I have the older sony boom box that came out before this one. And its still working great and looks new even tho I've had it about 6 years now. Its very similar to this model. And the sound quality isn't much different. I love my little vintage Sony boombox.
Is it the CFD-S50? It's the same size but a couple of trim details are different. I think this one has a sleep turn-off feature not included on the earlier unit.
Is it the CFD-S01 by any chance? I had that model and it was great. I miss it and have no idea what happened to it. I have the model featured in this video now.
Nice review! I have one too, and am very impressed how well the auto-record level works on the tape when recording from the built-in CD player... the tapes sound great on my 3-head Yamaha deck...no compression or 'pulsing' of levels; just good, clean recordings! Playabck for radio and spoken-word cassettes are great too, even through the built-in speakers - for music, it's limited, yeah... but still doesn't too bad!! (Good enough if you don't want to wake the neighbours with the main Hi-Fi!!)
This snapped one of my tapes today. I put it in and it played, rewound it and it snapped. Absolutely gutted as rare and only just bought it. So beware.. Found this after watching your ‘repairing a tape’ vid!
Was your machine brand new or had you used it for awhile? If you had used the cassette player, have you cleaned the tape heads, capstan and pinch roller? What condition was the cassette which malfunctioned - was the pressure pad missing, or was the tape sticky? If it's an older tape you haven't used for awhile, it's always a good idea to make a fast-forward and rewind cycle in order to loosen up the tape, guide rollers and slip sheets so it plays better. I haven't had my CFD-S70 "eat" any tapes yet, but I don't know if your unit is a "lemon".
Have been wanting one of these for awhile. Bought mine also from Walmart. I too, actually just got it for the tape player. Hopefully its decent for having fun with.
I bought mine five months ago. It was manufactured in September 2020. I agree the recording quality on Type I cassettes is pretty decent, and playing those recordings on a good home-audio deck is satisfactory - you might not even notice the difference unless you were really listening for it. The only criticism I have is the cassette unit does not have a sensor for Type II (70 uSec) playback, so playing your old chrome/high bias tapes is going to be very bright. The CD player works well. Sony had a recall on older units with defective CD players. I mainly listen to my unit connected (via headphone output) to my home audio stereo system.
I hope you've opened the box and played the unit. With newer units, given some of the QC issues of mass-produced Chinese products, I've learned always to take it out of the box and start testing everything out immediately in case there's anything defective. That way you can return the product while it's still eligible for returned.
GREAT REVIEW 👍 did you know you can add speakers 🔊 to this SONY I added 2 small speakers with a subwoofer what a difference in SOUND QUALITY now my cds sound better
Carlos Mauricio Núñez Roa yes it still works great, just the text by the volume buttons are beginning to fade. But..Contact Sony, because they extended the warranty on this boom box now. I think it’s for 2 years, because the disc drive in this model is faulty.
I bought one but when i use cassette player and press play botton it makes a very loud noise!! (With cassette or without cassette) Is there a problem with the device or is it normal?.. because I want to convert some tapes to mp3
I had a 80 W Sony boombox lasted 11 yrs CD player, would skip if there are imperfections in disc, but otherwise fine, cassette player carried on working, also had power switch, 110/220V FM radio was not great, I just rigged up a tinfoil aerial 😂😂, FM improved dramatically but I was nervous if storms were around, it had a killer sound due to the built in subwoofer, I gave it away as I preferred something more up to date that could play ipod etc. I would never buy anything that doesn't have powerful speakers eg the Sony in your video, I've also heard it damaged tapes as mechanisms are now not as good as they used to be And here she is.. th-cam.com/video/qG3HZrLKRLc/w-d-xo.html
Owners' manual is available at Sony's web site. All you really need to do is connect your external sound source into the Aux jack, then select the Aux input, then insert a blank cassette into the cassette well, play forward a few seconds past the tape leader, then simultaneously press "record" and "play", then start the Aux feed and your deck will proceed to recording. The recording level is automatically set, it's a median setting with some mild peak-limiting and very subtle gain riding. Playing your recorded tapes on another deck, you might be surprised the sound quality is decent with just some extra hiss compared with a good home-audio deck due to use of a permanent erase magnet (common in most lower-cost consumer cassette recorders made in the past three decades). You can make better recordings on well-functioning home audio tape decks, but tapes recorded on this machine won't embarrass you.
