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Score: 8.3/10

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203 shoppers reviewed this product

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- Poorly rated for design

“Nice looking, easy to use, good remote control.”

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Product Features

RMS Wattage 20
MP3 Playback Yes
Type of Speakers Freestanding
Number of Output Channels 2.0
CD Function CD Player
Wireless Speakers No
HDMI Interface 0
CD-RW Playback Yes
Alarm Clock Yes
MP3 Connectivity No
Line In Yes
Line Out Yes
Mic In No
Cassette Playback Yes
CD Player Yes
Number of Discs 1
Weight (kg) 2.1
Tuner Bands DAB/FM
Dimensions excl. speakers (mm) 241.5x158x233
Colour Silver/Wood
iPod Interface No
Wireless Music System No
Station Presets 20
DVD-RAM Recording No
DVD-R Recording No
Number of Speakers 2
DVD-RW Recording No
DVD+R Recording No
Multimedia Card No
Secure Digital Card No
HD-DVD Playback No
Blu-ray Playback No
HD-DVD Recording No
Compact Flash Card No
xD-Picture Card No
Firewire IEEE-1394 Interface No
Super Video CD Playback No
Smart Media Card No
Ethernet No
PCMCIA Interface No
DVD Function No
Blu-ray Recording No
DVD Audio Playback No
Memory Stick No
DVD+RW Recording No
Progressive Scan No
DVI Interface No
MP3 Recording No
Super Audio CD Playback No
Dolby DTS No
DivX Playback No
RDS-EON No
Width in mm 158
WiFi No
Home Theatre System (Digital Dolby and DVD Player) No
Double Layer Recording not applicable
Height of Front Speaker in cm 241
Release Date 1 Jul 2006
Sound Output in Watts 10
USB No
DAB Digital Tuner Yes

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Impartial Reviews

203 shoppers have reviewed this product.
89% of people would recommend it.

out of 10
Design7.8
Sound quality7.9
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.2
Performance8.0
Overall rating8.4
Score 8.6/10

Claire, Richmond, North Yorkshire

+ Nice looking, easy to use, good remote control.

- DAB has to be tuned in everytime power is turned off at mains, flimsy CD lid.

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31 people found this review helpful

19 Nov 2007

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ Good design and performance. Compact but lots of features. Easy to operate.

- Cheap bit of wire for arial.

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3 people found this review helpful

21 Feb 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Colour of speaker casing could be improved

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2 people found this review helpful

24 Apr 2007

Score 8.4/10

Peter, Richmond, Surrey

+ Nice compact design, easy to use controls, good sound quality,excellent Dab radio.

- None

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1 person found this review helpful

11 Sep 2008

Score 8.0/10

Heng, Glasgow

+ neat and compact

- controls could be easier to use and beter positioned

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1 person found this review helpful

06 Jun 2008

Score 3.0/10

Richard, Marple, “I appreciate quality goods ”

+ Feature packed and reasonable looking unit. DAB radio is included, but features are limited.

- Still has cassette deck ! Rubbish speakers and low power - a portable CD player has more ooomph, and I dare say would out perform this in many repsects.

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1 person found this review helpful

14 Apr 2008

Score 10.0/10

Mark, Newport

+ Excellent DAB coverage, great for kids because of sleep timer

- none!

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1 person found this review helpful

09 Apr 2008

Score 9.5/10

Anonymous

+ compart and sound is good

- cant find any

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1 person found this review helpful

11 Apr 2008

Score 7.8/10

Anonymous, “Professional mother of 4”

+ Has everything, tape deck (which is now rare) CD and audio in connections. Looks good, fits well anywhere (in our kitchen). Many comments on its good looks. DAB included for the price.

- When you switch it off it goes to standby mode - seems to be the norm with new products - ever heard of global warming! The aerial is the standard flecky stuff. The bass is almost non-existent.

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1 person found this review helpful

03 May 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous

+ Value for money quality of build

- none

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1 person found this review helpful

11 Apr 2008

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ It is everything I wanted in a DAB radio, but then it also has a CD player and a cassette player for all my old tapes as well.

- None - I love it!

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1 person found this review helpful

10 Apr 2008

Score 9.2/10

Dave, Newport, South Wales

+ I was looking for a unit that had DAB Radio, And MP3 from a cd. This ticked those boxes with so much more! Tape deck, remote, alarm clock. I use this throughout the night every night with no problems at all.

- None really.

