Advantages: Sturdy, cheap, feature-filled. Disadvantages: Burns through batteries, but all these things do.
...in the real world. Eventually I found a store that had both of them, and at a price for cheaper than both of them, the Aiwa XP MP3.
The Aiwa XP MP3 portable MP3 player looked like it had all the features I wanted. Anti-skip protection, it reads the filenames off of the disc, plays both audio CDs and MP3 discs. I wasn't asking for much, just that it work, and it play all the stuff that I had, which it does perfectly, and at 12000 yen ($93.75 at the exchange rate back then, now it'd be around $88.89.) it was a steal, considering the TDK Mojo was going for $130, plus shipping and tax.
This thing has been great. I have had no problems with it so far, except for the fact that I can't figure out how to make it shuffle the MP3 tracks. I know there's a way to do it, I just haven't figured it out yet, and the manuals aren't in English/I've thrown...
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Advantages: Lots of great features, very durable, good price Disadvantages: Disadvantages? Yeah right!
...seem to last a long time. In about 3 years that I’ve had the Walkman I haven’t had to replace batteries many times, but then again I don’t exactly use the thing every day. According to the manual, battery life is approximately 9 hours with Manganese batteries or 22 hours with alkaline batteries. I’m sure my batteries have lasted for at least that amount of 22 hours.
If you use AC house current, you need a lead/adaptor to plug into the Walkman (they suggest the Aiwa Ac-300 or AC-302) that will plug into a Wall socket. The plug is situated on the otherwise empty left side of the unit.
I have had no technical problems with either of the above two power sources; they haven’t been damaged and have given good performance.
AESTHETICS
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The Aiwa HS-TX486 is silver, almost like a metallic...
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Advantages: Great features, reliable, good speakers and remote... Disadvantages: None
...am very pleased with the way my HiFi looks. Dimensions of the unit are 160 X 236.2 X 209.3 mm. It weighs 2.6 kg and is easy to carry.
POWER SOURCES
The HiFi comes with a lead to connect to an AC socket on your wall, and the battery takes two size AA batteries, which last for an extremely impressive length of time. I don’t think I’ve replaced them at all yet. The lead to connect to a wall socket is long enough to reach without getting in the way. The power required is 230 V AC, and the power consumption is 30W.
IN CONCLUSION
The HiFi is available at an excellent price and has some fantastic features. It is reliable and also looks good, so I really can’t think of any disadvantages here. Radio, Cassette and CD can be listened to, with many extra useful features, so the Aiwa LCX-150 is fantastic HiFi system...
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