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I bought this to replace a refurbished Phillips boom box I bought online for $30 that had served me for over a decade before it's CD player went out. The Sony is a piece of junk. I'm a pro musician and I use a boombox to learn the bass lines to songs (I play electric bass), and to jam along. This has NO bass. I mean NONE. The Mega-Bass, as another reviewed said, does nothing. Second, the treble is awful, too! The best test of treble is to listen to cymbals. If you've ever played drums, or listened to live drums, you know the crisp, sizzling sound of real cymbals. One this box, cymbals sound really mushy, and almost sound like they're being played through a phase shifter. This is a really, really bad boom box, and for what you pay - not cheap either.

My son has this boom-box, and has left it out in the rain several times. It still works through all he's put it through, including the rain and dropping it.

Can't beat the price,the sound and quality. I love Sony products, always reliable. Easy to carry around,not too big but will sit nicely anywhere without falling over.

Great CD player, super fast shipping, love the remote control and easy to use features. Great sound, AWESOME price shipped to my door and FREE super saver shipping! A+++ AMAZON!!!!

I purchased this (9/08) for my new baby to help her fall asleep. The tape deck did not work from the beginning. Later I pushed the play button down really hard and it played tapes for a few minutes or so and stopped working. I was busy with the baby and didn't care that much about the tape player anyway. It was more important that the cd work. The cd player was working fine until three weeks ago. Now it will not play any cd's. Now that we have broken the sleep time routine, my baby will not fall asleep and I am extremely frustrated. The item should not stop working after 5 months. I purchased this item due to the good reviews. I spoke to Sony today and they said I would have to pay $31 for a replacement unit. I paid $77 total at amazon and should not be asked to pay another $31 for a unit that should still be working. I posted a complaint at sonysyle.com which is all that I can do. Hopefully Sony will send another unit - I will post an update if that happens.