Unfortunately, there is nothing better ...

My wife loves these little Cd player dearly, so you hear
like audiobooks. Once your old appliance (a NoName) the spirit
gave up needed a new. To my surprise I found that it in
these devices are really just cheap parts. The times where there is also
were high-end devices, are over.
For Sony NE 241:
most pictures fool you something, the device has a slightly clumsy
Plastic housing, the top is painted silver. It works better than a
NoName player but the price of good 60Euro not wirlich appropriate.
But: it can be with the rocker switch and the overhead two-line
Display good use and really plays any CD (either audio, or MP3)
from.
My conclusion: quite useful but not really convincing.