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Crosley Rochester Entertainment Center - Paprika (CR66-PA)
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
 Ups and Downs of the Crosley CR66, May 12, 2008
I purchased the Crosley CR66, because I have a similar retro system, by another manufacturer, but that system's CD player did not play one of the newer formats, when a friend burned a disc for me, from his computer. The Crosley CR66 did play the newer format, and that sold me on the system. Also, the Crosley looks great, and sounds pretty good, especially its CD player. I am not fond of the FF-only cassette deck, as it has no rewind. The cassette deck also does not record; in fact, none of these type of systems, that I have seen, by any manufacturer, have cassette decks that rewind or record. The only place where I really think this Crosley system fails is in its turntable. You have to gingerly wedge LPs into place, as the tone arm rest juts out over the turntable. Also, you have to move the tone arm to the right, to start the player. Plus, there is no device to cue the needle, and no record return. (My other system has these features.) Hence, one must be extremely careful when playing a record, because it's easy to accidentally drop the needle on the record. Overall, the Crosley CR66 is not a bad system for the price, and in comparison to other systems, the idiosyncracies of the turntable are the biggest drawback. Conversely, the radio and CD players function well, and sound great. The look is also very stylishly retro, and the sound is warm and inviting.
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