Sony CFD-G500 CD Radio Cassette Recorder Boombox (Black)

Rating:
Summary: excellent sound quality and features!
Review: Not being a person who listens to too much music I don't know about how to properly equalize sound. This is why I'm glad this device came with an automatic equilizer. There is a button on the unit which automatically changes the sound profile (5 diferent characteristics). The instructions tell you what profile would be best for different kinds of music. There is also a woofer button to change the sound to two different levels of base. Another interesting feature is the sleep timer which you can use to set the radio off after so many minutes. The CD player is programmable meaning you can set the particular playing order.

It's very simple to use yet it has some very fancy features.





Rating:
Summary: Bought this for the great bass...but...
Review: One drawback is the lack of battery or other backup for the 30 presets. Once you unplug the unit, to move it to another location, you lose all the presets. I don't know if that is the case with batteries installed, but that is the case when only supplying it with outlet power.

Rating:
Summary: Cleaner and louder sound than its predecessor, the CFD-G70.
Review: This (the CFD-G500) is the successor to the Sony CFD-G70. I own both. The sound of the CFD-G500 has better definition (is cleaner), is louder, and even has cleaner bass than the CFD-G70. It easily provides music for a water aerobics class that takes place in a swimming pool that is the size of a tennis court. (In fact, before being a pool, it was a tennis court.)

I had worried that the G500's sound would suffer from lack of separate tweeters, which the G70 does have. Not to worry. I don't know how Sony did it.

The G500 also has some improvement in the user interface (compared to the G70): the volume control have moved from the top to the front and is colored silver rather than the same color as the box itself, and Line-In is on top rather than at the bottom of the front.

Note that as I write this, Amazon's link named "Technical Data" is inaccurate in at least the following. Takes 8 batteries, not 6: Weighs 21 lbs (according to box it came in), not "7.25 with batteries," and its size is substantially larger than 15.25 x 6.5 x 10 inches.

In summary, this is the best-sounding battery-powered boombox that I've ever heard, and I've heard many boomboxes in the last 30 years.