Price Paid:  $100.00 from FutureShop

Summary:
I puchased this cd player 1 year & 3 months ago. It worked fine while under waranty, no major complaints; the sound quality was good & it changed cd's quickly, however on the random setting with several cd's in at once it would often pick from the same cd for many tracks in a row, without changing cd's - not a true random play (a minor annoyance). I used it fairly often (almost every day), & was very careful with it since it is not a very sturdy machine (ie. cheap construction). After 1 yr. & 3 mos. it stopped working altogether - the display panel would illuminate when turned on, but the cd door would not open (4 cd's stuck inside). I took it to an authorized repair shop - they extracted the cd's & told me the micro-processor blew & could not be replaced (the part is not available for order). I called RCA Customer (dis)service department & they gave me the run-around, told me too bad & they wouldn't do anything for me. I have purchased several RCA products in the past 2 yrs, & every one has had at least one (& many cases several) problems. RCA has done nothing for me, I've been left out in the cold in all cases. My advice: never buy any RCA products, as their quality has severely declined in the past few years, & they obviously don't care at all about this fact.

Strengths:
Decent sound

Weaknesses:
Crap quality