Customer Reviews

RCA RS1249 Compact Stereo System

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This is a great sounding stereo with a great price. It's worth every cent. A must have for someone who wants spectacular quality with an affordable price.

Frankly, I didn't expect to like this as much as I do! I expected it to look a little cheap and maybe sound that way too, but when it arrived (in 3 days!), I was very pleasantly surprised. Even if I had had more money to spend on a more expensive system, I doubt if I could be happier than I am now with my new RCA! It has great sound and a sleek, sophisticated design. You can't go wrong with this one!

I wasn't actually LOOKING for a compact stereo, although I've wanted one for months. But when browsing through Amazon, I came across this one, read the editorial and customer reviews, and then bought it. Well, it's barely out of the box, and it's fantastic! The sound is great, the controls are clear, the features are easy to use and helpful... basically, what everybody already said here. They were right, and they made me decide to buy it. It's a wonderful stereo at a great price...like everyone else, I highly recommend it!

great smooth sound with high powered bass that would make a great gif

This is a great stereo system. I have it hooked up to two large floor speakers and two surround sound speakers and I'm very pleased with the sound quality. I can really shake the walls in my apartment if I feel like it. The system is easy to set up and to use for anyone who isn't a sound technician. I like the remote feature and the preset equalizers (I'm no good at balancing sound). It would be nice if it had a clock feature but I see that as the only drawback to an otherwise simple yet great sounding system.

I bought this thing before I had any knowledge of what a good piece of audio equipment was. I only had this for about 3 months until it stopped working. Everything was lighting up but when I tried to play a CD or an audio tape or listen to the tuner, there wasn't any audio. The RS1249 had a warranty but it cost me $60 to ship it back to Texas. That was about half of what I paid for it... not cool. I took about 3 weeks to get my replacement for it. In less than a year, that one was total busted as well. It started making weird noises when I opened and closed the CD tray. Then it would occasionally become stuck and I had to apply force to close it until it finally would almost never close. I even had one of my good CDs get stuck in it and I had to take it all apart to get my CD out. When I looked inside, mostly everything that could be plastic WAS plastic. Plastic against plastic doesn't work very well... I speak from experience. Also, in the time that it did work, it would pick up radio signals even when it wasn't set to tuner. It would even pick them up when it was turned off. When I went to bed, I would have to unplug it because it would pick up stations and randomly go on and off with them. The RS1249 also puts of distortion when it is turned off or not being used but it isn't very obvious. Don't waste your money on this piece of garbage. Go out and buy a system that has a receiver and separate CD player or tape deck. If you have to get a book shelf system for space or money reasons, do yourself a favor and don't buy this product

I recieved this product last christmas and it is still a "satisfying" CD player. I know that I'll be keeping this one for a couple more years.

This was purchased to be the main stereo in a very musically-involved teen's life for the next few years. Having an RCA myself, and having 3 years of a very positive experience with that one, I hoped for the same with this. There are a couple of major drawbacks to this system, that Amazon does not point out in their "technical data" section. Buyers really ought to be made aware of these features, before they purchase this system. The red on/off power light does not EVER really go off. When the stereo's not being used, the system goes into "standby" mode. The power light stays on, and there is a digital readout that says STNDBY on the display - all the time it's "technically" off. Meaning: the light's going to burn out a lot sooner than necessary, and it's annoying - you get the impression that it's on when it's not.It's never really dark, or has a clock on the display when it's off. (There's no clock display, period, unlike many other sytems.) The other thing that isn't terrific is the noise from the tape decks.I'm hoping this will dissipate with time, but I obviously don't know that it will. When either deck is used, there's a motorized noise that eminates from them. The stereo does have better general sound than I had thought something with only 10 watts per channel would. Overall: the "standby" mode is simply a waste of electricity and will eventually leave you with a dead power light. (Bad design idea, RCA. And this absolutely should be mentioned when Amazon gets specific about the technical aspects of this system!)If this isn't a bother, you'll have a sytem with decent sound for an inexpensive price.I happen to believe people really should be aware of what they're buying before it's in their house & the box is opened.

I thought that when i opened the box i wasnt going to be happy since you cant listen to it like at a store when i hooked it up and listened to it. It was a great sound loud and the features are great the only thing is that it doesnt have time on it but that is ok and it is capably of 4 speakers.I would buy this product again if i had to

I recieved this product last christmas and it is still a "satisfying" CD player. I know that I'll be keeping this one for a couple more years.