Very convenient to listen to your favorite CD anywhere and without disturbing others. It accepts all disks including those who were denied AIWA on my old drive, probably for some flatness imperfection. No inadvertent hopping and the sound is very good: with Sennheiser PX100 is the level of my hifi. Some complaints: inadequate opening of the deck cover makes it difficult to insert the CD ... and also the battery installation; adjusting the volume knob by no graduation (I had to place a marker with tipex!). For the price you can tolerate these little flaws!