inputs.text: not badan improvehement older model - sound qualityso sounds like mediocre box 80s although better things available todaynot bad nothing write home not hold better boxes past shouldnt surprising treble frequencies reproduced clearly little no harshness midrange bass response seems roll 100120hzthe good news separate bass treble 7 7 db controls not limited often useless preset eq settingsradioam reception improved older model i931 though still not exactly great pull medium level strong stations forget anything weak even slightly weak selectivity isnt great either id say less averagewith ipod dock course much worse put quite bit rfi staticwith said still improvement last model practically deaf amthe fm still overloads close relatively strong station not sensitive selective gets job dome less average capable switching mono helps fringe receptionmp3the usb port reads pmpmp3 player like disc cant use controls player also charges device may not want running \\d\\ cells drain card slot works hcsd lager 2gb compatiblenavigating done browsing though folders f01 f02 ect clicking though ff next rewind back like cd player no menu way scroll list files available holding ff rew button scroll though file slow 2x maybe 3x normal speed making long files podcasts audio books difficult navigate thereis no resume feature remember track change functions turn offformats limited mp3 wma wavpcmimho youre better running pmpmp3 player though aux portit ok job ipod navigate though ipods menus though ipods controls open unlike previous model no longer necessary complaint controls not exactly user friendly though no longer issue honest find user interface ipod less great anywaythe sound quality touch better though card reader usb port odd may sound seems lasonic better converter go figurenow please dont get wrong dont dislike limitations job fine something happen one id gladly order another onei however really wish would make model sansa dock us would rather not deal limitations ipod aux although limited usb sd port issue minimalif want batteries last important flip switch back dc ac remote sensor drain