Portable CD Player with Cassette

by jWIN

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.7 x 6.7 inches ; 6.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001656CK
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,218 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

TOP-LOAD CD PLAYER WITH LCD DISPLAY PLAYS CD & CD-R/RW 20 TRACK PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY AM/FM STEREO RECEIVER FM STEREO INDICATOR TELESCOPIC FM ANTENNA AUTO-STOP STEREO CASSETTE PLAYER/RECORDER WITH 1-TOUCH RECORDING

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT LITTLE COMPACT CD/CASSETTE PLAYER, September 28, 2007

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BROOKLYN GIRL "sicilianwoman58" (BROOKLYN NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Portable CD Player with Cassette (Electronics)

JWIN SEEMS TO BE A FINE ELECTRONIC COMPANY THAT MAKES GOOD QUALITY AND DURABLE PRODUCTS. THIS LITTLE BOOMBOX CARRIES QUITE A LITTLE PUNCH. MOST BOOMBOXES DO NOT HAVE A WINDOW FOR THE CD AND THE CASSETTE, BUT THIS ONE DOES. YOU CAN SEE THE CD PLAY. IT HAS A LITTLE WINDOW TO SEE THE CASSETTE, WHICH HELPS TO SEE HOW MUCH TAPE HAS BEEN USED, AND HOW MUCH LEFT. THIS IS GOOD ALSO TO SEE IF THE CASSETTE IS WORKING. A LITLE ADDED FEATURE IS A BUILT IN MIC. ONE GREAT FEATURE IS WHEN YOU PLACE THE CD IN THE COMPARTMENT, IT LOCKS IN, LIKE A CD WALKMAN, OR PS ONE. THIS, I FIND HELPS IN LESS SKIPPING, IF YOU WANT TO MOVE, OR CARRY THE BOOMBOX AROUND. THE FM/AM SOUNDS GOOD. RECORDING FROM THE RADIO IS NOT A GREAT IDEA, IT DOES NOT SOUND GOOD DURING PLAYBACK, BUT TO RECORD FROM A CD TO A CASSETTE IS OK, NOT GREAT, BUT GOOD. CD QUALITY IS VERY GOOD. CASSETTES RECORDED FROM A LARGER BOOMBOX SOUNDS GREAT FOR PLAYBACK. I DID NOT CARE FOR THE VOLUME AND TUNING CONTROLS, ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO SET THE STATION YOU WANT, BUT I DO LIKE THE OLD FASHIONED TUNING. STATIONS COME IN QUITE CLEAR. ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD BOOMBOX, NOT A SONY, BUT THAT'S OK FOR ME. I HAVE PRODUCTS FROM THIS COMPANY AND THEY WORK QUITE WELL. AT LEAST THE CASSETTES DON'T GET EATEN UP. I GIVE IT A 4, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE TUNING AND VOLUME CONTROLS. I HOPE THIS HELPS. THANK YOU

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Compact, attractive and cheap - but poor sound quality, June 29, 2007

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Andrew Gray (Dundee, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portable CD Player with Cassette (Electronics)

This little boombox has a lot going for it. It has a snappy, cute design, very compact size and the price is remarkably low. However, the downside is that it just doesn't put out very good sound. There is no bass to speak off, the midranges are hollow and tinny and most of the high end sounds are cut off. I would compare the sound quality to that of cheap PC speakers. There is no electronic sound processing (i.e. "Pop", "Rock" and "Classical" settings) either.

That said, the jWin does pack a lot of funtionality into it's modest size. It plays CDs, cassettes and has an AM/FM tuner. Reportedly you can record CD to cassette, or radio broadcast to cassette, but this is not something I have tested. The presence of a condenser mic implies voice recording, but again I didn't test this.

The AM/FM tuner is nice - it's a manual tuning dial, which I always appreciate over electronic "snap-to" tuners. There is a telescoping antenna which did a fair job of picking up FM stations from the 20 mile-distant metro area. Rather than electronic tuning, radio frequencies are printed on a wheel which is viewed through a small magnifying bubble. This bubble makes the small print larger, but narrows the viewing angle to straight on only.

The jWin runs on 6 C cell batteries, which is better than the 10-D cells another unit I considered.

The main task of this boombox will be to play audiobooks on CD and cassette for an 8-year old child. I am not certain how well it will perform at this task. I would certainly not use it to play music because of its inferior sound quality.

The jWin does have headphone jacks, and it may well be that it's cheap speakers are less of an issue with a good set of headphones plugged in.

In the end, a boombox is a portable stereo used fill a room with sound. For that reason, I had to disregard the low price and nice design and give it three stars for poor sound.

40 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good System, January 25, 2007

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David H. Dudley "'Two Cent' Opinion" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portable CD Player with Cassette (Electronics)

I really like this unit. It is user freindly, compact, and durable (i mainly use it in my shop with unfavorable temperatures & humidity), however, it works great and keeps on working. About the only thing it will not do, is allow the user to adjust the sound characteristics (i.e. bass, treble, etc.), but the sound is still good, even when loud, despite not having any sound adjustment options, other than volume.