass isn't much. Which brings me to the sound of this component. Frankly, it's terrible. The high frequencies sound distorted and are very fatiguing to listen to over time. What low frequencies this unit produces are distorted within the plastic cabinet. The midrange (where most of the musical information exists) is almost non-existant. My daughter loves to listen to Ella Fitzgerald and Jaco Pastorius, but the sound is so disappointing that she doesn't listen very much on this boombox. Ella's voice sounds pinched and distorted and Jazz horns are unbearably bright and distorted. My daughter prefers to listen to music on our 10 year old Magnavox boombox instead. I would recommend that people purchase something besides this unit or at least listen to this unit before making a decision. Maybe I got a bad unit, but it sounds really awful.

I am very satisfied with this boombox. I use it at work with headphones, so I can't speak to the power or mega bass, but the controls are much easier to use and more "common sense" than the last couple RCAs I've owned. Also, the antenna is a bit longer than most boomboxes this size, so I get better radio reception indoors than I've gotten with any other. Plays CD-R/RW in digital audio, but not MP3. Not listed in the product description: radio tuner has programmable memory up to 20 FM & 10 AM stations.

If you're looking for a 'real Boom-Box',as in those 70's models with the huge bass, pass this up! If you really want a player with true fidelity that will leave your ears intact...this one is for you! It will fill an entire home with sound that's equal to some of the best eq1uipment out there...and can be as soft as a lullaby, depending on the volume.

Controls are very easy to reach...and the remote is a bonus that Sony put in as an afterthought, I think. For a price like this, it comes with a great radio, cassette deck, a sleep feature,and others like CD shuffle programs that I've yet to use! For the money, it's just what I wanted! You won't be sorry that you bought this one at all!