I'm an engineer (electronics, that is) and I know I'm over analytical but trust me this is a serious POS. The only positive I can draw from it is the sound quality which is at least average to slightly above considering the competition and price point. That being said after I received this (a gift) it stopped working after about 2 months (lost the receipt of course and I never tried to follow up without the receipt). The mechanics of the CD door, and the drive motor are horrific. The door sticks, the drive motor was noisy clunky, and the thing skips at the slightest movement. The problem worsened as time went on to where it wouldn't even make it through a 10 second duration without severe skipping. The buttons aren't intuitive at all - just a bad design - I've already spent more time writing this than the product is worth. I can see via the ratings that a large majority of users agree - DO NOT BUY!