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Koss CDP1689CP Portable CD Player with Car Pack

Koss CDP1689CP Portable CD Player with Car Pack

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: problems, twice
Review: This is two products in one, which sounds good for $50. (1) It's a discman. (2) It's a car cassette-to-CD converter. That's great if it works as both products.

But for me, it hasn't worked. On the first one I got, the volume control didn't work, so it was no good as product (1): discman. On the second one, the volume control works, but it sounds horrible in the car on anything that has electric guitar on it (ie most of what I listen to). So this second one fails as product (2).

At the time of writing this review, I'm not sure whether or not I will again send back an unsatisfactory product to Amazon. I suspect that the discman part of it is fine, and that a decent car cassette-to-CD conversion thingy would set things right.

But as far as quality goes, I have to score this product as an unacceptable zero for two. It gets one star on the dubious basis of "What can you expect for $50."

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Works well for me
Review: Unit works well as a whole in our car - the only apparent audio limits are our car speakers (not a hot-shot audio system!). No skips even while driving through a pot-holed unpaved boatyard. Did notice that while car was idling for more than the 40 seconds, the antiskip couldn't cope with the regular vibration, but not a real problem for me personally. I have a sony discman which skips if you look at it, and I don't find any great unacceptable difference in the audio.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: not the best
Review: Well, my father won a gift certificate for 500 dollars, and instead of getting a digital camera he got a mider saw and this cd player for me for christmas. It has some minor flaws, to wide, the buttons are in a bad spot, no hold button, cover moves a bit, causing it to stop, anti skip starts up no matter what, which makes you wait...and it drains your batteris, but its ok, my x-girl friend dropped it, and i watched it shatter, so i guess i get $50 outa the whole deal


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