I have only had this item for a very short period of time and I have found two things that I really don't like about it. First, it skips REALLY, REALLY easily. I have bought cheaper CD players for my daughters that work MUCH better than this. Second, the earphones that come with it have horrible sound. I plugged in another set that I had and it sounded a lot better. Therefore, the sound is good, but you have to have another set of earphones to hear it...get ready to fork out a few more bucks! My two cents...these things have got really inexpensive lately, spend a few extra bucks and get a better one than this.