@@peacearchwa5103 Wait you can record it from your phone through aux? I've never tried making a mixtape as it's clearly not the thing in my generation. 😂 I've always been interested how to make them though, as I've seen them around everywhere and them being played in my childhood a lot in the early 2000s. By recording them, do I have to be careful on stopping the song (in my phone) I'm recording asap before it goes through another song? or do mixtapes have an automatic stop when a song is over, like an automatic track list? like play song (track 1), stop, play another (track 2), stop. I am probably so wrong lol. And I'm sorry for the questions!
@@fairsuns Yes you literally can connect your phone into the Sony's aux input, switch the selector to aux input, insert a blank cassette, push the record+play button, turn on your music source and away you go making a recording.
@@fairsuns There is a pause button. FYI if you don't have the owner's manual, it's easy to get a downloadable owner's manual in PDF directly from Sony's website. Thanks!
You have to press play and record at the same time. Also if the tape is used the record tabs on the top maybe broken, In that case just put some tape over the record tabs
japeth bariata make sure you have a tape loaded first before pressing the the buttons. Also check the rec tabs on the top of the cassette if there holes put some tape over them.
I bought this same model from Walmart. Bought it for cassettes, and after a month or 2 of playing tapes on it, it just messed up. Everything works except for the cassette player it just went to crap. I've also heard same thing has happened to others. But yeah it was awesome for awhile, and love that burning rangers theme it kicks ass ;D
purple grapes I’m sorry to hear that, did you try cleaning the cassette bay, pinch roller, tape head etc. I think you get a warranty through Sony to get it replaced. but anyways I think burning rangers awesome soundtrack too!! Sonic team made some good ost’s back in the 90’s.
purple grapes: You need to do basic cassette deck maintenence.... every couple of weeks clean the playback head, capstan (the slim metal rod), and hte pinch roller (the rubber 'tyre' that presses against the capstan). Clean with a cotton bud soaked in Isopropyl Alchohol (IPA), and the cassette deck should be good to go.... this has been standard tape/cassette deck maintenence for decades. I agree with Keoni Marques that the recording quality on this deck is excellent, as is the playback. In my smaller room the speakers don't sound too bad for 'casual' listening. Recordings off the built-in CD player sound very nice - even on my 3-head Yamaha deck! Give it a regular clean and you should be good for a few more years out of this little boom-box!
I bought it in 2019 and it is a piece of crap, the CD player stop working after a little over a year after I bought it....I get a message that says.....no CD!!
This thing is garbage. I bought one of these for the sole purpose of digitizing my tapes and it ate a very rare tape of mine, even after taking every precaution and preventative measure to ensure that wouldn't happen. It's now smashed to bits and in the trash. Good riddance to cheap rubbish....
It was probably because you weren't taking care of your tapes. You should try hitting the tape against your hand from time to time to loosen the tape, and sorry to hear about your tape dude
@@fintendonerd8457 No, I took/take very good care of my tapes. I have tapes that go back to the 80's and still play fine. The problem with this unit is that SONY really skimped out on it to make it affordable and in the process, the quality was sacrificed in favor of quantity. All the features that even older model, budget SONY Walkman's had before were nowhere to be seen such as anti-rolling mechanisms and tape selection. The actual tape head is tiny which gives you a weaker, thinner signal. For people who just want something simple and easy to play with, I guess this'll do but, for anybody that's really wanting some quality and reliability, save your money and go with something better. I know options are limited since new cassette decks are super rare nowadays but, if you look for it, you can find better equipment out there...
@@RiverOfBlacklights yeah, no point in getting this for playing tapes to be honest, it's fine for CDs but the tape mechanism is very cheap and could breakdown overtime.
