- Excellent sound (with DSO and EQ7) - Never skips - Good outputs for external amps - Nifty Remote

- No 'Loud' button (only as a Menu option) - Writing on right knob not backlit - Difficult to remove faceplate - Some controls only on remote control

This is a great unit from Sony, as always. After sending a Kenwood 4021 back for being faulty I opted for this unit. I don't think it's as good looking as some units (its got that plain robust look, when I preffer a more sofisticated look), but suppose it depends on what you like. The sound is excellent (with DSO on, otherwise its rather pants, and with EQ7 set to the desired preset or custom setting). Also the unit NEVER skips even over some pretty harsh bumps and speed humps (the roads are terrible where I live). Overall its a great unit for £130 and if you like the look of it you won't be let down.

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Excellent sound with an explod amp and woofers. never skips and has fast eject and track change.

Can't pause cd player

Its an excellent machine!

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kenwood, pioneer with no amp though

remote control, great tuner, wonderful sound tweaking features(worth the money alone!), nice display, extremely comfortable and easy to use.

no bass specific preamp output.

This reciever is wonderful. I can't believe that reviewer that gave it a 2 out of 5. He sounds like a complete idiot. Sony has never let me down and this reciever is definitely no exception. Works flawlessly with NO skips. The other reviewer may not have mounted it correctly. It works wonders with component systems, delievering wonderfully crisp and bright highs with full mids and lows. Onboard amp is pretty good for it's class, but external amps work better. Tuner is wonderful, cd player is wonderful. This is a top notch head unit for any time sound system.

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Alpine recievers, Pioneer(bleh!), etc., etc.

looks,cd changer control,remote..this unit is good for only non-system cars..that means no subwoofer or anything

Sony sucks,for systems..skips,to much junk in the stereo(conflicts with a real EQ) and the face takes forever to put on

This Stereo Sucks..the only thing good is that it comes with a remote.This stereo has to much Junk in it EQ7,DSO(whatever that is)Xplod..bottom line this unit was a waist of money..i installed a old Alpine7854 and it Rocked

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Stick to Alpine,Nakamichi,Pionner they never skip and good quality

detachable face, XM ready, flip-down for CD

with extension it protrudes about an inch

The price is for the deck only the installation kits were extra of course. To change from a factory installed to this was $300 total including a 3 year exchange warranty. Quality sound and options... definitely would recommend it to others

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alpine, kenwood but this one is great

Sound, ease of use, look, price, functions.

face detachable

I have bought this cd tuner for almost 2 months now, and I am very pleased with the overall quality of the unit. Firstly, the look of the unit is great for under 300 dollars especially when it is dark, the red color really stands out. The sound quality is crisp and pricise even without an amp added to it, now I can enjoy my dance music while I am driving. The DSO(Dynamic Soundstage Organiser) can deliver crisp music straight to your ears and it is totally a different experience to other head units. The player never skips even when I am driving through some roughest road at high speed. This unit also pick up on radio station automatically so that you can just click the button and it stores over 50 stations in a few seconds. Overall I think that this is a good head unit, especially for listening to cd.

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Alpine cd tuner, Pioneer cd tuner, Clarion cd turner. (Can''t remember their model number) Nothing comes close to the Sony.