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Ok, so I've only had this player 1 day. Still, it is exactly what I was hoping it would be. It plays all my "trouble" CDs like home-made CD-Rs that have some scratches. I love the snap that holds the cover down. I love that all the buttons are big and directly on the front cover - very easy to use. I went for a walk with this in a sholder bag and it never skipped. It DOES have the auto-resume feature where if you are listening to a CD and then turn off the unit...when you turn it back on it starts where you left off. The entire unit feels VERY solid, like it won't break. I also like the clean styling, no crazy designs, just a good player. ~ The user manual could be a little clearer, but with a little playing around everything makes sence. ~ One example is it doesn't have a "stop" button when playing CDs. You have to press the "radio off" button. Easy enough to figure out, but it doesn't say that in the manual.

Overall, great product. I'm very happy with it.

Two Sony Style employees told me that Sony is not making any more portable tape players (the last were made in Nov 2006) and they are soon going to phase out their ATRAC and mp3 CD players. If you are looking, grab this unit (or two if you can) because it won't be long before they are unavailable. I think the $60 price reflects this.

The unit is constructed well with a solid case, a beautiful finish and easy to access buttons. The buttons also have a solid feel, and they are recessed. You won't be hitting them on accident. The unit has a hold switch on the back, so hitting buttons on accident shouldn't be an issue anyway. There's a seal around the lid, so it is water resistant. I find comfort in this because I have a three-year old son.

FM reception is very good for a portable unit. A few years ago, it was difficult to find FM on a portable, despite the fact that companies had been making portable CD players since the early 90's. AM reception is good too if that is your thing.

I usually don't pay much attention to the included headphones, but this pair is great. If I use my iPod headphones as a comparison, the Sony headphones are much better. They have a nice airy sound with good reproduction, and the iPod headphones have a flat lifeless reproduction. When you are playing a good CD it almost seems as if the sound is all around you.

I look at the mp3 feature as "icing on the cake." I do use mp3s, but the whole point of this purchase was to hear the higher sound quality of CDs. If I wanted to hear mp3s, I'd use my smaller iPod. BUT I did create a few mp3 CDs to test the quality and the ease of use and the unit did very well. There's a "group" button that allows the user to jump from folder to folder and it works well. I have an older Sony CD player with mp3 playback and it was very difficult to change directories. Here everything is simplified and useful. My only gripe with the mp3 feature is that the name of the song is not displayed on the LCD screen. The engineers opted to show them as track numbers. So it's hard to know what album you are on when you are looking at track 63. This is only a minor complaint.

Another drawback is the lack of TV playback. Other Walkman units have this feature and I wonder why Sony didn't just throw it in for good measure.

Overall, I give this CD player 5 stars because it delivers well in everything it does. Great AM/FM, high sound quality, solid construction, user friendly, optional DC jack, nice headphones and MP3 playback. Well worth the asking price. I would have paid double!

I'd been using an older model Panasonic Velcroed to my treadmill. It had served the purpose for a while but, as I'd inherited it from my 14-year-old stepson, it had seen better days. It skipped more and more and I never could remember how to operate the hidden controls.

I decided to buy a new one and did a lot of research. In the end I agonized over whether I should buy another Panasonic or a Sony. I finally picked this one for a couple of reasons: 1.) I have the matching cassette deck and it has performed flawlessly and 2.) I like being able to see the controls.

Well, I've had the S2 for a few weeks now and it is absolutely wonderful. It hasn't skipped even once no matter what kind of CDs I've loaded it with. The controls are easy to use, even when going full-tilt boogie on the treadmill. I highly recommend this puppy. In fact, I'm thinking another one is in my future!

This player is excellent. I have never had a bad sony player in over 20 yrs. My old ones still work but did not have CD back then yet.
Nice design and color with wriststrap which is very important to get used to wearing so as not to forget player. Develop good habits to take care of it and it should last a long time. Although the description says it does not have an AC adaptor ability I would like to inform that it does have an AC input plug to use to not always have to need batteries. But adaptor is not included so we must buy it.
I love my player and can walk miles a day with my Freestyle music driving me ever onward. It takes a beating and does not miss or skip beats. It is remarkable.
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If you like to walk or jog, this is the best CD player I have found. It is great!! I have enjoyed it! It's worth every penny. Remember, you get what you pay for! I searched through all of them on Amazon, this one
had the best feedback, and now I know why!