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1 person found this review helpful

28 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Sound quality, range of DAB radio stations, environmentally friendly, smart look

- a bit box-shaped

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1 person found this review helpful

27 Feb 2007

Score 8.6/10

Alan, Wantage

+ Good value overall at half normal price

- Display is very difficult to read in daylight

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10 Sep 2008

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous, “I like ambient music”

+ The sound is excellent - a good overall sound including rich bass sounds. And it's a really brilliant idea to have a 3.5mm audio-in socket to play direct from MP3 player - just fantastic - how refreshingly simple!

- Slightly clunky casssette door, but really not important - it works fine

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18 Jun 2008

Score 8.6/10

Anonymous

+ looks great

- no bad points

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20 Apr 2008

Score 8.4/10

Richard, Flintshire, “music lover”

+ mp3, great for the price, does everything the grandchildren need.

- Reviewer left no comment

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17 Apr 2008

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ great sound quality for both cd and dab radio

- would look better without wood effect speakers!

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16 Apr 2008

Score 8.2/10

John, Retford

+ Nice design - compact size

- No obvious bad points

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16 Apr 2008

Score 9.4/10

Norman, Medway

+ Easy to use and very good sound quality for its size.

- The white version looks tacky

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16 Apr 2008

Score 8.6/10

Paul, London

+ Compact

- No Power On / Off switch

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16 Apr 2008

Score 6.4/10

Anonymous

+ Cheap - good DAB reception - Perfect for background sound.

- At this price - nothing Sound quality is nothing to write home about but fine for the money.

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16 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Mark, Manchester

+ Having a DAB and ability to play MP3 CDs

- The tape player is redundant

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14 Apr 2008

Score 6.2/10

Sharon, Clitheroe

+ Good points are that it is digital.

- Bad points mine had to be returned affter 3 months. Radio would not tune into any station.

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12 Apr 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ Easy to setup and easy to use the Radio and CD

- Cassette tape controls are had to get at situated on the base of the unit.

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10 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Yvonne, Lincolnshire, “Heavy rock granny!”

+ I have been able to find any programme on the radio easily, I find it easy to use the cd and the tape recorder. This machine fulfills all my requirements. I thoroughly enjoy listening to the radio, this is my main interest, although I do love listening to my music on it!

- The only thing is I haven't tried recording tape to tape or radio to tape yet. i am not sure if it does these two functions, I have to check this out.

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15 Sep 2008

Score 10.0/10

Matthew, Peterborough, “I'm a Student”

+ I love the styling because it is very modern.

- none

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06 Apr 2008

Score 6.6/10

Anonymous

+ well designed, compact,

- sound quality mediocre

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03 Apr 2008

Score 7.2/10

Anonymous

+ Good DAB reception. Low power consumption on standby.

- No number buttons on remote for direct access to presets.

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02 Apr 2008

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous

+ smart looking, value for money(at the time purchased), easy to use, low power consumption

- cassette player does not play both sides of a tape.You have to turn the tape over manually

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01 Apr 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Very good product and good value for money.

- None

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30 Mar 2008

Score 8.8/10

Steve, Huddersfield, “Classical and rock musicians”

+ Does everything it promises, and looks and sounds well. As musicians, my wife and myself both like the responsive remote, which we use to repeat sections of CDs whilst playing along to them.

- Loses clock settings if you turn it off totally.

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30 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

Charmaine, Stroud/glos, “busy mum of 4”

+ the mp3 play back facility

- none

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19 Mar 2008

Score 5.0/10

Gordon, Glasgow

+ compact, good looking, smart, modern

- poor quality sound, controls not easy to operate

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19 Mar 2008

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous

+ The price was great, it plays CD's and receives radio braodcasts.

- The device for changing saved radio station is not the easiest, too many buttons in one place and easy to confuse. The screen is not bright enough. The speakers were not used as the ones we had before were much nicer.

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19 Mar 2008

Score 9.3/10

Margaret, Buckie

+ the sound from such a small unit is first class

- Reviewer left no comment

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19 Mar 2008

Score 7.2/10

Pete, Cheltenham

+ Good DAB performance, nice little system

- None really, it's power is limited but as long as that is understood its a great little audio system

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19 Mar 2008

Score 9.2/10

Ray, Cheshire

+ Excellent product at an excellent price

- None

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19 Mar 2008

Score 9.2/10

Janusz, Birmingham

+ Does everything I need it to - and does it well

- None

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19 Mar 2008

Score 9.3/10

Anonymous

+ price value for money easy to use ITS A SONY

- none

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19 Mar 2008

Score 9.2/10

Steve, Rayk

+ dab and tape facility, compact but doesn't lose performance

- none

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18 Mar 2008

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ compact, functional

- none really

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18 Mar 2008

Score 8.0/10

Peter, Barnard Castle

+ For the money paid it has good sound qualit. The DAB radio is quite good and is loud enough for a living room

- It is quite ugly but for the money its passable

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15 Mar 2008

Score 5.4/10

Anonymous

+ GOOD RADIO RECEPTION

- CD COVER LOOKS CHEAP

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14 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ good reception excellent price when i bought it.

