boom boxes & CD players

I remember back in the 80 ... see more

I remember back in the 80s and 90s when boom boxes "boomed" and sounded like a real stereo, had auxiliary ins and outs, mic ins, and most importantly had radio tuners that stretched the entire length of the unit and could pull in anything for miles around. Well, welcome to a new millennium. On paper this looks like it might deliver. Unfortunately it doesn't. The sound is small and "tinny" with CDs, the tape player sounds "wavy" and garbled, the buttons for the tape player are clunky, and worst of all... the AM/FM dial is about 2" long which means it has extremely low tolerance when trying to dial in a station. You can only pull in very strongest of stations in an area. The weaker stations overlap, meaning you can often here two stations at once competing for strength. I can't even pull in some of my local stations which are only 3 miles away here in Rochester, MN. Unfortunately, I don't see any other modern boom boxes that are much better. I think your best bet may be a local thrift store or pawn shop to find an older boom box that actually had some original quality to it. see less

TERRIBLE reception no mat ... see more

TERRIBLE reception no matter the location of the radio. Extremely hard to get correct setting for volume - it's either too loud or you can't hear it at all. I tried to return it but Target wouldn't take it back - I was told that poor reception is not a reason to accept a return. I emailed Emerson and got a snotty email back telling me I shouldn't have purchased their cheapest radio - I should have spent more. see less

I received the tape playe ... see more

I received the tape player/radio I ordered in good time but the tape player was defective. Unusable. see less

this item shipped and rec ... see more

this item shipped and received a lot faster than I thought it would. My granddaughter loves it and that makes me very happy plays it every day and goes to sleep with it on instead of her tv... perfect gift and she is 3 yrs old.. see less

We bought this for our 3 ... see more

We bought this for our 3 year old granddaughter for Christmas. It was really a nice boombox, well made and worth the money. She loved it and began playing it as soon as it was open. see less

Daughter received this as ... see more

Daughter received this as a xmas gift in 2009. We have had no problems with it and still works great...knock on wood!! see less

I bought this for my daug ... see more

I bought this for my daughter's 5th birthday. She loved it! It sounds great and is just perfect for what I wanted it for. My kids like to listen to music to sleep too. We also use it to wake them up with by turning it up to dance to wake up. We get up early in the week 5 a.m. so it is a very positive start to the morning. see less

My 3 year old was very ex ... see more

My 3 year old was very excited about having this cute radio to listen to at night while she slept. Everything worked great at first until about 4 months in. At that point the CD player would not play at all. I even tried to use a CD cleaner, but it would not even turn on to read it. So we switced to the the FM radio at night. That worked for 2 nights and then it stopped working! Right now the AM station, strangely enough, is still working. So if she wants to listen to the one talk radio program I can pick up she'll be fine! This CD/radio is cute on the outside but that's where it stops! see less

As other reviewers have m ... see more

As other reviewers have mentioned, our cd player also began smoking and it smelled very noxious. It is hard to believe that after all of these reviews there has not been a recall on this item. On the plus side, our local target was AMAZING when it came to the return. see less