Sony CD Cassette Radio CFD-S70 B

This Sony CD player with Speakers, CFD-S70 B, is slightly used, but the Dealer stated “it’s fully functional, minor body imperfections, missing original box.” It had been extra carefully wrapped, stamped Fragile & sent within a day from Florida to Indiana. The body imperfection is less than slight, so it actually looks new! And the Mega Bass button does enhance the depth of the sound which creates a difference between Sony brand and simpler, lower end brands. I appreciate the Dealer’s honest assessment of this player and his care in shipping. It sounds exactly like I hoped it would, and would certainly trust & buy from this Dealer again!!

After owning three lower-priced units which we either returned or trashed them due to inoperative upon arrival, poor sound quality, flimsy craftsmanship, etc., we finally broke down and purchased the Sony CFD-S70 to replace them. Having grown up with the Sony brand and owning many products over the decades (from Walkman to blank cassettes to PlayStation to movie/audio discs to car audio to home theater), we should have known to invest the extra $$'s up front knowing what we would get. The Sony CFD-S70 has an easy-to-read digital display, and the controls are easy to use (if it had a remote control for the radio/CD functions, it would have been an added bonus but isn't a deal-breaker). The construction is good quality, and its compact size makes for a good travel companion when on battery power. The sound quality and frequency range are decent, especially when using the Mega Bass feature (note: for those of us 80's babies who remember and owned real "boom boxes", you may be a little disappointment with today's standards.). The battery option offers portability and use in emergency situations (storms, power outages, etc.). The telescoping antenna helps tune in some of the long-distance, weaker FM radio stations very well, and there is a slot in the back to store and protect the antenna when not in use. There are 3 "favorites" button that can be programmed for quick assess, which we found useful. The CD player works as expected. We primary purchased it for the cassette player (yes, we still have cassette tapes from the 70s/80s/early 90s era) and were pleasantly surprised that they still worked, and some even sounded like new. Overall, the Sony CFD-S70 is in the higher price range but you are also paying for the Sony name and long history they have with providing quality products. Will most likely purchase a 2nd unit as a spare and would recommend this to others.

I, like so many others in my age bracket, needed something to play my cassettes. I received the unit today and checked all the buttons and functions. The sound is very good and all the buttons seem to be working. I've tried the radio (AM & FM), CD player and the cassette player. I have two issues; one regarding the favorite save buttons. Only three stations can be saved; not three on AM and three on FM. The other issue is the unit does not turn "off" but displays "standby". I'm using the a/c plug so am not too concerned at the time, but if I decide to use as an emergency radio on batteries I am wondering how long the batteries will last in the standby mode. I've read all the instructions and was not able to find anything about the standby mode. All in all I feel like I got my moneys worth.

Excellent quality and sound!

So ok, probably like many other people, I was encouraged to buy this product based on the previous reviews: it got an average of 4.5 out of 5 stars, and many of the reviews said it sounded great. HOWEVER. When it finally arrived in my hot little hands, I couldn't believe how awful it sounded! Like, it sounded BAAAAAAAD, dude!!! The sound quality of this product is seriously no better than standard built-in smartphone speakers, or standard built-in laptop speakers. The sound on this machine was muddy, tinny, and monotonous; it was impossible to distinguish bass from drums from vocals. The Mega Bass feature might as well've not existed it was so useless. I purchased this product to replace two very old, second-hand CD players that are both half-broken, that I have to switch out depending on which type of CD I'm listening to (CD-R/W vs. standard store-bought). But after 30 seconds of sampling this brand-new Sony player, I realized that I was WAY better off keeping both half-broken CD players, and continuing to play my little game of rotating-half-broken-CD-players-based-on-whichever-CD-I-instert. The sound on my half-broken machines is INFINTELY better than the sound on this brand-new machine, and one of them doesn't even have any frickin' Bass Boost and still sounds better than this Sony piece of crap! I suppose I should put a small disclaimer in this review: I am a musician and have always sought high-quality sound from any product that I even consider purchasing. I should also say that I am a huge proponent of testing out products such as these, in person, before making a purchase, in order to verify for myself how good the sound quality is (which, naturally, I didn't do since I purchased this one cold online). If you don't much care about technical details of sound or music, then I suppose this product is about average. But if you're like me, and you place a premium on how your most cherished, kick-ass, heart-songs sound when they get amped out of a machine, then DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T BUY THIS PRODUCT!! IT'S A PISS-POOR WASTE OF $70. FIND SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS AT LEAST HALF-WAY DECENT! BUT ANYTHING BUT THIS, MAN!

It works great from cd 💿 cassette player to the radio 📻! Box 📦 was in rough shape though.

genial, estetica,audio, funciones, todo!

It is a great device

I like SONY products. I use it to learn Deutsch. Thanks lot.

The item's delivery was very fast. A nice product. Very easy to use.The sound quality is very good. It's a great deal better than my previous Panasonic CD player which broke after one year of use. I recommend it to everyone who like music.

Purchased for my mother in Australia as a compact unit that she could listen to her old tapes (yes, bless she still has a huge collection) and cd's on. She also listens to radio in the mornings. This little pocket rocket of a boombox is well designed, and for the price and features, especially in the Australian market, you just can't beat it. Note: for Australian use you will need to also purchase a separate stepdown transformer converting 240V to the ~120V the unit takes (US voltage). the step down transformer also comes with the equivalent Australian power plug as the unit ships with the standard US 2 prong plug. I just purchased the stepdown transformer from Jaycar locally.