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Loved it a short time, than the poor quality workmanship kicked in, cd player malfunctioned in a week. Cheaply made. Can't edit out the five stars--unfortunately. Do not buy this.
it's very nice looking, nice wood finish, with a nostalgic look to it. If you've been looking for an entertainment system like this where you have the ability to connect it to auxillary speakers, this is for you. I love this product. I have some expensive Bose speakers from some years ago that were sitting unused until I got this entertainment system. The sound is great. It's exactly what it was advertised to be. It's also very easy to use.
When you set the function switch to PHONO, the turntable just sits there. When she saw one of these in a store, she knew what she wanted for her birthday.Happy Birthday, Darling.Glanced at from across the room, the Crosley Conductor could be mistaken for an original. Raise the lid and there's the 3-speed turntable with its much too modern tubular tonearm.The AM radio sound is a close match for a meticulously restored tabletop tube radio. One might not even notice that the "tuning eye" on the illuminated radio dial is really a 2-digit LED display for the CD player, which is also disguised behind a faux metal finish. I don't have any way to measure the tracking force but it appears to be much lighter than a typical 1960s ceramic cartridge turntable.Outputs on the back allow you to hook the Crosley to an external amp.
Just don't expect them to reproduce the dynamic range of your most challenging CDs.The operation of the record player takes a little getting used to. A miniature stereo headphone jack tries to go unnoticed below the tuning knob. The speakers are more than adequate for AM radio and satisfactory for FM stereo, falling about midway between a low-end boombox and a Bose Wave Radio. Once the turntable is in motion, you set the needle in the groove and at the end of the record, the turntable will stop by itself but doesn't return the tonearm to the rest. You must raise the tonearm from its rest and swing it slightly to the right.
What were once band selector buttons on the AM/FM/Shortwave original are now the controls for the CD player and radio. My wife Cathy brought a sizable collection of vinyl to our marriage and added to it from time to time, even though we didn't have a record player. The Compact DISC Digital Audio logo becomes apparent and one notices that the radio is strictly AM and FM. There's also a set of hookups for speakers but you can only play through one pair at a time. Come closer, and the truth is revealed.
I haven't sampled the sound through bigger speakers but its output of 5 watts per channel should provide decent fidelity through, say, a pair of lower-cost Bose or Boston Acoustic speakers.As an occasional vinyl-spinner and everyday CD player and radio for a medium size room, the Crosley Conductor does the job with a pleasing retro appeal.
Again, it feels very cheaply made. The entertainment center fit the bill exactly. The CD player is very cheap however. It's hand rubbed wood cabinet and backlighted radio dial really make it look antique. For the money I spent on it, I expected the components to be of better quality.
The turntable works although, I had to tighten the spindle down before I could play a record on it. It's not overly loud nor does it have booming bass, but it's not tinny sounding either. You definately want to keep it away from little ones. I rated it a 4 because it works and it looks very nice. I haven't tried the cassette player as I don't remember where my cassettes are.
It picks up quite a few stations after extending the antenna wire fully. I was looking for a replica radio for the living room in my house that I'm decorating in the period the home was built. The FM radio works very well. This particular unit comes in a couple of colors and Amazon has them broken into different products. The sound quality is decent.
You will find more reviews under one of the other colors.
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