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It has held up well and continues to work well after nearly two years of usage by various rentors. I bought this little compact system for a vacation rental property I manage. Sound is good and functionality is easy to figure out, even for the techno-phobe.
There's a little static with the radio, but I'm still working out the bugs. The sound it great. I bought this for my kitchen, replacing a portable CD player. I absolutely love it. I'm considering buying one for my son for his birthday.
After twelve months, the radio simply refused to receive any stations and CD's are more likely to skip to the end of the disk then they are to play, even the machine's "favorite" disks. Very disappointed with the reliability. I've had better luck with $50 boomboxes. I was initially very happy with this machine and others I've bought from Sony: good quality sound, excellent price, full set of features without being too complicated. After six months, CD's started skipping occasionally for no apparent reason (which I attributed to the disks). I aim to replace it with a product from another manufacturer.
I use the radio about half the time and the CD player the other half. Everything sounds great on it, from NPR to blues guitar to Bach cantatas to Cake. The one small gripe I have is that the clock only displays if you explicitly press the clock mode button. I bought this for my office. It's perfect. But I can live without that. I wanted a good sound at low volumes and with a small footprint because it has to sit on my desk. It's really made my work hours better.
I have had the unit for a few weeks now and will say it was a bargain indeed. The sound from CDs is excellent.My one gripe is that some of the text ("Preset," "Auto," etc). Mind you, I do not crank up the volume and don't require a floor thumping bass, but do enjoy the rich sound this little unit puts out. on the screen is so small I can't read it from my seat 10' away. I listen mostly to an FM classical music station and the reception is fine. I am not getting as many clear stations as I might like, but believe this has much more to do with my location than any fault of the unit. I wanted a separate speakers, bookshelf system with a good sound that had the smallest footprint possible.
Although the bass and treble controls didn't seem to change the sound a great deal, I heard a surprisingly nice output, with crispness and enough separation to convince me it would be worth the $90 price. This Sony looked promising, but I was made somewhat apprehensive by the one very negative consumer review I came across; however I found 14 more consumer reviews at another website which were mostly positive. I took a classical music sampler CD to a local store and, amid the din of other blaring units, gave it a listen. But this is a very minor irritation - and I highly recommend the Sony CMT-NE3.
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