@@RiverOfBlacklights The only cassette mechanism left that is still being manufactured is the Tanashin mechanisms. They have cheaper ones than this, but even the higher-end ones don't have anti-rolling or such. You just gotta make sure the tape itself doesn't have too much resistance, as these belt-drive systems aren't all that powerful and are prone to sticking if the tape is hard to pull. It's happened before on my cheap Durabrand, but that thing's 14 years old and has probably weakened drastically. And, besides, who buys a brand new cassette player for a cassette collection that cannot be damaged? You'll only find the highest-end features on older equipment from the 80's or 90's. Like Techmoan says, these new machines can't compare to the quality tape decks from back then. Cassettes are a dying breed of physical media only left existing due to enthusiasts and people like me who are just trying to have a bit of fun. It technically isn't the fault of the CFD-S70 that your tape got eaten- loosening the screws on that tape would've helped, or if it doesn't have screws, playing the tape with the cassette door open also works. At least then you can monitor if any of the reels has stopped. I'm sorry your rare tape got eaten, but did you really take *_all_* precautions if the worst were to happen?
@@FSM_Reviews Yes, I took all the precautions. That's why my tape collection has lasted this long - cause I always took care of my tapes. I bought this player cause it was a SONY product and I thought SONY was still producing quality, reliable products like they used to. I mean, if a budget SONY Walkman from the 90's never gave me any issue, I figured, this thing shouldn't either. Especially cause it's not moving and being jostled around. I bought this cause as you said, cassettes are a nearly dead format now and like I said, SONY was always a good brand to me, even their budget tape players. I mean it's a cassette player, that's what it was meant to do - play cassettes. Whether it's a collection or a single re-issued cassette, the function is the same - to play it. My issue is that, SONY knows cassettes are a near dead format, therefore; it stands to reason that most cassettes played on it are gonna be old to very old. So why not put in a little extra thought into their products if they're gonna include a cassette player in this unit, to make sure that the mechanism won't easily eat cassettes? I understand your argument but, to say "would've, could've, should've" *_AFTER_* the fact is kinda moot. Also, I didn't buy this thing blindly either. I did my research on this unit before I bought it and most reviews were favorable - with lots of people saying they were happy with the unit, including the cassette player, which many said they bought exclusively for what? To listen to their old tape collections (most complaints were about the CD player, which I could care less about). So it wasn't like I didn't try to inform myself on what I was buying it before I bought it. You said it yourself - it was brand new - not used so, the expectation that it would work without a hitch is not *_THAT_* unreasonable, is it?...
Hi, Just to let you know, Sony has a recall on these boomboxes due to their inability to read a CD. I noticed your serial number. It falls within the range of Sony's recall. If you're having any problems with playing a CD, you should contact Sony (239/245-6366) before November 30, 2021. That's when their extended warranty on the laser pickup runs out.
I needed to figure out how to record on cassette with an older sony boom box i own. This was just the tutorial i needed!
I have the older sony boom box that came out before this one. And its still working great and looks new even tho I've had it about 6 years now. Its very similar to this model. And the sound quality isn't much different.
I love my little vintage Sony boombox.
What model is it?
Is it the CFD-S50? It's the same size but a couple of trim details are different. I think this one has a sleep turn-off feature not included on the earlier unit.
Is it the CFD-S01 by any chance? I had that model and it was great. I miss it and have no idea what happened to it. I have the model featured in this video now.
Nice review! I have one too, and am very impressed how well the auto-record level works on the tape when recording from the built-in CD player... the tapes sound great on my 3-head Yamaha deck...no compression or 'pulsing' of levels; just good, clean recordings!
Playabck for radio and spoken-word cassettes are great too, even through the built-in speakers - for music, it's limited, yeah... but still doesn't too bad!! (Good enough if you don't want to wake the neighbours with the main Hi-Fi!!)
This snapped one of my tapes today. I put it in and it played, rewound it and it snapped. Absolutely gutted as rare and only just bought it. So beware.. Found this after watching your ‘repairing a tape’ vid!
