Steepletone BOSTON 5-in-1 Music Centre, Bluetooth Vinyl Record Player, Turntable with CD, Cassette, FM Radio, Aux In, USB MP3 Playback & Encoding, Remote Control, Speakers (Black)

It is a great machine and is very versatile. The speakers that came with it are not over wonderful and sound a little "boxy". I have connected better speakers which have improved the sound quality. An Equalizer would be better than just the Bass and Treble control.

Good quality hifi system with everything you need. Delivery was very quick and efficient. It looks good and the sound quality is excellent. It can play vinyl, CDs and tapes (if anyone still has any of those). I'm very happy with my purchase.

When my late ‘80s stereo totally packed up this month, there weren’t many reasonably priced replacements on offer. Then I found this on Amazon for around £200. It is easy to set up and does a brilliant job on all features - so nice to have a working turntable again as that part gave up the ghost a long time ago. Okay, the sound isn’t superior top notch but it does the job for me and I love music - it’ll be on all the time! The bass and treble knobs help arranging it to the way you like your sound. Love the fact it’s British manufactured so that calmed my fears about returns too, as well as supporting small British businessses. It’s neat and the speakers don’t have to be too far apart. I’m really happy with it and would encourage ditherers to go for it at this price!

Very fast delivery! The system arrived in excellent order, is compact, looks good, does not take up much space and has a remote control which is useful to have. It was very easy to set up and the instructions for the functions are clear and easy to follow but they don't cover every detail. I guess one just has to use a bit of common sense. There is nothing complicated anyway. Generally, the functions are basic and the buttons feel a bit cheap. The system has two units that sit on top of each other. The wood effect looks good too. The cables of the speakers are too short for my liking. I prefer to position the speakers at a bit of a distance from each other. The sound is not as full bodied as I expected or hoped but it’s not tinny either, it’s just not made for high volume in a large room. Fortunately, the room I keep it in is not that big and the sound is acceptable for the space. This is one of the few systems I came across that allow you to adjust the sound a little via bass and treble buttons and it does help a little. There is no other function for sound improvement. The CD player works well and so does the record player with its 3-speed function. It plays singles, maxis and full records. I really just want to play my old records again, add to my collection, and play the CDs I was forced to buy when records were phased out. But I do like a good full sound. However, this system delivers a fairly decent sound if the volume is moderate. I’m mainly focused on the vinyl player and CD player functions so I’m not bothered about encoding, Bluetooth and USB/MP3 so haven’t tested these yet. The radio stations were easy to find and save but will disappear again once the music centre is removed from the net. When I was searching for a compact system, I was bewildered that cassettes seem to be huge again these days (and for some reason it’s always double). Records are back again, yes, that was to be expected, but tapes?!? It makes me smile to think that anybody would want to bring back tape salad. However, I took an empty tape and recorded some music for my elderly relative. This function works ok. The replay was not very clear though. I recorded from vinyl and cd and neither were damaged or had scratches. All in all I wish I had spent a couple of £100 more, but that would have also given me a double CD player (I have no need for these double functions). For the time being this system will do just fine. This is a nice little compact system with an acceptable sound for small rooms. Until records were phased out back then, these systems came as good as they can get with all functions for good sound performance, great speakers, etc. I’m not quite sure why the new systems miss out on all that. I’m not talking about high end priced systems, but systems roughly in this price range. It feels like a new generation of designers who have never known good systems, are now scrambling to bring back something that can play records, but they are not quite there yet. Or perhaps they are more focused these days on their USP sticks and MP3 players, etc. There are also an awful lot of record players with inbuilt speakers on the market which even back then were sooo outdated simply because they sound too tinny. My parents had one in the 60s. Well, here is to hoping that the new designers/technicians will soon catch up and bring us better value for our money.

Very happy with music centre, able to hear my cassettes & records at last. Bass & Treble control's swayed it for me, sounds great.