- none

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14 Mar 2008

Score 2.2/10

Anonymous

+ It's cheap.

- It's cheap for a reason, it's rubbish.

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14 Mar 2008

Score 7.8/10

Anonymous

+ Nice big sound DAB very good overall excellent machine

- not terribly pretty to look at but it was inexpenzive for a Sony product.

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12 Mar 2008

Score 8.8/10

Merrideth, London

+ great sound quality

- tape player included - not ever needed Does anyone still use tapes?

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12 Mar 2008

Score 7.4/10

Ap, Bridgnorth

+ Cheap and cheerful

- None really

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12 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Becki, Leeds

+ compact and non intrusive but with good sound

- Reviewer left no comment

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12 Mar 2008

Score 7.4/10

Anonymous

+ DAB radio

- top loading CD

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10 Mar 2008

Score 8.2/10

Vicki, Crewe

+ Really easy to operate - foolproof. Sound quality is pretty good and the DAB is a great feature in the most part, saves having to buy seperately. Also like the cassete player. Not many modern systems ofer this, can dig out the golden oldies! Plus its a Sony, need i say more

- DAB is a bit difficult to tune in despite it supposedly being able to auto search.

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10 Mar 2008

Score 5.8/10

Anonymous

+ cheap, DAB

- poor speakers. Too little power (not loud enough)

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05 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Mick, Stockport

+ Clarity of sound

- Reviewer left no comment

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03 Mar 2008

Score 10.0/10

Christine, Merseyside

+ good sound quality for the price. good looking and neat. DAB radio

- not found any

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03 Mar 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ DAB

- Reviewer left no comment

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03 Mar 2008

Score 7.8/10

Keith, Wolverhampton

+ small compact

- none

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29 Feb 2008

Score 6.6/10

Anonymous

+ Good value for money. DAB included with a basic CD player

- Very weak amplification. Tape deck for me is unneccessary

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28 Feb 2008

Score 7.6/10

Anonymous

+ Easy set up. Easy to use day to day. Sound is good for a budget micro stereo

- Reviewer left no comment

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21 Feb 2008

Score 10.0/10

Olive, Swinton-manchester

+ the hi-fi is more than adequate in many ways and the sound is excellent , no complaints at all about it

- Reviewer left no comment

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21 Feb 2008

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ Great Value for money and looks smart as well

- Reviewer left no comment

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30 Sep 2008

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous

+ Cheap versatile.

- Bone

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05 Feb 2008

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous

+ Excellent value for a mini hifi with a well known and established name. Does exactly what it says on the box. If it lasts half as long as my old sony hifi (over 20 years) i will be very satisfied

- Reviewer left no comment

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05 Feb 2008

Score 8.2/10

Bryce, Liverpool

+ small and compact

- drop down flap a little loose cd open flap a bit thin

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25 Jan 2008

Score 9.2/10

Cheryl, Peterborough

+ easy to change radio channel, plays tapes and cd efficiently, good value for money

- sometimes hard to find settings for function change and press wrong key, but am memorizing them

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17 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Sandie, Camberley

+ good sound quality. fabulous value for money.

- rather uninspring looks

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17 Jan 2008

Score 9.4/10

Lindsey, Nottingham

+ Nice, small and compact and still has a single tape cassette as this is really useful for my son who has lots of story tapes. Good valve for money and DAB.

- Reviewer left no comment

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17 Jan 2008

Score 8.4/10

Steve, Cowes I.o.w

+ easy to use,good dab tuner,cd,+fm

- none so far!

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17 Jan 2008

Score 7.4/10

Anonymous

+ Good little value for money unit. Does everything I want from it.

- If I was to be picky then the case is a little plastic and fragile feeling. Not sure if would withstand hard use especially the cassette door.