Was your machine brand new or had you used it for awhile? If you had used the cassette player, have you cleaned the tape heads, capstan and pinch roller? What condition was the cassette which malfunctioned - was the pressure pad missing, or was the tape sticky? If it's an older tape you haven't used for awhile, it's always a good idea to make a fast-forward and rewind cycle in order to loosen up the tape, guide rollers and slip sheets so it plays better. I haven't had my CFD-S70 "eat" any tapes yet, but I don't know if your unit is a "lemon".
Have been wanting one of these for awhile. Bought mine also from Walmart. I too, actually just got it for the tape player. Hopefully its decent for having fun with.
I bought mine five months ago. It was manufactured in September 2020. I agree the recording quality on Type I cassettes is pretty decent, and playing those recordings on a good home-audio deck is satisfactory - you might not even notice the difference unless you were really listening for it. The only criticism I have is the cassette unit does not have a sensor for Type II (70 uSec) playback, so playing your old chrome/high bias tapes is going to be very bright. The CD player works well. Sony had a recall on older units with defective CD players. I mainly listen to my unit connected (via headphone output) to my home audio stereo system.
I got one of these because I know that Sony tape transport systems are consistently excellent across their whole range of players. 👍👍👍
Thumbs up for Burning Rangers!
Just both one today :-) ❤️
Is it still good. I read a lot of review the cd will broke
I have the CFD-S01 from 2005 or 2006
I just bought one of these brand new haven't even opened the box up yet.
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I hope you've opened the box and played the unit. With newer units, given some of the QC issues of mass-produced Chinese products, I've learned always to take it out of the box and start testing everything out immediately in case there's anything defective. That way you can return the product while it's still eligible for returned.
Wow Cool That Awesome!..
can i record cassettes from my phone using the aux in?
seankillar123 yes you can 👍
@@KeoniMarques bet gon make my own mixtapes
How do you record your cassettes I put my phone in the aux in and pressed record. My volume was at 4 should I turn up my phone?
Sounded good to me.
Do you found it when it is playing cassette, only right side of the speaker is working, or is it just me ? Thanks
how do you record from the audio in to tape?!
The Sony CFD-S401 (Japan only) is better, but this CFD-S70 not so bad...
Yeah it really pisses me off that I had to Pay so much shipping costs for the Japan one but it was definitely worth it.
Can you record black cassettes to it using a guitar amplifier
I need a recommended external microphone that will plug into the "audio in" and WORK!!
GREAT REVIEW 👍 did you know you can add speakers 🔊 to this SONY I added 2 small speakers with a subwoofer what a difference in SOUND QUALITY now my cds sound better
Well yeah...it has an audio jack.
No noise reduction.
What are you doing to record from cd directly to cassette?
All you do is play the CD then hit play record on the cassette portion
Who's watching in 2019??
Does yours still work? Mine lasted for 6 month
Carlos Mauricio Núñez Roa yes it still works great, just the text by the volume buttons are beginning to fade.
But..Contact Sony, because they extended the warranty on this boom box now.
I think it’s for 2 years, because the disc drive in this model is faulty.
Siny cfd s70 is full autostop?
how do i record with a iphone using aux? u didnt show how u recorded it
My dad has one at his work.
I bought one but when i use cassette player and press play botton it makes a very loud noise!! (With cassette or without cassette)
Is there a problem with the device or is it normal?.. because I want to convert some tapes to mp3
Hook it up to some nice speakers and it sounds even better
Bună dimineața aș vrea să mi spuneți dacă radiocasetofonul Sony cfds-70 are Full Autostop?
How do you connect your phone to the boombox for making a mixtape
@sword-swinging cat do you let it record on the “audio in” or the tape setting
@sword-swinging cat doing it right now, thank you! I’m recording a mixtape for my girlfriend
I had a 80 W Sony boombox lasted 11 yrs CD player, would skip if there are imperfections in disc, but otherwise fine, cassette player carried on working, also had power switch, 110/220V FM radio was not great, I just rigged up a tinfoil aerial 😂😂, FM improved dramatically but I was nervous if storms were around, it had a killer sound due to the built in subwoofer, I gave it away as I preferred something more up to date that could play ipod etc. I would never buy anything that doesn't have powerful speakers eg the Sony in your video, I've also heard it damaged tapes as mechanisms are now not as good as they used to be
And here she is..
th-cam.com/video/qG3HZrLKRLc/w-d-xo.html
I have this Sony model they're good it's better than that rubbish which's on the market
How do you record off it with blank cassettes and aux?
