Sony LBT-ZX66i iPod Ready Mini Shelf System

 Sony LBT-ZX66i iPod Ready Mini Shelf System

• Made for iPod - charge, play and control
• 5-disc CD changer with play exchange CD-R/CD-RW and MP3 playback
• 3-way, bass reflex speaker system: 6.7" (17cm) dual hybrid woofers and 1" (2.5cm) horn tweeters
• Game sync: front A/V input
• AM/FM tuner with 30 station presets

This review is from: Sony LBT-ZX66i iPod Ready Mini Shelf System (Electronics)

I just got this system yesterday, but not on Amazon, and I definitely regret it. (I originally ordered directly from the [...] website...and it was a HUGE mistake. An absolute nightmare, more like it...I strongly suggest to anyone considering it NOT to buy from SonyStyle. It is extremely disorganized and second-or-third-rate - or worse - service) To make a long story short, the order ended up being cancelled, so I bought it directly from Best Buy (no complaints there however).
Now to the system - it is amazing. The sales rep at Best Buy tried to talk me into building my own system with speakers, a receiver, etc., but I was really just looking for the simplicity and convenience of an all-in-one system. And I got it. It sounds just amazing; the x-groove shakes the walls with bass, but turn it off and the clarity really comes through with still more-than-adequate bass. Lots of settings and effects to choose from, still haven't used the iPod dock but looking forward to it once I get my new iPod Touch.
The system is pretty beefy and large, more so than any system I have ever owned, but really beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. The other lesser models of shelf systems in the store (Sony and other brands) just didn't even come close to this one. They had a couple in the MHC-xxxx line and they sounded horribly muffled and inferior in my opinion.
I will be using this almost solely for music, and it seems to be everything I could want and much more. The price tag is pretty steep, and could probably come down a little bit, but I am satisfied that I got a really nice quality system for my money that will (hopefully) last a long time.
If I have any problems, I will update here, but so far I am throroughly impressed with this system.

This review is from: Sony LBT-ZX66i iPod Ready Mini Shelf System (Electronics)

I first saw one of the Sony LBT-ZX66i stereos in a store. It had a USB port for using memory sticks (maybe not the right term?). Mine doesn't have the USB port, but it was listed in the information/sales pitch on every site I looked at. I have not been able to prove that it receives HD radio...but it does receive AM radio...
as if anybody gives a rat's rump about AM radio. I feel like I've been ripped off. Who's going to come and install the USB port? Sony? Better get to it!

The sound is AMAZING. It probably will do a lot that I don't care about, and you probably don't care about, either. I can turn it on and listen to FM radio, and I can turn it on and play CD's, but the only way I can get it to turn off is to unplug it from AC power. I've studied the instructions. Either they're poorly written or the controls are too complex. It stumps me, and this is not often accomplished. Congratulations, Sony! Sign me "Perplexed"