I am truly not a hi-fi geek who attaches the bar at the top. But the difference in sound to my age-old radio could be heard immediately. The sound was noticeably worse and the equalizer functions scarce (bass, treble u. A few presets). In addition, the rotary volume is very smooth and slippery, what has disturbed me immediately. Channel reception was also below average, thus the device is not in my opinion recommendable