Memorex MP3123 CD Boombox with MP3 Playback

by Memorex

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 9.5 x 7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068U26
• Item model number: MP3123
• Batteries: 8 C batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #419,568 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take custom music compilations everywhere you go with the compact, affordable MP3123, whose streamlined design accommodates a fold-down carrying handle. The compact, lightweight unit plays both commercial CDs and custom-made audio CD-Rs, including those filled with MP3 music files.

It's easy to skip around for a favorite track or, with standard audio CDs, set the player to repeat one track at a time or all tracks. An analog FM-AM stereo tuner lets you dial in and crank up favorite radio stations, and bass boost enhances the lower registers of music. The player runs on eight "C" batteries (not supplied) and comes with an AC power cord and a built-in telescoping antenna.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Didn't read all my mp3 cd's and not very good sound, January 26, 2003

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M. Nagel "mtnagel" (Cincinnati, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MP3123 CD Boombox with MP3 Playback (Electronics)

I bought this mp3 boombox for work so that I don't have to have to keep changing cd's and 1 cd would get me through the whole day. Well this was the first one I saw, and I didn't think $50 was that bad, so I got it.

At first it worked good. I noticed right away, that sound quality wasn't that great and it didn't play very loud at all. Then it wouldn't play some of my mp3 cd's. It would say "no mp3". I took it back and got the RCA RCD125 and for $20 more it's much much better. It played the cd that this one wouldn't.

I'd stay away from this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You Get What You Pay For, April 8, 2003

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Harvie Allcorn (Eastland, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorex MP3123 CD Boombox with MP3 Playback (Electronics)

I ordered this item through Radio Shack to play my MP3 radio shows. At first, I was impressed with the sound. I had been warned that the controls were a little clunky, and it was a little difficult to get the cds in and out because of the way the "hood" opens, but I could put up with that. What I hated was the way, as the other folks have said, it cuts off the end of each program as it goes on to the next. I would think that Memorex would be well aware of the problem. It does, however, seem to play regular cds just fine.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Does not play the complete mp3 track, February 25, 2003

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A. Mathew (Newark, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex MP3123 CD Boombox with MP3 Playback (Electronics)

It skips the last 30 seconds of all mp3 tracks. That is rather disgusting. Plus, inability to play the lower bit rates without garbling it beyond recognition makes this product a loser. The analog FM tuner is a pain. sound quality is so and so. I bought an iRiver SlimX 350 following this fiasco. That product rocks.. Check that out instead.