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Bought this think for a little music in my bedroom, for romantic times mainly. The sound is crystal clear. I have a suped-up hundreds-of-watts-per-speaker system in the living room, and the sound on this little system actually comes close (and that is NOT an attack on the expensive stereo, just how good this thing is).It also plays MP3-CDs, so you can rip a lot of music onto a CD.The biggest plus for me is the input - you can hook up different things, like an iPod. I have an XM satellite radio plugged into this and works seamlessly.The girls in my life like it too - all those little extras in addition to personality stack up nicely.
I have followed the directions in the minimal insert enclosed but the Bass and Treble are non existent as far as I am concerned. Right now I feel like I should have bought a $20.00 CD player at a drug store. I have tried everything to increase the Bass and Treble to no avail. Any advice.
Good price for a radio while working in the garage on weekends. As a non-audiophile I just play my burned CDs and listen to AM radio & am happy with performance. Remote and iPod support come in handy. It does not bother me that the unit looks like a 1977 Samsung.
The Sony CMTBX1 micro system is excellent for its size and price. It replaces an older system that still had a good radio but a rather noisy CD player (and too old to play MP3s, of which I have a number). The Sony unit has very good FM and AM reception, plays CDs very well (and quietly)., and I am very satisfied with it.
I can get all local stations crystal clear, even some weakly powered college radio stations. This unit has real hi-fi components. Kind of irritating, unless you actually have 20 stations you like to listen to.Finally, no mute button.* Sum:Sound is very clear. You MUST go through all 20 presets, filled in or not. Not audiophile quality, but not cheap mobile junk either. The entire package - especially the CD tray - is an odd mishmash of styles.
Better than I was expecting - better than a 'generic mobile mp3 player'. Mini, maybe, but not micro. You can hear the difference. The sound through my expensive headphones is very good. The main unit is big and bulky (but solid).
The unit is quite clear. Saying that, the reception on this unit is superb. In other words, if you preset 10 stations and are on preset #10, in order to reach preset #1 you will either have to go down through each preset, "9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1", or go up through all the presets you haven't filled in yet, "11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-1". Friends have trouble getting cell phone reception at my place. It's labeled a 'Micro' system, but its more like a normal hi-fi unit that got shrunk in the wash. Way better. Main unit is solidly built, if bulky. This system also plays mp3 discs (if burned correctly) and is able to go multiple folder levels deep in order to find & play the songs.
* Positives:I live half a kilometer away from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), one of the busiest airports in the world, awash in radio waves of all sorts. Also, the speakers are very cheaply made - this is where they cut costs. If you have your own speakers, I recommend you use them instead.Some of the controls are only on the main unit (like DSGX), while others are only on the remote control (including tuner preset memories, clock/timer settings, and EQ), so don't lose that remote, or the stations you initially preset will be the only presets you ever have.There are 20 preset FM radio stations, and even if not filled in, will be gone through when going to the next preset. As there are no number keys anywhere, you cannot reach a certain preset out of order. * Negatives:Sony's design A-team was not assigned to this unit. Speakers are not spectacular. I bought this unit for work because it has a headphone jack on the front of the unit, which is becoming a rarity these days. If sound is more important to you than looks, consider it, especially if you plan on listening through headphones.
Compared to every other 'small' system I have, from portable to "boombox", this unit sounds better. It looks like something that would have been offered several decades ago. Look is very quirky.
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