RCA RS2600 CD Shelf System

Pros: A remote is included, is this living or what!!!
Cons: The little sound speakers, a pain! The remote doesn't operate the cassette player.

Among my list of wants for Christmas was a simple CD player with an AM/FM radio in stereo and decent speakers. I wanted to come out of the dark ages from the cassette player and play compact discs in other than my Honda CR-V (also "See my review of the...

Pros: Good sound Looks good Sounds good
Cons: Takes a long time to read CDR discs

Well i got this stereo in 2002 and it was awsome back then. It still is awsome and still sounds good but now it sounds better than it did the day i got it because i figured out how to use the equalizer. The stereo has a five disc cd changer that can read ...

Pros: surround sound. Good CD and Tape sound.
Cons: poor radio recepiton. minimal power output.

Easy to setup and install. All controlls are easy to follow and understand. Sound quality of CD and Tape is good. Really liked the built in eq. But the Radio recepiton is less than perfect. No matter where I placed the unit, or antenna I was unable to...

Pros: The remote is very helpful if in the bed.
Cons: none

Pretty good system it sounds great. The remote is very helpful if you are just in the bed and wake up in the morning to turn it on. I brought 2 one for living room and another room. The CD Changer is really great!

RCA did an alright job at making this system but it needs improvement. Although, for a stereo that would be used by a child or younger person, it might be just what your looking for. RCA has good sound quality and design but needs to improve the quality of this system as a whole.

If this was made using similar technology of the RCA RS1285 (their previous 5-CD stereo), then it is a complete piece of junk. When it doesn't last more than 1 year (which the RS1285 did not), that pretty well sums it up. But since you asked, the FM tuner sucks, and the tape deck controls are really cheapo.