Price Paid:  $99.00 from CirCuit City

Summary:
compaq Size and light weighted, an ideal for travel. Never needed the 45s esp. Serves me well, battery life just average. Came with car Kit and works well on bumpy road. sounds great too.

Strengths:
Good sound quality and head phones

Weaknesses:
Need to remove CD to change battery.

Similar Products Used:
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Price Paid:  $56.00 from www.ezbid.com

Summary:
This is another good purchase I made at www.exbid.com. I got this CD player for about $56, which is pretty good. I own it for more than a year now and even though it was a refurbished unit, it still works beautifully. It is very lightweight, has 3 stage dynamic bass boost. This CD player NEVER skips. Trust me, I really tried to make it skip, but couldn't succeed. I mean you could easily go jogging with this baby. But if you want nice, clear and loud sounds, do buy a pair of good headphones (like SONY), not the one that came with it. I use those that go into your ear and has a strap over the head. Oh, one more thing... This CD player has no problems with playing CDR media, which is a GREAT thing...

Strengths:
very cheap, never skips, good sound, leight weight

Weaknesses:
Doesn't feel too durable (don't drop it!)

Summary:
I used the Philips AZ7894 cd player for less than a month.
It showed to be a good product, it never skipped when
playing because of its 45 sec ESA.
After a few recharges, the recharge circuitry broke. I
took it to be repaired, and I was told that they had
got another one with the same fault.
Now it's more than 3 weeks, and Philips still won't send
the repairer the schemes to fix it.
I would therefore not recommend buying this product.

Strengths:
45 sec Electronic Shock Absorption

Weaknesses:
It breaks!

Summary:
This is a great product. I've the AZ7894 model, the top of Philips's CD-man! It is not chip, in fact it is quite expensive, but its performances are magnific! Its ESA3 of 45 seconds (what a long time!!!) is insuperable and really unbelivable, but, in opposite of the ESP of Sony, it works better and better! I've used a Sony one for three years, and thera are not comparisons! If for you the money doesn't matter, this is the CD man for you!!!

Strengths:
45(!!) second ESA3 (Electronic shock absorption), 45(!) hours playing time, large EL backlit LCD, very small and compact, light, good-looking, optical(digital) out

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Sony portable cd with 10sec of shock protection

Summary:
Great reliable never had trouble batterys last

Strengths:
45 sec shock never skips

Weaknesses:
none