Panasonic RX-ES20 Cassette/CD Boombox

Pros: Has excellent sound quality,Easy to use with lots of remote features.
Cons: Get good Alkaline or NiCad batteries Uses up Batteries Quickly

I have had this Panasonic RX-ES20 for a week now and am very pleased with it overall.This unit has a four selection Preset Equalizer the settings are XBS-Extra Bass,Clear,Soft or Vocal.You can Record your CD,s right onto a Cassette Has a LCD read out...

Pros: Highly convienient, feature-packed little stereo. Comes with remote. Check out the Sound Virtualizer feature!
Cons: Headphone jack is at the back of the stereo. No microphone jack.

I got this stereo for Christmas '01, and have been thoroughly satisfied with it. I was totally surprised to learn from my mother that it cost only $US95!

I was perhaps most impressed by the "Sound Virtualizer" feature. It can only be...

Pros: Easy to use, Loud, Lively, Looks Good.
Cons: Too much Bass, Totally inadequate for Classical or Choral Music.

This is very much a case of 'you get what you pay for'. You've paid for a Boombox and that is exactly what this is - and boy does it boom!

The first thing you notice, as soon as you listen to this unit, is that it is all Bass and very little else. There is no real variable tone control, only different factory presets which seem to be Bass, More Bass and So Much Bass It's Painful!

As a radio, it's fine, as a player of Rock CD's it's fine - as a way of annoying the neighbors it's outstanding BUT, if you, like me , listen to Bach, Vivaldi, Choral Plainsong and the like then this is just not for you. It lacks any subtlety and manages to make the most exquisite unaccompanied choral singing sound just plain vulgar.

If you are tempted by this machine, just be sure what you intend to use it for. As a 'ghetto-blaster' for parties it's fine but if classical music is your thing then you are going to be sadly disappointed.