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17 Jan 2008

Score 7.0/10

Stuart, Derby

+ Mine is in my garage, It has a tape deck for playing all the old 80's hair rock tapes, DAB tuner works suprisingly well concidering lack of proper aerial, Remote control is useful.

- Pressing the buttons on the tape deck is like a game of chase, as the unit tends to move away from you rather then the button depressing

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17 Jan 2008

Score 7.4/10

Kristian, Kettering

+ Automatic tuning's a good feature. Sound quality is very good for the price.

- We are in a particulally weak area for DAB so every now and again the signal is lost. But we are persisting as when it's does work it's exceptional.

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11 Jan 2008

Score 9.6/10

Robert, Johnstone

+ Fantastic quality at an unbelievable price, cannot fault this unit at all.

- None

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10 Jan 2008

Score 9.4/10

Anonymous

+ Tne only hi-fi with ability to play tapes as well asCDs.

- With power off one has to retune manually, however to do so is very quick and simple. I find it no disadvantage

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09 Jan 2008

Score 9.4/10

Jeff, Faversham

+ good value from a top name

- Reviewer left no comment

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09 Jan 2008

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Great little hi-fi. Easy to set up. Surprised by the features included for the money, such as DAB, tape deck, etc. The DAB aerial is integrated with the FM aerial (flexible wire), this is great as it means the unit is very tidy. Impressed with the black front design.

- Sound is good, but not great, but then I did not expect this for the low price.

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05 Jan 2008

Score 9.8/10

Anonymous

+ Its all good.

- None.

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29 Dec 2007

Score 7.2/10

Rama, Leicester

+ ease of setting up

- size

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28 Dec 2007

Score 5.8/10

Harriet, Surrey

+ Good value for money

- Tape deck is probably redundant

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28 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Shane, Keighley

+ plays mp3 disks

- small watt speakers

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21 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Sharon, Chippenham

+ Great design, small but perfectly formed with all three options, radio, cd and tape which is hard to come by these days. Perfect sounds quality, dab reception and easy controls. Good make, what else do you need.

- Haven't found any yet!

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13 Dec 2007

Score 7.8/10

Anonymous

+ Lightweight, good sound, well priced DAB radio.

- Reviewer left no comment

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11 Dec 2007

Score 8.6/10

Anonymous

+ Overall build quality impressive.

- Controls a little small.

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28 Nov 2007

Score 8.6/10

Anonymous

+ Good sound/easy to use

- Sometimes difficult to tune radio stations

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28 Nov 2007

Score 7.4/10

Anonymous

+ EASY TO USE, LOOKS GREAT.SOUND VERY GOOD.

- YOU SET THE STATION ON A TIMER, BUT WHEN THE TIMER STARTS YOU HAVE TO SET THE STATION AGAIN TO TAPE THE PROGRAME.

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02 Oct 2008

Score 8.2/10

Sam, Twickenham, London

+ Excellent DAB reception Good CD palyer for general listenign in the bedroom. Eccellent package for the price

- Very little equaliser function

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16 Oct 2008

Score 8.2/10

Anita, Bedworth

+ Wonderful Dab Sound

- Couple of stations that cannot get

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12 Nov 2007

Score 8.8/10

George, Southport

+ MP3 Playback is great

- A better aerial is needed - not just a thin wire!

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12 Nov 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous

+ Excellent value for money. Easy to set up. Slightly smaller and lighter than comparable micro systems and therefore more suitable for positioning on a shelf.

- Cartridge tape controls are old-fashioned (but so are cartridge tapes).

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04 Nov 2007

Score 8.8/10

Tom, Liss, Hampshire

+ Easy to set up and use, brilliant value for money

- I would prefer a telescopic aerial to the piece of wire supplied as I live in a poor reception area.

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01 Nov 2007

Score 5.8/10

Anonymous

+ Cheap and cheerfull for the kitchen. Thoroughly pleased with it.

- For what I wanted it for - absolutely none

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30 Oct 2007

Score 7.4/10

Anonymous

+ good value for money with dab

- Reviewer left no comment

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26 Oct 2007

Score 9.6/10

Rajesh, Dhammi

+ The price and the make

- Reviewer left no comment

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24 Oct 2007

Score 7.6/10

Mike, Carnoustie

+ Good Price for DAB and CD plays MP3's. Also includes cassette player.

- Loses settings if switched off for more than a few days.

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10 Sep 2008

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ Sharp styling, easy to use, Sony quality

- slightly plastic in places

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23 Oct 2007

Score 8.2/10

Peter, Maldon

+ Looks, sound quality,price

- none

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