 Why wouldn't you buy this boombox? |
| Review Date: April 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer: The Information, United States |
It may seem like this is just another boombox in a never ending list of products whose faces change each year. On the surface this unit has cheap plastic parts, a big ugly 'X', and a silly little display that is about as exciting as a clock radio from 1982. The parts such as the CD door could easily be destroyed by a one-year-old (meaning, the child would not find it very difficult at all).
So, why would anyone want this $100 hunk of plastic? And why was the unit I purchased the very last one on the shelf? And why in the world is it missing features like "MP3 playback", and includes archaic features like "cassette deck"? You've got me! Fortunately, none of this matters.
For the purpose I bought it for--plugging in a portable music player--this is the box that puts all the others to shame. For such a low price I doubt there is any product in the world that delivers this kind of power and bass response. Featuring 2 4" speakers AND a 4" subwoofer this unit is ready to churn out a wide range of hip-hop, dance music, and much more.
To put it bluntly this 20 watt system (4W + 4W @ 3.2 ohms, 12 W @ 4 ohms) sounds huge and is a perfect companion for a device such as an iPod. I consider this product fierce competition to some of the weak sounding speaker systems alluringly sold along side iPods. With a simple cable (1/8" stereo to 1/8" stereo, NOT INCLUDED) you can plug any portable audio device into this boombox.
Sony has successfully filled this corner for years, offering cheap boomboxes with good bass, and the very important "line-in"! Oh, and it comes with a remote control, plays CD's and CDR's, and has an AM/FM radio. It's fairly heavy and has a deep footprint: 20 13/15 x 12 7/8 x 9 1/2" (530 x 327 x 241mm). Despite any oddness, for this price I can't imagine being happier. |
A great sounding boombox
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| Review Date: May 18, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Richard Kaplan, Bloomsburg, Pa United States |
I ve always loved boomboxes and have owned dozens of them over the years. I have the Sony G55 that I still use,but Im always on the lookout for something bigger better and more powerful, and this is it. I tried it out in a local Best Buy, tuned to the local FM station and I was blown away by the deep bass and seperation. When you can notice that in a crowded store thats a good sign. I also wanted a line in for my portable dVD player and my roady2 from XM and I am very pleased.
I wlways loved the "virtual surround" on some of these but I couldn t find any unit with this kind of sound, virtual surround and a line in, but this sure comes close.
Only complaint is the lack of a lighted display,but I can live with that. With four different sound settings, the super woofer and a line in jack this is as closeto perfection I ve found in a boombox.
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The best for the buck
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| Review Date: May 8, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Cal Turner, Colorado |
| I agree with the review that is written underneath this one~ when you recieve it, it is not attractive and you wonder "Where in the world will I put this thing so it doesn't look like a space ship just landed from Venus?" But when you turn it on.... It just dosen't matter. It has the best sound I have ever heard from a portable and you will have no need to own any other type of stero. If your looking for a CD player, this is the one. |
what's the difference
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| Review Date: September 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: G. R. Mills, |
I have had a CFD 500 for years and was overjoyed with it. The box would pound out the music no other portable I have ever heard. Not only that but when I bought it there were no other boxes who thought to put a 3.5 plug on it, as I plug my laptop into everything it was the reason I bought the 500. Through extreme abuse I managed to need to replace it. (I just noticed if you look up 'boombox' on wikipedia the 500 is pictured at the bottom of the page, of course.)
I bought the Sony CFDG700CP and then had second thoughts so I ordered the CFDG505. I ended up with both. The 505 is everything you could ever wish for in a portable stereo and more. I know of no other portable which is even in the same class as the Sony boxes.
Because I gave the 700 such an undeserving scathing review based solely on my misconceptions before really examining the box I must say this in addends and because it is my absolutely most honest understanding of the sound.
I tested the 505 and the 700, and the 500 some, side by side. My test song is Rob Dougan's, 'Clubbed To Death', despite it's horrid title it is one of the most perfectly composed pieces of music ever. There are soaring and falling notes that are so beautiful that one feels hope and despair at the same time. Then the bass comes and goes that brings about shattering realization of triumph and defeat all within that one moment.
I placed the two stereos in the garage and pointed them outward. I could not make out any difference between the 700 and the 505 at twenty feet. I point the stereos down the driveway and went back 120 feet. I went back and forth at least a dozen times to test different sounds at different volume levels and determined that there was no difference between the two stereos.
I was sure that there was no difference between the stereos but then I was in the kitchen listening to Dougan's song on the 505 and I decided to test the two stereos one last time. I put both stereos side by side on the tile floor and sat within two feet of the two, maybe the test I should have started with. While in almost every way the power and the sound is exactly the same on the two stereos there is one difference that should be the deciding factor if you are going to buy the 505 or the 700. The sweet sounds of that song is just ever so sweeter on the 700. The difference in the bass was missed before and when I realized how profound it is I was quite surprised. The bass from the 700 can be felt within the body where as the 505 can not. Sitting directly in front of the 505 the sound is all there but sitting in front of the 700 there is a vibration in the mid to lower back against and around the backbone. Despite the sound traveling a good 120 feet at volume 8 I could sit 2 feet away from the 700 and listen to the same song at the same volume enjoyably, and I don't like my music anywhere near the window rattling volume I hear on the street. There is one part of the song just before 4 minutes where the piano solo gently and sweetly swings down into a thunderous bass attack. There is something in the song at that part that cause the 700's bass, clearly visible from a foot and a half away, to start to flutter about half full range although the sound does not sound any louder. So the piano solo fades gently down, the bass flutters, and then WHAM!, right into the backbone. There has been very few listening pleasures I have ever had that can match that. The 700 has near the acustic sound of headphones plus the bass that can be felt all extremely well balanced.
If you are looking for looking for a truly remarkable portable with which a song can be listened to plainly from 120 feet and you are going to be twenty feet or more from the radio the 505 is absolutely a great purchase. If you are willing to go some extra bucks and are going to be between 120 feet and two feet and really want to hear acustic wonders the 700 is what you are looking for. |
Good buy
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| Review Date: April 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Thelma C. Johnson, Cookeville, TN USA |
| It's heavy, it's big, and it's ugly, but it sounds good.I bought this to replace an old Sony that doesn't do CDs. I wanted to carry it out to the front porch so I could listen as I read. It may spend its life on my desk, as it is so heavy to lug around. It looks like something from the Great Beyond, but it does a good job. I'll keep it. |
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