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COBY MP-CD521 Personal MP3/CD Player with 120 Second Anti-Skip Protection
See it at Amazon.com for $16.99Average Customer Rating
(3.0 out of 5)
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Unreliable and cheap
(2 out of 5) by MoggFanatic on Nov 2, 2006 (USA)I bought this CD player about a week ago and the anti-skip is terrible on it. It skips when you walk with it, the sound quality is poor, and it lags when you try to skip tracks. The COBY company obviously does not know how to make a quality portable CD player and I am not very happy with my purchase. Stick with SONY or PANASONIC much better quality
63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
Poor quality. Not reliable.
(1 out of 5) by Jim Rogenski on Apr 10, 2006Two days after receiving this player, it stopped playing MP3 files, we just got an annoying buzz. I've returned it for a refund.
61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
broke after a few uses
(1 out of 5) by javaboost on Jun 7, 2007 (Sacramento, CA USA)Well...I took a chance and got something based on the low price. I knew that it was kinda risky not to follow my instincts. After only a few uses, it broke. Oh well...I just took it as a lesson and moved onto Sony.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
A good deal for the money, but...
(4 out of 5) by Billman on Mar 9, 2007 (Hayward, CA.)The only problems I found with this player are that the display is very small and hard to see if you are optically challenged as I am. Also, as mentioned somewhere below by another reviewer, it takes a long time to click through to a particular song, say #10 on the CD. I assume this is due to the 120 second skip protection, which is rather large.
But on the other hand, it is light, thinner than my last CD player (a Philips)and louder than my last CD player. I bought this with the Sennheiser headphones which are an over-the-ear headphone so they don't hurt your ears. The two work well together. Another plus is this player plays a long time on two batteries; my last player took four.
For the money, I can recommend it, especially since with 120 second skip protection you can practically take this thing on a trampoline and not have an interruption in your music.
But on the other hand, it is light, thinner than my last CD player (a Philips)and louder than my last CD player. I bought this with the Sennheiser headphones which are an over-the-ear headphone so they don't hurt your ears. The two work well together. Another plus is this player plays a long time on two batteries; my last player took four.
For the money, I can recommend it, especially since with 120 second skip protection you can practically take this thing on a trampoline and not have an interruption in your music.
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
Piece of Junk!
(1 out of 5) by James R. Starostka on Jun 26, 2007 (Windy City, USA)Need a magnifying glass to read the text on the screen. Very unfriendly controls. To make it complete, it didn't function properly. Have to send it back to manufacturer and hope for the best since Amazon's return ploicy on open items isn't very nice. Stay away from this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!