First thing, probably good advice on all shipped electronics, try your unit as soon as it arrives. I waited too long. I got this as a gift for my mother. Bought too far in advance. When I finally set it up for her the return date had passed. The unit doesn't even power on. Worked with Amazon customer service. They had no solutions. They connected me with the seller. After a few days of emails back and forth they determined the unit was, in fact, defective and not user error. The seller informed me they would send me a replacement or I could inquire about getting my money back from amazon. I elected to get the replacement because I really wanted my mom to have something to play her old records on. Well, it arrived today and it works great! I have to say, ultimately their customer service was good and the stereo arrived very quickly! If you're a true audiophile, buy something more expensive. If you want a good thumping subwoofer, buy something more expensive. If you just need something to play some good sounding music in general, you'll be happy with this. This unit is plastic, seems a bit fragile, but honestly it does a lot for it's price. At this price point I was not expecting super high quality, just function. It sounds better than I expected. For most people this stereo is just fine. The radio works well and has a digital tuner. The CD player... when I first hit the button to open the CD tray, it was stuck. I had to use a letter opener to wedge the tray down a bit. It was simply stuck inside. Once I did this, the tray opens and closes with no difficulty. I will caution, be careful. The tray is pretty thin plastic and seems a bit fragile. I played a CD and the sound quality was very acceptable. The speakers have a decent range, better than I expected. There is no subwoofer included, so I did not expect deep low end and it does lack a little bit there, but again I expected that. If you're into deep, thumping bass, this is not the stereo for you. If you just need a good unit to listen to music from a wide range of sources, this thing is great. It even plays all three speeds of record album, which was the big selling feature for us. My mother has a big record collection that includes 33, 45, and even older 78 rpm albums. This stereo plays them all. I have not tried the other functions yet. I just set it up. So far, so good though. If I remember, I'll update with a review of the other functions. I tried to connect the bluetooth but haven't gotten it to work yet. It might be my phone is too old. I'll have to dig out some cassette tapes to try that still. It also accepts USB drives, SD cards, and has an aux input. It's a nice, all inclusive unit.
