Simple but elegant, solid and well-made device (apparently a lot better) components than the cheaper Portable. Easy to use as few buttons are present, they are also labeled sufficient, therefore suitable for eg the elderly. Bass and treble controls are missing, as a substitute is a EQ button with appropriate settings available. FM tuning and volume also work via buttons, here you would possibly have knobs, but is not so important. As a plus nor the remote control. The sound is above average, with 2 x 10W but I would now expect miracles. The price seems justified.