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I received 2 of these machines and BOTH WERE DEFECTIVE. I sent it back to Amazon and they sent me another one in which the cassette player didn't work. I am not recommending this item. I would rate this item VERY POOR. The first one I ordered, the CD player didn't work. I am waiting for a refund.
The internal speakers are a grade C at best. Overall this product is worth the $85 price and not any more. This product is average. External speaker connection is bare wire.
Loved it a short time, than the poor quality workmanship kicked in, cd player malfunctioned in a week. Do not buy this. Can't edit out the five stars--unfortunately. Cheaply made.
It's also very easy to use. If you've been looking for an entertainment system like this where you have the ability to connect it to auxillary speakers, this is for you. it's very nice looking, nice wood finish, with a nostalgic look to it. The sound is great. I love this product. It's exactly what it was advertised to be. I have some expensive Bose speakers from some years ago that were sitting unused until I got this entertainment system.
The speakers are more than adequate for AM radio and satisfactory for FM stereo, falling about midway between a low-end boombox and a Bose Wave Radio. Once the turntable is in motion, you set the needle in the groove and at the end of the record, the turntable will stop by itself but doesn't return the tonearm to the rest. Raise the lid and there's the 3-speed turntable with its much too modern tubular tonearm.The AM radio sound is a close match for a meticulously restored tabletop tube radio. I haven't sampled the sound through bigger speakers but its output of 5 watts per channel should provide decent fidelity through, say, a pair of lower-cost Bose or Boston Acoustic speakers.As an occasional vinyl-spinner and everyday CD player and radio for a medium size room, the Crosley Conductor does the job with a pleasing retro appeal.
You must raise the tonearm from its rest and swing it slightly to the right. One might not even notice that the "tuning eye" on the illuminated radio dial is really a 2-digit LED display for the CD player, which is also disguised behind a faux metal finish. I don't have any way to measure the tracking force but it appears to be much lighter than a typical 1960s ceramic cartridge turntable.Outputs on the back allow you to hook the Crosley to an external amp. The Compact DISC Digital Audio logo becomes apparent and one notices that the radio is strictly AM and FM. When she saw one of these in a store, she knew what she wanted for her birthday.Happy Birthday, Darling.Glanced at from across the room, the Crosley Conductor could be mistaken for an original. Come closer, and the truth is revealed. What were once band selector buttons on the AM/FM/Shortwave original are now the controls for the CD player and radio. Just don't expect them to reproduce the dynamic range of your most challenging CDs.The operation of the record player takes a little getting used to.
There's also a set of hookups for speakers but you can only play through one pair at a time. My wife Cathy brought a sizable collection of vinyl to our marriage and added to it from time to time, even though we didn't have a record player. A miniature stereo headphone jack tries to go unnoticed below the tuning knob. When you set the function switch to PHONO, the turntable just sits there.
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