Customer Reviews

Sony CFD-S300 CD Radio Cassette Recorder Boombox (Silver)

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I was looking for a cheap boombox for my office, and I really did not want to spend much money. I was looking for a boombox that had: CD, AM/FM Radio (digital tuning), and Cassette player. I originally bought Sylvania SRCD4400 for $39.00 + tax. But I quickly returned it and payed extra $20.00 for this Sony boombox and I love it.
1. The design of the boombox is sleek and easy to use. All the buttons are easily recognized and clearly marked (not so with the Sylvania!). The silver color is very nice, looks more expensive than it really is.
2. The sound is clear and booming. I was impressed with the reception of AM/FM radio stations -- the reception was clear! (Not so with the Sylvania model, couldn't get some of my favorite AM stations!). It is true however, as other reviewers said, Bass "mega bass" sound could be deeper. So if you like bass sound a lot, then this model may not be for you.
3. The remote control is easy to use. It has all the buttons you need to access the boombox. (Not so with the Sylvania model, no power button). HOWEVER, if you have thick fingers like me then you might have little trouble pressing the buttons. Remote control is slender and buttons are small. But it works well.

Overall, I am very happy with the boombox. I recommend to everyone who looks for inexpensive and quality boombox.

I bought this unit so that I could have something descent to put in my newly remodeled room. It works as expected, although I would have liked something a little more compact, and the remote is a nice feature too (even if it is really dinky looking). My only other complaint is that The Bass could be a little deeper, and the sound could be a little louder, but I'd definatly recommend this unit to anyone interested in a quality boombox on a low budget...

This is a great product. The price is awesome. I was looking for something to play my old cassettes and still be able to pop in a CD. It has great sound, even with some really old teaching tapes I listen to. It's not that compact, but it's very light and very portable. I would definitely recommend this product.

I purchased this system at Wal-Mart in December, 2004. It is very convenient and fits perfectly on top of a folding table that I have in my room. It is perfectly portable, and it's not like other systems that are best suited for a bookshelf or cannot be carried around very much. CD sound quality is excllent as well. You can play commercially issued CDs and CDs that were recorded from stand-alone recording decks or burners on your PC. Whenever I don't use it, I keep it in its original cardboard box. The nice features this system has are: 10 button direct access for radio or CD and a small remote control that you can use for CDs or radio. I don't listen to tapes on this system very often, but it does work quite well. I even tried recording on to tape from CD several times. The playback quality on a recorded tape (that was recorded on this system) is decent; you can hear the music, but there is a SLIGHT degree of sound distortion when playing back music that you had just recorded on to tape. But, that does not mean that this system is total junk. It is still quite nice. With the remote, you can control the CD player or radio, without having to touch the buttons on the system. You can jump right to a CD track (or radio station) with the touch of one of the numbered buttons. This system also has wide-directional convex speakers, which project sound to a wider area, they are not like most other speakers that only project the sound to a limited area. My system still works quite nice, so I'm not complaining.

Okay.....
I've had my Sony unit for a year and I purchased the unit because it was a "Sony."
Plus...a DVD, tape player and radio unit, how could I go wrong?

Plenty.
The DVD player broke pretty quick. I did not want to hassle shipping the unit iff.
Who does anyway?
But that's okay, I played tapes. No auto reverse.
This means, yep, ya gotta hit stop-eject-flip the cassette and hit play.
What a drag.

I use my Sony at a jobsite and this thing is WAY too delicate for anything but a bookshelf. No rough and tumble usage.

So...I'm down to the radio because the tape feature is such a hassle.
Get this: if you lose power, you lose your radio setting!
Complete dark ages. I was stunned at Sony's boneheadedness.
This is a MAJOR glitch you do not think of until it is way too late.

Not only that, but the radio-set buttons do not work. So, everytime there's a power interruption---frequent on a jobsite---someone has to spend 2 minutes resetting and kicking the unit to get to a mariachi station.

More frustration.
My advice?
Skip this unit and buy a $20 Radio Shack radio.

JDawg
Santa Fe, New Mexico

The CD player failed just after the warranty expired. Radio reception is poor. This one's going to the Salvation Army.

Much like a few other reviewers have noted, the CD player stopping being able to spin up disks after a year or two. We bought two of the previous Sony models which ended up having the same problem. Figured the new version would fix it. Apparently it's new in cosmetic design only. The very same thing happened. Unless you think of these as disposable, stay away. The radio tuner is poor as well. Neither AM or FM stations come in very well and we live right in town.

It's a GREAT PRODUCT and I Recommended to anyone, it is very reliable and you can take it anywhere and the sound is GREAT! Keep Up the Good Work Sony and Amazon for the Good Services! I am very Happy with it! and the Price was very Good!

Sincerely,

C.A. From: St.Louis,Mo

Like another reviewer, the CD player grew steadily less reliable shortly after the warranty period. I'd put in a CD and it would have trouble starting up, spinning and spinning until the CD started. Over time, this grew worse until finally it has become completely unreliable. Stay away from this one.

things a piece of junk for a modern boombox. the buttons arent nicely laid out and the cd player can hardly play cd-r's without skipping. it would also be nice if the tape player had autoreverse. only thing i liked was the cosmetics and the price. it looks somewhat classy compared to the other boomboxes out there. most new personal stereos look like they were dropped off from planet mars.