GPXHM3817DTBK Home Music System with Remote and AM/FM Radio Black

Less than $35 gets you a CD player with ability to play music from your phone, tablet, or iPod, plus speakers. Given how expensive CD players are (due to not many being made anymore), this is overall a pretty good deal. I picked one up to go alongside a vinyl record player for my sound setup--never get a vinyl-CD player combo because those sound like junk and it's better to buy'em separately and get a good quality one for each purpose.Pros:- CD Player has played every CD I've thrown at it with ease, including some burned ones that are scratched up. Only one CD skipped and it was one that was heavily scratched.- CD Player can keep a CD paused for at least a half hour, probably more (though I've not tried this)- CD Player has EQ options plus the ability to use no EQ. I typically use no EQ as I find all of the EQ settings built in sound pretty artificial, although the Rock one is nice for adding a little oomph to what's played through it.- AUX input works like a charm and sounds really good.- Nice modern design with the ability to be easily mounted.Cons:- The speakers are not good. If you're going to get this CD player, I would highly recommend investing in a set of decent or good speakers. I personally use some Logitech Z200s with a male RCA to female AUX adapter. I am planning on upgrading to a better set fairly soon, although these sound wayyyyy better than the speakers that come with the CD player.- CD Player is a little warm to the touch when a CD is played through it for long periods of time. No danger of a fire or anything of the sort, just wish it stayed cooler.- Remote control is not very good beyond a range of 5 feet.My only worry about this player is that it won't last long given the cheap price. But we'll see how long it works well for.

For $42, this is a great deal. This is not a high quality stereo. It is a run-of-the-mill unit, and it performs admirably in that respect.The remote is easy to operate once you learn the functions. The radio works well. It comes with a cord for auxiliary devices. I leave the cord attached to the radio. When I want to hook up my iPhone, I just plug it in, select Auxiliary, and play. It also plays CDs. I haven't used it, but it is impressive how the face of the unit slides up by remote control when you want to insert a disc.I read complaints that the speakers do not have tweeters (little speakers). That's true, but it would be a waste to put them on. Either the price would go up, or the tweeters would be too weak to do any good. The speakers that it has are standard mid-range speakers.I also read complaints that the speakers sound scratchy. That's true also, but only because the radio is strong enough to over-drive the speakers if you turn the volume all the way up. That's how it should be. You want your radio to be able to use 100% of your speaker's capability. To do that, the radio has to be stronger than the speakers. What's the solution to the scratchy speakers? Turn down the volume, silly. At its loudest (with decent sound), I can hear it several rooms away as I do my work, make lunch, use the clothes washer, etc.If you want high quality sound, booming bass, or incredibly loud sound, this isn't for you.If you want average sound quality with decent volume for basic shelf radios and bedroom radios, and if you want FM radio, CD player, an easy way to play your smart phone/iPhone music, and a fairly simple remote, this is the one for you.I like this unit. If I wanted to upgrade, I wouldn't buy a new one. I would just buy a couple of speakers with better performance. $30 worth of speakers would probably bring this unit up to the standards of units costing $150 or more.

I bought this for my mother in a nursing home. I wanted something with decent sound quality, AM/FM, a lower price and was easy to work. The unit is all plastic and it looks a bit on the fragile side, but of course this is built at a low price point. The remote has a good range, but is very small which in turn makes the buttons very tough to see what they control. Perhaps until you memorize them anyways. The clock is small as are the read outs on the stereo face. The stereo read out, by the way, has a bright blue light which would make a great night light, ha. The stereo radio puts out adequate sound quality, for me anyways, even with plastic boxes for the speakers. I am no high fidelity freak! When the volume is put at mid range (13 of 30) it will fill a small to medium sized room in any house. At higher (20 of 25) levels it is very loud and brings moderate distortion. So do not unknowingly set the alarm with it on a loud volume setting. The volume at 3-5 of 30 it is barely audible. I do not know how long each component of this will last, radio, CD player, remote and speakers. It is warranted for 90 days but I also took out a three year protection plan and with that the system still only cost me under 60 dollars.

Love it, the volume is awesome, clear sound. All I wanted was a radio for the shop. Its so hard to find a decent one, this one is great so far. Ive had it maybe a month...as long as its last a while. So much for that, after several months, it will out of no where shut off and the buttons don't respond I have to unplug it, then try all options to get back to the radio and retune it, until the next time it shuts off, which could be any time. So tired of this.

I hate to say but this unit is bad in all ways. Cd works and that's about it. Radio only works if I unplug from wall and then replug it back in (have to do so every time) presetting stations never save. And the clock never stays set. every time you turn off unit it goes back to 12.