Sony ICF-CD553RM Clock Radio

pros: Sony brand :( Mediocre, but passable CD player & speakers. Good Looks.

cons: Poor reception. No FM antenna or headphone jacks. Useless AM antenna. Unintuitive controls. More...

Bummer!

As an engineer who spent many years in Sony's home country, I bought the ICF-CD553RM relying on the... See Full Review

pros: The template to drill the holes in your cabinet is very good.

cons: Eveyrthing else/

Sony Should be ashamed

I have always bought Sony products because they are a good consummer quality product. That is why I... See Full Review

pros: Great reception, Nice looking

cons: CD drive tray acts a little cheap and flimsy, but no complaints so far.

Mine works GREAT with GREAT reception

I bought this model despite the terrible reviews, because the other under cabinet brands I looked in... See Full Review

pros: Small profile, modern look, CD/radio features, easy installation, nice remote, digital operation, inexpensive

cons: bad reception unless modified, speaker quality not quite Bose

How to modify for better reception

I bought this radio having read the reviews here and knowing that it would have bad reception. I hop... See Full Review

pros: Good looks, TV and weather reception

cons: Very poor reception and signal stray

Not What It Appears

I Read all the reviews and thought it could be good or it could be bad. The wife loved the way it lo... See Full Review

pros: Can't think of any.

cons: Too many for a 15 word maximum

Not a TRUE clock/radio

This is not a true clock/radio. Granted! It is a clock ... and, it is a radio. But, the clock does n... See Full Review

pros: Looks nice when NOT Playing radio. CD play is ok

cons: Tuner kills the actual purpose..get a better idea

DON"T repeat DO NOT !!!

Ordered mine direct from Sony... A NICE looking yet dysfunction CD player/radio. It is on it's way b... See Full Review

pros: Good sound, decent reception (at my house), attractive, high quality appearance

cons: Confusing controls, poor weather band reception, small display

Not perfect, but much better than the one I replaced

I was concerned about buying this model since the reviews were somewhat mixed and it's not exactly c... See Full Review

pros: Sound quality pretty good for a small radio

cons: could have enhanced some of the features with little effort

Place it in a corner unit

I was fortunate enough to build my own kitchen and place extra power outlets on top of the upper cab... See Full Review

pros: Looks nice, functional.

cons: Some useless features, electronics buzz

A thing of the past

We were looking for some tunes in the kitchen, and unfortunately no one has come out with an Ipod ve... See Full Review