Sony ZS-SN10SILVER Compact MP3/CD Boombox with 10-key Direct Access remote control

Bought it to play music to my new twins. After about six months it refuses to play CDs and displayss "No disc" no matter what kind of a CD I put in it. Did anybody have the same issue?

It is an excellent buy.
I have not tried any other boomboxes which were costing cheap.
I just went for this, as this had am/fm/mp3 cd, and line in capability. Setting up is so easy and the remote functions are so cool exceeding my expectations. I never used its Atrac3 cd stuff, but the boombox is good at all it says to do.

There is no doubt this is a good product, but I advise you to checkout the reviews of other products as well as they are relatively cheaper with almost the same features which we mostly use. However,if u want to go for a no risk deal, go for this.

After much research over several months, I decided to purchase the Sony ZS-SN10SILVER boombox for my wife. The key features I wanted were
1) digital tuner for radio
2) CD Player
3) Good sound (I'm not an audiophile - just want it to be clear even at louder volumes).
4) Audio input so we can play songs from the family's iPODs and MP3 Players.

A Cassette player would have been nice for older tapes, but we don't have a lot of those so it wasn't vital.

As this model offers all of the above except cassette, is made by Sony, and had great reviews I thought it would be a winner.

When we unpacked it, it was larger than it looks in the pictures - I'd assumed it would be only about 6 inches deep, but it's more like 12.

The main reason for getting it was to listen to NPR on the FM dial. So we plugged it in, and tried to tune it in. Using the manual we figured out how to program stations - it's not intuitive, and I suspect we'll forget how to do this in future and have to return to the manual (if it can be found by then.) This isn't a big deal - just could be easier. You can add a text to describe each station as well and there are 25 or so presets. To get to a preset, there's a button that feels like a scroll wheel - you step through each pre-set to get to the one you want. Not as easy as having a set of preset buttons, but not a big deal either.

CD playback was very good - sound quality was very clear - the BASSBoost was effective as well. There are some equalizer pre-sets for different kinds of music as well as a manual option. Volume is increased and decreased digitally with settings betweeen 1 and 10 with 3 sub-levels for each level. a setting of 3 is reasonable for indoor listening, but you can go all the way to 10 and it's very clear - no hiss or other distortion.

Attaching my MP3 player with a cable (not included) to the audio input works well also, though playback was less loud than from CD.

After all this, however, we're seriously considering returning it. The radio reception is just horrible and as my wife and I are NPR fans, the key reason for this purchase was to be able to tune in and listen.

I thought a digital tuner would surpass an analog tuner in locking in the right channels - this has always been the case in the past (think of your car stereo). The Sony's tuner picks up a lot of interference, and no amount of antenna adjustment was able to overcome this for the main NPR station. Even other music stations that have strong signals in the area came in poorly, with varying degrees of hiss.

After trying several parts of the house I decided to see if the FM radio on my MP3 player, fed through the Sony's Audio In port would work any better. To my surprise this picks up the NPR station fine with no interference. Switching between the two (Radio Tuner vs MP3 via Audio In) clearly showed just how bad the Sony tuner is.

Ultimately, to be of any use as a radio, I'd have to have the MP3 player connected the entire time - and that doesn't make any sense - may as well just listen to the MP3 with headphones instead.

So if you primarily want to play CDs and get good sound output - this is probably a good choice. If you want decent radio reception though - look for something else.

Easy to use, no problems playing MP3 format. Excellent purchase. I got my money's worth.

I purchased this product to replace a small desk top stereo system that had stopped working. The size of this product on my shelf and its sound quality were important to me, as was having both radio and CD options. So far, it has been a great little unit and has met my expectations in these areas. One of its plus features is the ability to program lots of radio channels. One of its minus features is I can't quite figure out how to do it! It has a nice true sound with no crackling or distortion and operates on AC or battery power. Power options weren't specified in the product description on line nor was the fact that it did include a power cord, so these were welcomed features to find. It seems to be a great product for the price. It was impressive how quickly the NY vendor I purchased it from through Amazon shipped it.