Sony CFD-G500 CD Radio Cassette Recorder Boombox (Black)

• CD, cassette, and radio boombox with CD-cassette synchro dubbing and aggressive, power-drive design
• 10 watts RMS per channel x 2, with two 4-inch speakers and a 4-inch Power Drive Woofer for powerful bass enhancement (includes PDW indicator)
• Compact remote control with 10-key direct-access buttons for tuner and CD; 20 FM and 10 AM station presets; drift-free digital PLL tuning
• Stereo minijack (.125-inch) analog line input for hooking up an MP3 player, minidisc player, or other device
• Audio CD-R/CD-RW playback compatibility, 20-track programming, and 4 preset sound modes (rock, pop, jazz, and vocal)

This (the CFD-G500) is the successor to the Sony CFD-G70. I own both. The sound of the CFD-G500 has better definition (is cleaner), is louder, and even has cleaner bass than the CFD-G70. It easily provides music for a water aerobics class that takes place in a swimming pool that is the size of a tennis court. (In fact, before being a pool, it was a tennis court.)

I had worried that the G500's sound would suffer from lack of separate tweeters, which the G70 does have. Not to worry. I don't know how Sony did it.

The G500 also has some improvement in the user interface (compared to the G70): the volume control have moved from the top to the front and is colored silver rather than the same color as the box itself, and Line-In is on top rather than at the bottom of the front.

Note that as I write this, Amazon's link named "Technical Data" is inaccurate in at least the following. Takes 8 batteries, not 6: Weighs 18 lbs with batteries (15.5 lbs without), not "7.25 with batteries," and its size is substantially larger than 15.25 x 6.5 x 10 inches.

In summary, this is the best-sounding battery-powered boombox that I've ever heard, and I've heard many boomboxes in the last 30 years.

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If you're looking at SONY boom boxes, you may be considering both their black CFD-G500 and their silver CFD-F10. I bought both and would like to share my impressions thus far.

Appearance: I really love the sleek even elegant lines of the silver F10.

Portability: The silver F10 is lighter and more stream-lined, so if you want a unit that you can move around, this is an advantage over the heavier and bulkier G500.

Sound: I listen almost exclusively to classical music. Both models do a great job of providing a full rich sound. The MEGA BASS and MEGA Xpand of the silver F10 give it a sound quality comparable, at least to my ears, to the larger and somewhat more expensive black G500 (which has a power drive woofer).

But the black G500 has two advantages I really appreciate over the silver F10:

1. It has a feature that allows me to select 5 different audio emphases: one is good for the whole dynamic range (great for classical), one is best for vocals, one for percussive sounds etc.

2. When I'm playing a symphony at fairly high volume, and the orchestra reaches a real crescendo, the black G500 conveys the full blast of music with great clarity. The silver F10 does a good job of handling a high volume but not full blasts without losing some sound definition.

Bottom line: I'm delighted with both. I bought the silver F10 for use in my den, where I want to hear full rich sounds played at low to medium high volumes. I bought the black G500 for use in a corner of my living room, where I need higher volumes to reach into my kitchen and dining room as well.

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I wanted a small table top one piece portable receiver that plays cass. and cd's and would fit on my nightstand. What I got was a huge, tacky boombox that could be used as a PA for a small outdoor concert.

The sound is great and the soundfields in the built-in equalizer actually work. But the unit is excessively large and the grill work on the front, with it's red neon lights, is reminiscent of a 50's jukebox.

I suppose this is one of the disadvantages of shopping online. Pictures can be deceiving and if you're not really paying attention, you can end up with something totaly different than you imagined. The price was great but it did come in an open box. The first thing that came to mind is that the last person who purchased this item was surprised at the dimensions and returned it.

Bottom line is that this boombox sounds as good as you would expect something this large and heavy to sound.

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this boombox is simply amazing. it is much better than last years model which i bought for my dad last year for fathers day. when i first bought this boombox, it was for a cookout at my friend's house. they did not have any cd's and i did not have any ranchero music cd's either. so i borrowed a bunch of my dad and mom's cd's and put them all on my hi-md minidisc player and bought a very cheap wire to connect from my minidisc player to my line-in jack. man my friends were amazed at the sound and the music out lasted the party. when i brought it home, my mom was amazed at the sound and said she was going to buy one too. she never did so i gave her mine one day and tried to see if i can find another boombox out there, but there was no luck. after months of seaching, i came up with another sony boombox, which i called it an experiment. this boombox had a mp3/atrac3 cd player. it sounded good with my 80's hard rock collection. then when my mom would crank up the boombox i gave her, it sounded so good all over the house. i could not stand it anymore and i took off to target to my g500 cuz i really missed it and this time i was going to buy a shelf for cuz before i had the other one on a stool. then i was going to connect everything to it. i connected my playstation2, my directv and the unbeatable reunitement of my sony mz-nh600d minidisc player. nothing out there can beat that combination for the price. i have seen some reviews on this boombox that it can not play cdrw's, well this one plays them fine. i have heard of the bose wave radio at a grocery store and this radio rivals that radio easily. i am not going to say that it beats that radio, but for a much lower price this radio can do more than that radio. the bose wave radio is not portable ha! ha! you can not take the bose radio to the beach or just get up and go to target or anywhere else and buy one like the cfd-g500. the bose radio has not impressed my friends and family either and probably cannot beat my mini disc boombox combinations either. i don't know why sony does not just come up with the name subwoofer. it always has a different name like power drive woofer or super woofer. this boombox has a four inch SUBWOOFER. in the back of this radio there is a port and you can feel all the air coming from the subwoofer. i would recomend this boombox to anyone cuz i am now on my second one and believe me you will spend 5x more for the bose and not even get a cassette player either. also the remote is much different than the one pictured.

WOW!!!

I just bought this boombox, I love the powerful sound quality solid bass and loud crisp sound,really love this boombox sound like Bookself HIFI stereo's, forget those BOSE and crap systems out there , put them for 100's dollars, this do the job with great brand and price, worth every penny I paid! ...A+