I use this entirely for cd listening so that's the only function I can talk about. The sound quality is good. A year after I bought it the sound started to occasionally fade out for a second or two. Also the remote is very small so you need to use both hands to operate it. When will manufacturers realize the smaller they make the remote the LESS user friendly it becomes. Also the timer that indicates how much time is left on a particular track is often inaccurate.Those who are saying it doesn't have good volume must be doing something wrong. I know if the volume on your phone is not maxed, the volume on the stereo will not pass whatever setting is on the phone if you are connecting via Bluetooth. Once I maxed my phone volume, this little stereo did great, and MAX button the the remote made it even better.The only issue I have seen is that once in awhile it stutters like it is losing the signal to the phone even if the phone is sitting next to it, but so far it is infrequent and only lasts a couple of second.Blake Shelton never sounded better in my living room! Glad he didn't bring Gwen! The quality is excellent for the money! I don't regret buying it!I also have a Sony CMTSBT100, and have used it without issue for about 5 years. I wanted something new, so ordered this. I do like the look and the gold accents on this. (Is that what “sheerness” is?)The description does indicate FM only, but the manual that the product links to shows the unit with AM and FM radio. It turns out that there are 2 manuals for this, but Phillips would not give me a straight answer on this, even when I sent them BOTH of the manuals I pulled from their website. So that was disappointment number 1, no AM radio. Why are all the manufacturers trying to kill off AM radio?I won’t base my rating on this as it was described as FM only, and it was wishful thinking for me.The unit arrived very well packaged and no blemishes. Setup was easy enough once I figured out how to connect the 4 speaker posts. I couldn’t even read the supplied instruction sheet as it was too tiny and too confusing.I checked all the functions, including a usb stick with MP3 files and Bluetooth. Everything worked the way it was supposed to.The unit does put out some heavy power when you have the MAXX and DBB3 activated. However, it is severely lacking in the high range, which was disappointment number 2.When I set it up I was testing the sound and loudness. I could fell my desk vibrating some 25 feet away. My downstairs neighbor complained I was playing it too loud.This does have a nice sound to it, especially with newer music which seems to be bass heavy. I just need boosted high range as my ears are older.The FM radio was disappointment number three. First because of how the stations are tuned, but setting favorites was easy enough. The real disappointment was with radio reception.I am in NYC and there are many FM stations. And I’ve had 3 different mini systems in the same spot before this one and there were no issues with radio reception. With this, though the stations came in, the signal would drift and there was slight static present at times, even though the antenna was stretched all the way out and positioned in different directions. On my other units I just dropped the FM wire behind the cabinet on which this sits, and had no reception issues.I think the biggest disappointment is the remote. It’s very lightweight and very cheap feeling. The buttons get stuck half the time as the buttons do not protrude enough from the openings. So if you happen to press a button in the corner, it will get stuck in the hole for that button.After living with this for a day and a half, I have boxed it back up and gone back to the Sony. I am going to keep it as a backup unit. I would have eventually gotten used to the sound signature of the unit, but I need AM radio. I go to sleep with AM news radio every night. I have the Sony on about 20 hours every day and it has lasted about ( years so far.I love that it has Bluetooth.I was surprized by the high quality of sound. Clear sound at higher volume. More volume than I need. This unit is replacing a competitors unit that was not loud enough at full volume.Speaker boxes are particle board.Wires for speakers a bit short.Like