Customer Reviews

jWin JXCD462 AM/FM Portable CD Boombox With Cassette Playback

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

A very affordable multi-purpose sound machine with generally easy-to-use controls* and better-than-expected sound quality. Though light-weight, the bulky (and to my taste unattractive) design is hard to fit on the shelves in my kitchen. Also, nothing in the description notes that portable use requires no fewer than EIGHT D-cells. If you choose rechargeable batteries (the sensible choice if you're using batteries most of the time), you'll spend much more money on the power supply than you did on the original player! Myself, I bought an extension cord, so I can't speak to battery life.

In short, for a reliable, listenable basic system, this is an excellent choice.

*The old-fashioned analog radio tuner can be difficult to use in large metropolitan areas with scores of radio stations. Not a problem if you just stick to a favorite station, however.

Good deal for the price. We have a tiny home and don't need a big stereo system. This little box sounds better and is louder than we expected.

We needed a tape player for my daughter to practice with tapes voice lessons, and this one is perfect. It's light and very portable, and the sound is great. For the price especially, it's exactly what we wanted.

I bought this based on the good reviews. It is cheaply made and for example the buttons on the tape player are not even aligned. But we needed a tape player, so it stayed. After 2 months of occassional use, the tape player is dragging the tape and the cd player is randomly refusing to play the cd inside. I contacted CS for the company and was told to ship back the unit for repair/replacement. It is very disappointing though that it didn't last longer (a lot longer). I was hoping that by now companies would have figured out how to make a decent tape/cd player.

UPDATE April 2010: After some back and forth with CS they agreed to pay for shipping the unit to them and supposedly replaced it with a new one. This one worked flawlessy for about a month, at which point the CD player started playing the CDs at a faster speed and skipping randomly. The tape player is holding so far.

Final update: The product was recycled in May/June 2010 and I bought an old used Sony at a garage sale. Should have done that right from the start.

I ordered this product for my grandmother. She doesn't use the CD player but the buttons are large enough for her to see and press. She uses it everyday. Free shipping and no tax is why I bought it from Amazon.

Lasted only a few months. Great little player except the tape player broke at 6 months old and the CD player stopped working this Christmas at one year old. This player has sat on a dresser, played nightly and gently used. Very disappointed, especially with the good reviews read before it was purchased.

Normally I don't write reviews much but this cd boombox is not recommended for cd playing. We got a bad one, we tried doing what directions said to play a cd and we tried a couple cds, didn't work for either of them. Very poor, it does work for cassettes and radio but the cd player for us does not work. I highly doubt we'll buy much from this company.

Bought this looking for a basic CD/radio player and got a piece of junk. The CD player didn't even work the first time we tried it and was hard and costly to try to return. Don't waste your money on this

This isn't a good product. The sound is poor and there isn't anything to adjust the speaker output such as bass and treble. I would return it but it would cost as much as it did to buy it to mail back. I'm not happy.
DMD.

CD player quit after 2 days. I had an Emerson unit before, and the cd player started malfunctioning after 3 months. I have given up on finding a small cd player/boombox. Radio and tape player portion work fine, but not near enough time in the drivers seat to know how long they would last.