Customer Reviews

XACT XS025 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Portable Boom Box

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Totally surprised. Solid, great sound for a boombox, antenna works great, signal comes in pretty much anywhere. Built-in FM transmitter means you can leave it on the windowsill and broadcast to your home stereo. Kicks a#% for its size and price. Power knob turns on radio and boombox at the same time (nice) and also functions as volume knob, glows blue in the dark. In/Out for my Ipod, awesome. Best of both worlds. You really don't need a home or a car kit with this boombox (because of its FM transmitter). Might look weird, but don't be put-off. Speakers also rotate for customized sound distribution.

The XACT XS025 boombox is a solid performer. It is not going to win any awards for sound quality or looks but it gets the job done and it does it well. If you want to bring your commercial free radio to a party, picnic or beach, this boombox will serve you well. I was surprised I was able to listen to satellite music inside my house. The blue lighted power/volume knob is kinda cool.

I like the fact that you can plug this boombox in or load it up with 700 D batteries (OK 8 D batteries - but it is pretty heavy). You can get about 4 or so hours of listening time with battery power. Good enough for a typical party. If you are going to an all-nighter, bring spares.

Pros - great reception, decent sound, AC/DC option, good battery listening time, cool volume light.

Cons - U-G-L-Y, heavy when loaded with batteries, clunky carrying handle.

I'm actually glad that my stereo speakers do not have the connection that is required to hook up my Sirius receiver; otherwise, I may not have bought this. The boom box makes it easy to listen to satellite radio anywhere - even outside. The reception is clear and the sound impressive. I also highly recommend satellite radio (Sirius, of course) - you'll never listen to terrestrial radio again.

The portable radio works very well. The sound is very clear and crisp. This is not your typical boom box though. If your looking for big bass your out of luck. I am very happy with my purchase. I can take it any where I want and get great music. I would recommend this product for people to buy!!!

I picked this unit up at a local thrift store for the staggering amount of $10.00, new in the box, so that might color my judgment of it a little. I used the receiver in the car and swapped it in the boombox for home use, until I replaced the car unit with a Visor.
For this thing's size, it puts out a fair amount of sound, and the clarity is really amazing for speakers this size, which is about 3 inches, I'd say. It won't please the audiophile in your life, but it will bring the satellite radio out of the car and into your home.
It looks a little clunky and is quite heavy, especially when loaded down with batteries, but it's got a nice solid feel to it, unlike many of the current electronics out there. If you have an XAct that'll fit this, buy it. I have to take one star off for the receiver popping out on occasion, but other than that, it's a great accessory to have.

I love satellite radio but I would be cautious about buying an Xact unit. Xact products carry a 12 month warranty. At exactly 13 months the unit stopped working. Xact customer service informed me they were no longer responsible for the unit. Before buying this product search the web and you will find many "13 month" stories. Instead, I would suggest buying directly from Sirius.

I still love it. I painted my house and my Dad liked that we had tunes. I would buy it again. You are right it is heavy and the sound isnt going to win awards but its cool satellite music anywhere. I love music and like this unit alot. Oh be careful the face does get pretty warm... okay hot

It's a nice device if you want to just look at it. I could not get the reception in my house. I placed the antenna at my window facing north/northwest as instructed and got nothing. I tried at every window and even outside. The best I could get was two minutes of reception followed by ten minutes of silence. The customer service people at Xact were impolite and not helpful. They told me that I needed to place the antenna on my roof. Obviously, if I had known that, I wouldn't have bought it in the first place. Sirius is a great service, but do not buy Xact products.

This works so well for my needs that I purchased another to go in the shop. Durable and listenable sound if there is such a word. The only draw back I find with it is that it drains D cells to death in a short time. I would not use this for any length of time with battery power. I also like the extra ports for other devices to be added such as tape players, as old as they are, MP3, even my shortwave radio I connected to it. The sound is much better than small speakers. The only other warning I would keep in mind is that the speakers can be over rotated and break the snap that directs the way the speakers can be pointed. On one I did push it a little to far. Not a fault of the box. I over did it. Still I would say you would be hard pressed to not like it.

This product maybe the best on the market, but we'll never know. This company needs to be more specific on what models of Sirius Satellite Radios that this boombox is compatible with. Unfortunately, it was not compatible with ours and had to be returned. We had no problems with returning the merchandise, but it would have saved us a lot and time and effort if we had known up front that there was a compatiblity problem.