purchased for my mom for xmas. its the right size for her entert. center. sounds really nice with a little bass even with out the bass boost. have not tried usb, cd or aux. features yet but its a sony so i say its cool.lol looks really nice too. only negative is i hate to put the antenna on the wall but its not that bad, ill figure out how to hook up one on top if possible.

This stereo is great, small, compact, Bluetooth works great with our iPhones, sound is clear and fills our home of 1800 square feet beautifully. Cd sound is clear.

Love the sound from this system, easy to use, looks great also

It is so powerful and looks pretty good. I never had something like that before. I have been enjoying my birthday gift during the summer. It has been my marvelous release.

I did not like this unit in the store. It was not picking up any radio stations, and the functions had some lag time. I saw it open box for $130.99 and decided to give it a try where it would live. I really wanted AM and FM radio and easy access to a single cd player. Very few mini-systems or shelf-systems are being made with AM radio these days. I get VERY bad radio reception in the front room of my house. While this is not perfect, it pulls in the most AM and FM stations of any radio I tried, which includes a borrowed $1,000 Onkyo receiver. Again, my reception is situational, so this would probably work spectacularly well for anyone else! What I do like about the radio tuning is that it has the option to receive FM stations in either stereo or mono (which helps clean up weak FM stations). Additionally, the CD player works well, Bluetooth is quick to connect, and there is a USB input on the front of the unit. I love the retro, brushed steel look with the large volume knob, but it is actually plastic. This in no way means it is low quality. The speaker cabinets are wood. The remote control is a little chunky, but it fits in your hand well and is well laid out. I also use the sleep timer and wake to radio feature. It is a little annoying to program the wake feature (and that is the first thing to erase after a power outage), but it a nice feature to have. The remote has great range and seems to work around corners in my house. I do not like that the speaker and antenna connections are proprietary. If you want to extend your speaker wires, you will have to splice them. Additionally, if you want a replacement antenna or to get a different one, you will have to go through Sony. The unit does have more lag than others in turning on, turning off, initializing a cd, and switching between inputs. I can live with these things. I mostly listen to sports and talk radio, and the stereo is great. For music, the sound is pretty good and has some adjustments for bass and treble and an additional Bass Boost. If you are an audiophile, though, I would look to a much higher end stereo. For basic FM, using Bluetooth, and the occasional cd, I think this is great. It also has NFC, but I don't have any devices to pair with that. The stereo is a total of 50W, but that is more than adequate for my small room. I don't think I would have paid $199 for this, but it offers more features and better performance than other more expensive stereos. It is an absolute steal if you can get it for less than $150.