inputs.text: one unusual audio systehem - im recording musician usually size piece audio gear pretty quickly outofthebox first impressions based three days use additional reviews 2 months dont know yet unit hold time arrived quickly ups perfect condition opened box took hamilton cd563 examined almost panicked no separate tone controls not even one knob labeled \\tone\\ let alone separate bass treble button marked \\bass\\ boost gulp took bedroom hooked speakers power cord plugged put cd utter astonishment barely modifiable tone nearly perfect wellbalanced past ive spent hours sonys fiddling graphic equalizers invariably wrong bands never got sound good frequency response much wider units type deeper bass extended treble bass punchy tight never muddy first treble seemed little shrill three feet listening directly onaxis right sat farther away unit shelf little head level tone evened revealing nice crisp clear treble enough mids amazingly detailed thing sounds better stereo almost like compact studio monitors bass boost supplies enough punchy kick rock turn classical jazz brainlessly simple modest 15 wattschannel though not loud unit unsuitable \\boom box\\ comfort level cd volume control 230 radio setting 1000 common radios much louder however biggest difference volume playing cds occurs 200 300 kicks pretty good dont listen music earbleeding levels anyway also noticed five hours continuous play tone seemed improve even thought speaker cones needed break moved enough air balance tweeters turns half right despite speakers ports highfrequency drivers would normally contain no tweeters unit two fullrange speakers pretty amazing considering sound quality apparently designers sacrificed output clarity cd player abruptly stopped working weird patterns display nice bright backlit blue lcd looked rather like cover \\ghost machine\\ police thought \\thats not good\\ stopped restarted nothing turned unit back nothing switched radio predictably got ears blown difference volume back cd inspected cd scratches none started top worked perfectly four songs solution worked tried different cd paused continued point tried half dozen no problems figured unit liked genesis yes wasnt boston fan btw get around reading manual eventually manufacturer knows cd problem including weird display recommend unplugging power cord removing batteries waiting 5 minutes putting back together start playing solution simpler works well soon became unnecessary thinking sturdy topmounted cd tray cd563 looked problem cropped odd arrangement cd sits spindle without support bottom stabilized rotating disk mounted inside door went hal9000 boston album paused thenrestarted 2nd cd means still reading reasonable explanation stabilizing disk \\breaking in\\ initially little stiff stopped cd turning appendum 2 months problem not recurred disappointed three things direct result merchant false advertising not amazon emailed merchant \\schools in\\ specifically inquire \\mic input\\ since thats unusual feature type unit asked input might fact stereo mini18\\ line input told well not mono 14\\ input highimpedance microphone no linein unit unusual suppose cd cassette usb make wont find combination features anything else price range spent days looking btw like gold color unit pictured forget come blue gold discontinued really didnt bother biggest inaccuracy \\schools out\\ advertised specs \\3band digital tuner\\ wrong amfm stereo analog tuner no better found inexpensive boom box compact stereo works well serious naughty needs corrected ended buying amazon marketplace merchant instead dislike lied bookshelf system even though easily portable lightweight not take thing beach youll never get sand solid enough home use isnt designed beaten around im obsessively picky sound like cd563 im keeping especially listened cd js bach music pipe organ friend made \\fantasia g\\ no problem playing homeburned disks regular mp3 format program 20 songs play order unit use track song info play automatically look song files folders manual recommends using hard disk usb device rather flash drive may not perform properly flash drives however worked fine mine overall nofrills system good cd player works fine hours breakin time handles regular cd cda think cdrrws mp3 formats usb port far tell work usb player accept usb input directly computer cassette player record sources including simultaneous input cdusb microphone active cassette player \\record\\ mode microphone input handle low input level comes loud clear music anyway could built sturdier also needs digital tuner line input otherwise no regrets two months