Sony ZSH10CP Heavy Duty CD Radio Boombox by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony ZSH10CP Heavy Duty CD Radio Boombox
Digital camera Review: Beware of Sony's cheap Chinese junk
Summary: 1 Stars
Purchased this and had nothing but problems with reception until it quit powering on. Sony support blamed my local radio stations, problem is my $15 transister picks them up fine as does all our other radios. They said for $29 shipping they would exchange it. So I sent it off. Weeks later they called me saying the could not exchange it that they would repair it. Now today they are saying they can't find the part and that I would need to pay an additional $88 to upgrade it, or I could have them send it back to me not working. WTF? Never in my 46 years have I been jacked like this by a major company. Sony will never get our business again. Who want to buy cheap Chinese junk anyway. Sony use to be made in Japan of much higher quality. Now it's just junk under the Sony name. Sony = JUNK. BEWAREDigital camera Review: Big sound on beach!
Summary: 5 Stars
This item delivers a powerful sound. Great on the beach where you have surf and wind noise.Digital camera Review: Boom Box
Summary: 5 Stars
I had been looking for a heavy duty boom box to use when I am gardening and this product suits my needs admirably. It was well worth the price. I cannot actually rate the battery life as I have not used it that way yet.Digital camera Review: Boombox for water environment.
Summary: 5 Stars
This boombox was a perfect fit for our water aerobics' classes that we hold. It has held up great in the harsh pool environment. I would definitely recommend this to anyone that needs a strong radio/cd player that may be in an outdoor or wet environment.Digital camera Review: C'mon, it's not THAT huge.
Summary: 4 Stars
So basically, Sony is the only company out there now that makes a decent all-around & affordable "sport/worksite" boombox that's worth anyone's time. At least SOMEBODY'S doing it I suppose, but I find it hard to believe that this type of product isn't in demand. First I bought Insigna's cheap little white "sport" player that had an interesting design but worthless sound quality and output. I returned it after one day and found this hexagonal machine here, so I figured I'd give it a try since I owned the red & black sport boombox that Sony had out around the mid-00s. So far...pretty good.
First off, unless all you've experienced from the boombox world has been the little shelf units or the dinky ipod docks, this thing really isn't THAT huge. I was expecting something like one of those clunky Dewalt things from the late 90s or so, but Sony made this one "tastefully rugged".(?) I like that you can haul the thing from either side, suitcase style in a way, or from the middle bar. The design is indeed an eye sore, but an interesting eye sore in my opinion. The water/dust-proofing on the CD player seems quality and hasn't slipped-up so far after 2 weeks of daily use in a car detailing bay that sees lots of water(~8 hours straight w/ just using the CD player so far). The buttons are all well-placed(much easier than the old sports box version), and I like that you don't even need to press "power" to start up a CD,; you just press "play" and it powers up n' goes. The closure mechanism for the CD player is solid. The volume knob is convenient and much more easy to maneuver than the old version with push button volume. The speakers seem about the same as the old version, and the mega bass function is loud when turned on. I really like Sony's idea to have the sides of the box be flat(the red hexagons on either side)so that you can pick it up from the side handle and stand it upright to save space(quickly and easily--even with 6 D batteries in it, this thing isn't a chore to lift unless you happen to be a 12 year old girl with stick arms).
Complaints(time to whine):
While the "stand upright" function is a huge plus for me, Sony put a big dent in that functionality by putting a CD player in the unit that has VERY bad esp(shock/bump protection); so bad in fact that it's impossible to play a CD in it while in the upright position or it skips frantically with the slightest movement(in my case this movement was having the volume up to the high 3 setting w/ mega bass off...not very loud at all). In the usual, horizontal position the CD player has adequate esp though. Yeah, yeah, I know I'm supposed to be growing out of those pesky CDs, but if you put an option on a product flesh it out to the fullest! The old version of Sony's sport S2 box had GREAT esp, and 2 settings for it even; you could place the unit, speakers facing up, and no skipping at all. You could smack it around like a two-bit muppet and the music played fine. I guess I'll have to get used to hooking up my ipod for "vertical endeavors". The AC plug is bulky and BARELY can be crammed into the little storage pocket in the back of the unit(which many reviewers here made out to be much larger than it actually is). The pocket is a cool place for an mp3 player though; Sony has introduced some GREAT ideas with this unit, but they need to go the extra mile and take these ideas to their fullest potential. Another great feature that was dropped for this model that the S2 had was the "track remaining/clock" display button. There is no clock on this one, you can't check the time remaining on a track/CD, and truth be told, the display is a bit small, although the orange backlight is nice n' bright. The rubber covers for the output/input jacks are a bit shoddy. They function, but don't often close easily, unlike on the S2. There isn't a "sound" equalizer button like on the S2, so you can't personalize equalizer settings unless you do so in your ipod and then play it through the unit. I do like that with the input jack you can use the unit as a small subwoofer box of sorts to plug into a TV for extra sound; I assume that you could even use the unit as a so-so PA system for events as well.
In conclusion, Sony has a great product here, but they need to balance out the options more in order to truly make this the king of sport/worksite boomboxes. It already knocks its few contenders out with the first punch, but it could lay them out with a mere look if they tweaked this thing. Thanks for refusing to let the water resistant, portable boombox become extinct, Sony--it's moves like this that will keep you in the game with your competitors.