The lack of EQ hurts it a bit

There is a clear lack of bass and even the mid-range is bordering on weak.

only disappointment is a lack of usb

Very cheap plastic and lack of crisp sound mar this attempt at portable music machine.

again lack of clear marks makes very difficult to see .

the lack of any contrast makes them pretty hard to read

But a lack of remote control is a major flaw for me

I wanted a small, high quality CD/cassette player as both backup for my huge library books on tape, as well as to act as external speakers for my Amazon Echo Dot (I don't need a high volume/high RMS wattage speaker system for low volume bedroom background music)

The sound is not great, but then again, it a not expensive

If I could afford a

When I first listened to the newer model, it did not sound nearly as good as the older model

I possess a large quantity of audio books on cassette, as well as on CD and on MP3CD and wanted a player that could accommodate all these formats and also had an FM radio as well

Lesson learned: no matter how busy I am I will not trust the integrity of a vendor or a manufacturer, I must verify that the item I ordered works as it should.

Looping 1 single piece seems to be working as of now, but programming more than 1 piece only worked for 3 days, whether to loop or not

Awesome to have cassette, CD and MP3 as well as

CD player works as it should

The CD places nicely, as well as, the cassette tape player.

Works as I expected!

Right away, there were a few things that bothered me - such as, there was no light to tell me if it was on/off - the buttons and the display were hard to see.

I unplugged from the power line and used just the C batteries and the hum was completely gone

Good C/P as Sony product with reliability.