Overall the product is fine, works well and doesn't seem to have any problems with skipping. It is really noisy though - I have the CD player hooked up to a set of computer speakers, so the noise of the CD player is sometimes louder than the music itself.Also, some people might like this, but it is kind of annoying to me. If you stop a CD before it ends, somehow the CD player remembers where you left off... even after you pull the CD out, put different one in, then put the original CD back in. After all that time the CD player will start back up where it left off. It's not a problem to fast-forward or rewind back to the beginning, just a strange thing, that's all.I haven't used the earphones, 1) I can't stand the kind that flip around the ear like that, 2) I don't need them since I'm hooked up through a set of speakers.