Portable CD Players > Philips Portable CD Players

Advantages: Small, compact, volume control on earphone wire, cool design, 45 second anti-shock
Disadvantages: flimsy latch on lid, appalling battery life

...the moment you buy the Philips AX3301. It starts off well enough - the unit is very well designed, the display although small is clear enough, the controls nice and easy to use / find, sound quality is fine. There are even some nice touches for the price such as the volume control remote on the earphone wire (useful if you have your player in a case or in your bag and someone starts talking to you!), and also the dual-battery type holder - use ...
...power?), but I wasn't prepared to risk it and so went with a Sony D-NE511 (also reviewed) - the difference is amazing - hello 85 hour playback times!!! Sorry Philips but either your product or your quality control sucks. I'll not risk your CD player products in future. ... Read review

Advantages: Loud enough
Disadvantages: A bit slow, cheap earphones

I've had this for a couple of years, I originally bought it because it was able to play mp3s from CDR and CDRW. Although I do have a dedicated mp3 player, I would rather listen to my CDs on this. I did find the mp3 navigation to be slow, and this wasn't helped by the limited display. Sometimes it takes a while to get started when it comes to CD playback as well, and it has the cheek to show 'OOPS' in the display when this happens. I've also had ...
...seconds into the opener and the album jumps to the next track. Usually I find that at around volume 2 (highest - 10) the loudness is sufficient. In terms of settings there are two levels of bass boost but I am able to pick out the low end without these. The supplied earphones are without volume controls, and are not particularly comfortable. Also the cord is fairly short in length but did last me a couple of years. I'm under the impression the ... Read review

Advantages: Can play re writen CD's and has Bass Boost.
Disadvantages: Well it is only CD quality (not MP3)

...also from a good make philips although it is not a sony, this CD player is still of high quality. I would recomend it to any one that is looking for a CD player to relax with not for sporty use. I have found that it was over all a good buy for what I needed it for but I have recently upgrade to an Ipod. The headphone I should comment on, they were not of the best quality and the rubber outer piece fell of within a month and the sharp metal underneath ... Read review

Advantages: Looks great and very reasonably priced!
Disadvantages: The lid can be moved around a bit to easily for my liking!

...the CD reader. The Philips has a reasonable battery time of 30hours which is about right if you want to take it for a day or two out some where with out the battery going straight away. The thickness is very good at 21mm, which is in fact the same as some of the more expensive walkmans. Unlike the slightly cheaper walkmans the PHILIPS plays not only CDs and CDR but CDRW which is good for someone like myself. The sound quality is great and like ...
...good quality headphones and a handy remote control which is very useful when your Cd player is in your bag etc.. Although it doesn't have a screen on the remote to tell you which track you are listening to. The remote has a play, stop, next/back a track and volume. The actual walkman has mode changes like repeat, shuffle etc... In conclusion, it looks very cool and is very good for the price tag. If in any doubt listen to the wise words of San-tino ... Read review

Advantages: Looks
Disadvantages: Shock Proof

On paper the Phillips CD player is a quality product, looks good sounds good and is good value for money. It has a wide range of features and is suitable everyone who has a CD collection. The player itself is a good looking player with a cool metal top making it feel expensive and valuable, the rest is made of plastic which unfortunately does feel cheap especially the buttons they feel so cheap and tacky and feel like they are going to pop off when ...
...OK, usually the sound is poor and somehow the player adds a monotonous whirr to your music. Im not done yet ! While listening to music if you decide to use the bass boost feature (DBB) the music will become distorted and boomy so that rules out that function.I have heard a variety of bleeps which seem to happen regular intervals when playing CDs and to top it all off the supplied headphones are useless cheap tacky and the sound quality is aweful ... Read review