Owners' manual is available at Sony's web site. All you really need to do is connect your external sound source into the Aux jack, then select the Aux input, then insert a blank cassette into the cassette well, play forward a few seconds past the tape leader, then simultaneously press "record" and "play", then start the Aux feed and your deck will proceed to recording. The recording level is automatically set, it's a median setting with some mild peak-limiting and very subtle gain riding. Playing your recorded tapes on another deck, you might be surprised the sound quality is decent with just some extra hiss compared with a good home-audio deck due to use of a permanent erase magnet (common in most lower-cost consumer cassette recorders made in the past three decades). You can make better recordings on well-functioning home audio tape decks, but tapes recorded on this machine won't embarrass you.
@@peacearchwa5103 Wait you can record it from your phone through aux? I've never tried making a mixtape as it's clearly not the thing in my generation. 😂 I've always been interested how to make them though, as I've seen them around everywhere and them being played in my childhood a lot in the early 2000s. By recording them, do I have to be careful on stopping the song (in my phone) I'm recording asap before it goes through another song? or do mixtapes have an automatic stop when a song is over, like an automatic track list? like play song (track 1), stop, play another (track 2), stop.
I am probably so wrong lol. And I'm sorry for the questions!
@@fairsuns Yes you literally can connect your phone into the Sony's aux input, switch the selector to aux input, insert a blank cassette, push the record+play button, turn on your music source and away you go making a recording.
@@peacearchwa5103 awesome. do i just keep the music going while recording, or is there a pause so i can stop to pick another song?
@@fairsuns There is a pause button. FYI if you don't have the owner's manual, it's easy to get a downloadable owner's manual in PDF directly from Sony's website. Thanks!
Hi. Is the red button the record button? Its hard to press. Is there something wrong with my cfd s70? I just bought it today.
You have to press play and record at the same time.
Also if the tape is used the record tabs on the top maybe broken,
In that case just put some tape over the record tabs
Hi thanks for the reply. When i try pressing the play and record at the same time the record button is hard cant be press
japeth bariata make sure you have a tape loaded first before pressing the the buttons.
Also check the rec tabs on the top of the cassette if there holes put some tape over them.
Walkman Habitat thanks.. Im gonna trt and check it
Mario Salinas thanks for the advice sir, its all working now🙂
No mp3 usb?
only CD-mp3
I bought this same model from Walmart. Bought it for cassettes, and after a month or 2 of playing tapes on it, it just messed up. Everything works except for the cassette player it just went to crap. I've also heard same thing has happened to others. But yeah it was awesome for awhile, and love that burning rangers theme it kicks ass ;D
purple grapes I’m sorry to hear that, did you try cleaning the cassette bay, pinch roller, tape head etc.
I think you get a warranty through Sony to get it replaced.
but anyways I think burning rangers awesome soundtrack too!!
Sonic team made some good ost’s back in the 90’s.
purple grapes, same thing hapen wirh me
purple grapes: You need to do basic cassette deck maintenence.... every couple of weeks clean the playback head, capstan (the slim metal rod), and hte pinch roller (the rubber 'tyre' that presses against the capstan). Clean with a cotton bud soaked in Isopropyl Alchohol (IPA), and the cassette deck should be good to go.... this has been standard tape/cassette deck maintenence for decades.
I agree with Keoni Marques that the recording quality on this deck is excellent, as is the playback. In my smaller room the speakers don't sound too bad for 'casual' listening. Recordings off the built-in CD player sound very nice - even on my 3-head Yamaha deck!
Give it a regular clean and you should be good for a few more years out of this little boom-box!
Mine doesn't work with batteries.
Can cassette be recorded to cd?
Nope because CDs need to be burned unlike cassettes
@Mario Salinas lol no you cant
No. The CD unit is playback-only, not a CD Recorder.
I bought it in 2019 and it is a piece of crap, the CD player stop working after a little over a year after I bought it....I get a message that says.....no CD!!
