But I did my research before buying it, and to me, it looked like the best unit for its price range.

This is a great buy and a great unit.

This was not the sellers fault but is just part of the frustration of getting a defective unit from and untrustworthy seller

I would highly recommend this unit to anyone who prefers a single CD player

All in all a fine unit.

This unit is disappointing

All the ipod/mp3 portable units i looked at have pathetic bass, weak sound overall, and are very expensive for what you get

This is a good unit, except, when it gets dew or any weather on it, it doesn't work consistently.

Great unit, just what I expected from Sony.

The sound is pretty good, especially for a portable unit

This is a very bulky unit

Then i realized that i'm more interested in decent sound quality than some ultra-portable unit that i'd never use because the the sound was so tinny

This is not only a great sounding unit but it looks good too!

It is big, and a bit heavy, but great in most every way, and seems to be a durable unit

The unit also sounds good at lower volumn indoors

Along with the handle, any attempt to shoulder carry the unit will be very uncomfortable, it is just not designed to be transported that way

this is not worth more than 85 bucks for 150 sony has a really nice unit that is bad ass with 3 cd changer and sounds alot better really who spends 150 dollers on 10 watt boom box when you can get 100 watts of crisp sound the sellers here on amazon are trying to rip people off

Well, it arrived yesterday, in the original packaging with the tape sagging, but the internal fitted-cardboard packaging protected the unit just fine.

First and foremost, this is a good unit and for its price; you are absolutely getting your money's worth

The unit is reliable and the sound level (20W) is adequate for many applications but won't do well when trying to play music/voice for more than 50 to 60 people.

Other than these two qiuibbles, I would not only recommend this unit to my friends (already have) but I would buy another one if/when the need arises

And, being that I bought a factory sealed, damaged box, unit in the closeout section, along with signing up for the Amazon credit with a 30 dollar discount on your first purchase, I paid about 10 dollars more than I would have on one of those cheap little Sony boomboxes sold at Sears and WalMart for 49.95...plus tax

Regarding these characteristics, you'll be hard pressed to find a better unit at this or any price!

But I can tell already, with a few exceptions, this is a great unit

This unit is really impressive

All in all, I feel I can recommend this unit to anyone wanting portable audio that sounds good.

I will still have to get a nice home unit for the experience that isuncompromised.

For the price, it's a great unit.

I enjoyed this unit for 6 months... then it made a loud "Pop!", and that's it

I mainly wanted a portable unit that would play mp3 disks (for band practice)and would be loud enough to hear over an electric guitar, amp, etc.

Nice portable unit

if you don't truly care about sound quality this unit is perfect it plays loud, because the DSP inside the unit is set up to deliver a three to four thousand khz boost

The unit continued to work for 18 months and then failed to power up in the same way as the first unit had

Unfortunately the unit was defective

But this unit works pretty well for up to 40 or 50 dance students.

But this unit works pretty well for up to 40 or 50 dance students.

The unit continued to work for 18 months and then failed to power up in the same way as the first unit had

Something that I must mention is how well the unit performs when using batteries for power.

This unit is not exactly portable; at around 30 pounds, I'd say it's more "luggable."

Sturdy (I carry it outside when I work in the garden.