Magnavox MM451 3-Piece Tray Loading CD Shelf System with Digital PLL FM Stereo Radio Bluetooth Wireless Technology and

Bought this for my son for Christmas! He wanted to set it up to stream his TV through it as well. I am very surprised at the sound quality. It is really good. We even moved it to the living room to watch Stranger Things on New Year’s Eve. The sound quality was great in that space as well. Read more

Needed a CD player for an old collection of music which isn't all available through streaming services. "Boom box" variety of players were never very satisfactory, but this shelf unit provides decent sound and great convenience. We like the large dials and basic controls. Minor issues during set up included: speakers seemed not to work because the wire attached to the speakers was jammed in too far so the connector was actually gripping the plastic wire cover. This was easily fixed once we figured it out. Also had trouble setting the clock until we figured out that the unit has to be turned off for the clock setting feature to work. FM radio does not get great reception in our house, but we stream our radio stations through another device anyway. I definitely recommend this unit for anyone who just needs a simple CD player. Read more

This seemed like a nice piece of equipment. When I plugged it in, everything is staticky and scratchy on the speakers. I've tried different ways to fix this, and nothing will fix the CD player from sounding like the CD is scratching or static or any kind of buzzing noise through the speakers. I have other media players that have ran through these speakers, and they have run just fine. So I know it's not the speakers. I was very excited to get this equipment and thought that it looked really cool, but it does not perform efficiently Read more

So last thing to check if no sound but VU meters moving and headphones sound OK. Yes, the factory installed speaker wires were pushed too far into the connectors so the insulation prevented metal-to-metal contact. Solution: back out the speaker wires an reinstall. Just trying to be helpful. 2 days later: noted clipping and crackle in the FM radio at peak signal. As pointed out elsewhere, this is a bad FM radio. Occasional click/pop on the CD. Read more

Sounds great! Bought it as a gift for my dad. He really enjoys listening to his old CDs. It's got some nice sound to it for the size. Read more

Not very good quality Crack in the plastic cover Also driver delivered to house across street, I'm on disability and had a terrible time getting it to my home Read more

This Magnavox shelf stereo is very similar to an Innovative Technology stereo that has been available for a few years. They're about the same size, price, and have a similar range of capabilities. I live in an apartment and have been listening exclusively to all-in-one systems for a number of years. While some of these sound quite good, none of those give me the stereo separation that truly separate speakers can. That's why I finally decided to put up with the wires and multiple pieces for this one. It is quite affordable, and it looks nice, and it boasts a lot of features that are becoming rare in low-end systems. For example, it gives you actual treble and bass control knobs, instead of making you cycle through pre-programmed EQ settings. I also like that the CD player is a tray, not a slot-in. In my experience, slot-in CD players are the first to wear down, whereas tray CD players have last me essentially forever. Slot-in CD players also heat up the disc over time; this one can play a 70 minute CD all the way through and the disc comes out nice and cool at the end. At 50 watts, I never need to move the volume above 20%. The volume knob itself has a mark carved in it so you can see your setting - but the knob itself can turn all the way around, which means the actual volume level can become separated from what the knob looks like it's at. This is especially true if you use the remote to change the volume, which does not cause the physical knob to turn. It won't be long before you need to recalibrate the volume knob by turning it to a certain spot and then using the remote to set the volume at the level you want at that spot. The bass and treble knobs both have catch-spots at the top so you can feel when they are set exactly neutral. The amount of boost and cut you get from them isn't very much - parametric EQ this ain't. FM radio reception is okay for me - there's almost always a low level of static even when the radio signal is strong. Furthermore, the processing on the radio is "slow". I sometimes have radios on in multiple rooms if I'm moving back and forth. With previous radios, it just meant they were all playing at once. This one however lags behind other radios, creating an echo effect. The speakers are very treble-heavy. This does appear to be improving as the speakers break in over time, but if you are someone who wants "big bass", this ain't it. Nor is there a subwoofer output. There are things you can do to artificially boost the amount of low end reaching your ears, such as placing the speakers on the floor or in an enclosure. The emphasis on high frequencies does mean that everything sounds very clear, so if you're using this as a TV speaker, you'll get good results (especially if you're mostly watching talk like the news). It also means that you can hear what's going on in music pretty well at even at low volume. One of the speakers came with the wire pushed in too far, preventing the wire from connecting with the speaker input. I thought at first something was wrong with it until I realized I had to pull the wire out of the speaker by about a millimeter. The most annoying thing about this stereo overall is that there is a high-pitched whine that is always coming out of the speakers when it's on. It's almost at dog-whistle frequency levels, but once I noticed it, I cannot un-notice it. Higher-quality stereos I've owned in the past had a groundwire that made the speakers completely silent when nothing was coming out of them, but this unit doesn't have that. It's possible that replacing the speaker wire might fix this, but I'm considering putting an entirely different pair of speakers on this anyway. All in all, listening to music over bluetooth and on CD is quite pleasant, especially with the stereo image that I haven't gotten from all-in-one systems. I am happy enough with this that I will not be returning it, but I do not plan to make it my primary stereo long-term. It'll be a good backup/secondary system. Read more

Got a replacement cause the first one didn’t work however the replacement worked well and got to me fast. Read more