This thing is garbage. I bought one of these for the sole purpose of digitizing my tapes and it ate a very rare tape of mine, even after taking every precaution and preventative measure to ensure that wouldn't happen. It's now smashed to bits and in the trash. Good riddance to cheap rubbish....
It was probably because you weren't taking care of your tapes. You should try hitting the tape against your hand from time to time to loosen the tape, and sorry to hear about your tape dude
@@fintendonerd8457 No, I took/take very good care of my tapes. I have tapes that go back to the 80's and still play fine. The problem with this unit is that SONY really skimped out on it to make it affordable and in the process, the quality was sacrificed in favor of quantity. All the features that even older model, budget SONY Walkman's had before were nowhere to be seen such as anti-rolling mechanisms and tape selection.
The actual tape head is tiny which gives you a weaker, thinner signal. For people who just want something simple and easy to play with, I guess this'll do but, for anybody that's really wanting some quality and reliability, save your money and go with something better. I know options are limited since new cassette decks are super rare nowadays but, if you look for it, you can find better equipment out there...
@@RiverOfBlacklights yeah, no point in getting this for playing tapes to be honest, it's fine for CDs but the tape mechanism is very cheap and could breakdown overtime.
@@RiverOfBlacklights The only cassette mechanism left that is still being manufactured is the Tanashin mechanisms. They have cheaper ones than this, but even the higher-end ones don't have anti-rolling or such. You just gotta make sure the tape itself doesn't have too much resistance, as these belt-drive systems aren't all that powerful and are prone to sticking if the tape is hard to pull. It's happened before on my cheap Durabrand, but that thing's 14 years old and has probably weakened drastically. And, besides, who buys a brand new cassette player for a cassette collection that cannot be damaged? You'll only find the highest-end features on older equipment from the 80's or 90's. Like Techmoan says, these new machines can't compare to the quality tape decks from back then.
Cassettes are a dying breed of physical media only left existing due to enthusiasts and people like me who are just trying to have a bit of fun. It technically isn't the fault of the CFD-S70 that your tape got eaten- loosening the screws on that tape would've helped, or if it doesn't have screws, playing the tape with the cassette door open also works. At least then you can monitor if any of the reels has stopped. I'm sorry your rare tape got eaten, but did you really take *_all_* precautions if the worst were to happen?
@@FSM_Reviews Yes, I took all the precautions. That's why my tape collection has lasted this long - cause I always took care of my tapes. I bought this player cause it was a SONY product and I thought SONY was still producing quality, reliable products like they used to. I mean, if a budget SONY Walkman from the 90's never gave me any issue, I figured, this thing shouldn't either. Especially cause it's not moving and being jostled around.
I bought this cause as you said, cassettes are a nearly dead format now and like I said, SONY was always a good brand to me, even their budget tape players. I mean it's a cassette player, that's what it was meant to do - play cassettes. Whether it's a collection or a single re-issued cassette, the function is the same - to play it. My issue is that, SONY knows cassettes are a near dead format, therefore; it stands to reason that most cassettes played on it are gonna be old to very old. So why not put in a little extra thought into their products if they're gonna include a cassette player in this unit, to make sure that the mechanism won't easily eat cassettes?
I understand your argument but, to say "would've, could've, should've" *_AFTER_* the fact is kinda moot. Also, I didn't buy this thing blindly either. I did my research on this unit before I bought it and most reviews were favorable - with lots of people saying they were happy with the unit, including the cassette player, which many said they bought exclusively for what? To listen to their old tape collections (most complaints were about the CD player, which I could care less about). So it wasn't like I didn't try to inform myself on what I was buying it before I bought it. You said it yourself - it was brand new - not used so, the expectation that it would work without a hitch is not *_THAT_* unreasonable, is it?...
Hi,
Just to let you know, Sony has a recall on these boomboxes due to their inability to read a CD. I noticed your serial number. It falls within the range of Sony's recall. If you're having any problems with playing a CD, you should contact Sony (239/245-6366) before November 30, 2021. That's when their extended warranty on the laser pickup runs out.