Title: Good sound, poor reliability!
Product review: Three weeks after having the unit home, I came home one evening to find it brightly lit, with no characters on the display. No buttons functioned, it would not turn off, the CD door would not open (with three of my CDs loaded inside), and there was that telltale pungent odor of burning electronics. All this occurred after the unit had been OFF for several days. Having read another review dealing with Emerson's reliability issues, I decided to return the unit and upgrade to a Panasonic 5-disc system. The speakers were better and Panasonic does not have the overall reliability problems Emerson seems to have. But, with the Panasonic, I lost that subwoofer out that I liked so much in the Emerson. Bottom line, check out the Emerson. It has a lot of nifty features for the price. If you can take a chance on the reliability issues, you'll have a fine-sounding micro system at a mini price.
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