We bought one of these a few years ago as a cheap second stereo to use in the kitchen - how much we paid for it I cannot remember but a search on Amazon shows youy can buy them new now for £55 + P&P, which for this product is a bargain.

The meain reason we bought this is that it is an all in one unit, which takes up very little space and can be wall mounted, as ours is. With it fixed this way it takes up no space at all, saving valuable worktop space, and is hardly noticeable.

The machine overall is extremely well designed - it is probably about 40cm long, 15cm wide and 5cm deep, including the speakers. It also comes with what I would call a "Credit Card" style remote control, which does everything you need it to and works absolutely fine across small distances, as is how we use it. The remote controls most aspects of the stereo.

Continuing the well designed theme, the CD unit is face mounted - the screen which holds the CD in place slides up and down accordingly.

Onto sound quality, for such a small unit the sound quality is very good - it probably wouldn't be any good for all night raves, but when you use it in a small room it is absolutely fine. The stereo also comes with an in-built radio, which works well although we rarely use it.

Overall, if you're into all night parties, this is probably not the stereo for you but for use in a single room as a second stereo, it is absolutely fine.