Philips AZ102S/05 Portable CD Player with AM/FM Radio – Silver

A. Pywell

at 5:33 pm

Review by A. Pywell for Philips AZ102S/05 Portable CD Player with AM/FM Radio – Silver
Rating: (5 / 5)
This was bought for my 7 year old who just loves her music!! We had bought cheaper products for her brother and sister in years past which had not lasted. Whilst this is not expensive it is far more robust and has a good sound. She is able to work the controls with ease and they are strong enough to stand up to a bit of rougher treatment. Would definitely buy again rather than wasting money on cheaper brands…

Androgeos

at 6:40 pm

Review by Androgeos for Philips AZ102S/05 Portable CD Player with AM/FM Radio – Silver
Rating: (5 / 5)
I love this little Philips. It does exactly was I wanted: it sits in a corner of the kitchen and fills the room with music while me and my flatmates hang around, or prepare breakfast or have dinner. For the price you can’t really fault it.

PROS

-good build quality. Lots of plastic, but it feels sturdy, and the knobs have a nice robust feeling to them

-good speaker quality. While I didn’t expect miracles given the price and size, I have to say I’m quite impressed with the stereo separation and the nice clean sound. This won’t be as good as your main system, but it’s perfectly fine as a secondary player for kitchen, garage etc.

-good radio reception: I’m not really sure what a previous reader meant when he complained about problems with tuning. My unit is perfectly fine and, while tuning happens through an analogue knob, I have no problems (NB I live in a city) in obtaining good, completely clean signal – to the point that I wonder what would the improvements of a DAB radio be.

-small and visually pleasing IMHO.

DEFECTS

None really so far, or better one, being really picky: the CD control labels (those shapes engraved in the buttons, that indicate whether the button is for playback, recording, next track, shuffle, etc) are white on white background. This means that, unless you learn by heart what each button does, it will be a little difficult to control the cd on the fly, while you’re maybe doing something else and can’t immediately see the label. Oh well..

In summary, does what I wanted and at a fraction of the price I was prepared to spend.

NM Gordon-Potts

at 7:41 pm

Review by NM Gordon-Potts for Philips AZ102S/05 Portable CD Player with AM/FM Radio – Silver
Rating: (4 / 5)
Having checked a number of products the Philips soundmachine offered good functionality at a price that was reasonable. I would recommend to others who might be looking for an inexpensive CD player!