Panasonic ShockWave SL-SW860 Personal CD Player

Pros: Doesn't skip, awesome sound.
Cons: Price on the upper side.

Sometimes I want to go running, or jogging, alright, just walking around…and when I do I want my mus ...

Pros: Durability, Features, Price
Cons: Headphones

MP3s are a great way to exchange audio, but the convenience and portability of the CD format is still a force to be reckoned with. Although there are some great advantages to the MP3 format such as the number of songs which can be stored on a disc, the...

Pros: Everything!! All listed Below!
Cons: The headphones: Uncomfortable, and the sound is awful!

Once again suckered at a Boxing Day sale! My last JVC Discman had gone down the drain, well almost. It would skip all the time, I could barely move a muscle without it skipping, but it was old so hey. Anyway, I thought I would use Boxing Day to my...

Pros: Clear sound, nice design, power consumption
Cons: Headphones

My first major portable cd player was a Sony. One figures they can't go wrong with a Sony. There were 2 other people in my department at work that had them. Alas it didn't perform up to my expectations.

I searched for the next best player -...

Pros: Nice sound, durable construction, elegant case.
Cons: Terrible in-the-ear headphones, incomplete and misleading special offer labeling on the package.

About a year ago I purchased an SL-SW850 portable CD player for my wife. In that time it has performed flawlessly and she isn’t the type to handle electronics with kid gloves... If it cannot survive being tossed around in her car then it doesn’t...

Pros: Durable, water resist, stylish, great anti-shock feature, good sound quality.
Cons: Bad earphones provided, tends to skip a lot with the anti-shock function off.

To Start With...
The first thing I noticed about my new Panasonic SL-SW860 player was the earphones that came along. I thought it looked cheap and uncomfortable, which turned out to be true. After inserting a cd and started...

Pros: Excellent construction, impressive sound quality, attractive design...
Cons: Sound output somewhat low, the supplied headphones seem to be worth less than the packaging

I bought my Panasonic Shockwave CD player in October 2001 to replace my Sony CD Walkman which unfortunately ceased to stop working a week earlier.


First Opinions:

After opening up the package, I was impressed by the...

Pros: VERY Durable
Cons: Sound and earphones

First off, I consider myself as very VERY rough with all the electronics I buy. So far I've dropped my ShockWave on concrete numerous times and it has survived (mostly while I was running). I really can't see many other CD players surviving the thrashing...