KLIM Journey - Portable CD Player Walkman with Long-Lasting Battery - New - with Headphones - Radio FM - Compatible MP3 CD Player Portable - SD Card, FM Transmitter, Bluetooth - Ideal for Cars - Black

I have this portable CD Players:Sony D-EJ360 PSYC (2002), ONN CD Player (2020), HOTT CD611T (2021) and KLIM Nomad (2022).This is the BEST unit so far. The sound quality with the other additions, make this the best unit I owned so far.Compared with the KLIM Nomad, this one is very close in quality terms.THESE ARE THE NEW ADDITIONS:- It has different EQ profiles than the Nomad that provide greater versatility with different headphones or speakers.- The Bluetooth sound quality is MUCH better than the Nomad. I repeat; exceptionally BETTER! The audio fidelity Is very close to the headphone output signal or the bluetooth signal of my iPhone 13.THIS CD PLAYER ALSO PROVIDES THESE GREAT TOOLS FOR MUSICIANS OR ENTHUSIAST:- It lets you loop a passage from the track (A to B), that will repeat indefinitely.- It lets you decrease the tempo and pitch of the song, so you can transcript any part you want, sing it in another Key, or just enjoy a slower version of the song. And the fidelity is very good.- It lets you record to the micro-SD cart anything that you play from the CD (or the FM radio), with good quality! (MP3, 160 kbs). You can also buy another FM transmitter, so you can connect anything to it, to record it.MORE PROS:- Some radio stations offers texts info from the songs that are playing!- You can find replacement parts online, so you can fix the unit in the years to come ( battery and the Laser drive ). The parts have serial numbers that let you identify them.CONS:- Compared to the KLIM Nomad, the headphone gain is slightly lower (This doesn't apply to the FM output or Bluetooth signal, which has more gain.- The FM transmitter ONLY lets you transmit to five assigned stations. This is a drag, since the transmitter has problems if there's stronger signals from other FM stations in your area. In my area, all of them are taken by others, strong signals.Feedback to KLIMIn my opinion, this is the best CD player I ever bought. Is closer to perfection! But in order to create the perfect unit, just raise a little bit the gain on the headphone output, and let the user select the FM Stations that he wants to transmit the signal. Also, having access to the AM radio will not hurt either!

It takes a while to understand all the functions, even though the instruction booklet is clear and concise.But then trying out the functions, I realized that this is a quality product.Pros:The sound is clean and good.It is easy to use the very good earbuds with itIt also is easy to connect with an external speaker.To me the most important was the easy way to pair with my car blue tooth.Cons:It is a bit complicated to figure out all of the functions.Overall I am pleased and can now finally listen to my collection of CD's again while driving the car.It used to easier in a car, but the car makers in their all mighty wisdom did away with a CD player, just to irritate the average person.Overall I am very pleased with this player and have no issues. I can recommend it.

I really wanted to give this player 5 stars, but cannot. First, all the good or rather very good stuff.For this 75 year old reviewer, the audio quality of this CD player is really, really very good. Whether listening on Bluetooth speakers, earbuds, headphones or on my Honda Pilot (2017) audio system, everything sounded pretty damn good to me. Plus the 7 preset equalizer modes all add beneficial tweaks to what you hear listening to different genres of music. A real plus there!Connectivity to Bluetooth was easy for all my devices. All various Bluetooth speakers and earbuds connected quickly with no issues at all. Connecting to my 2017 Honda Pilot was by auxiliary and Bluetooth. I didn’t bother with fm connection on my Honda as I wasn’t interested in doing by fm. Bluetooth connectivity on the Honda was easy after I realized the Honda setup required me to disable my phone Bluetooth first. I guess the Honda only allows one connection at a time. I was fine with that. The Bluetooth connection sounded great on the Honda. The auxiliary connection did as well also.The player also plays those “TF” cards. They’re kind of a mini SD card. I setup a 2 gb card as a test. The manual states the player supports up to a 64 gb card. I loaded on 5 different albums and a 100 song playlist. I placed each in their own separate folder, labeled by title of course, and decided to copy the music files as mp3 format at 320 kbps, for this test. Learning curve in figuring out how to choose the particular album to listen to, but I caught on fairly quick. Well, the music sounded just great to me. I couldn’t be more satisfied. So, thus far this KLIM Journey CD player is just great. It is performing flawlessly for me.I like the compact size of this player. The buttons are a good size and function well with a solid response. There is a slight learning curve understanding what they do but that’s to be expected. The buttons light up to use as well as the display window. All nice and bright. They light up long enough to accomplish what you need and turn off after awhile. Nice. Oh, I almost forgot. This player also has FM radio that I put through its paces and I was able to get quite a few stations coming in nice and strong, clear sounding! Again, learning curve, but very doable. I spent a lot of time with the manual by my side running this player through its various features. On that I will say that the manual could be a little more straightforward in explaining things and the icons should be printed twice as large for my taste, but I wouldn’t take a star away for that as everything you need to get this player up and running is there.Which brings me to where I had a reason to knock off a star in my review. The battery!! KLIM states this player will give 8 to 14 hours of battery playback. Not in my experience. The best I could achieve was 6 1/2 hours. That was accomplished by using the supplied 3.5 mm cable to connect my speaker or use plug in earbuds or headphones. Anything Bluetooth, the best I could get was 5 1/2 hours of playback before the battery drained out. I suppose 5 or 6 hours should be ok, I guess. But, when the sales point says 8 to 14 hours, I’ll be a stickler and say that one should at least be getting the 8 hours as the minimum. So, I find the battery life disappointing.On that note, I will say that I contacted KLIM and they agreed that the battery should be performing better and they sent me another unit within a few days. They were very responsive and very nice to chat with. Unfortunately, the second player has performed the same as the first. The battery just can’t seem to give me any better than 6 1/2 hours of playback. At the price point of this player I will keep it as I really like the quality audio sound this player produces. It is well built and extremely compact and easily portable. KLIM did not require me to return the first unit, so actually I at least will get 14 hours of playback by continually swapping between the 2 units every 5 or 6 hours as the battery drains out. Fair enough!I do recommend the KLIM Journey CD player. Highly recommend. Just be aware that the battery may or may not deliver the 8 to 14 hours of playback . The player audio sounds better than any portable CD player I’ve owned previously. This players’ anti-skipping technology was great, I didn’t experience any skipping during playback at all. In closing I will say again that the tech support at KLIM was top notch and responded in reasonable time frame. I give them 5 stars for their customer support!

This portable CD player got here quickly and was adequately packaged. The unit is as advertised - compact and highly functional. And, glory of glories!, it came with a brief and understandable hard-copy manual. If I were into headphone listening I'd probably get a fancier set of earbuds than came with the unit, but they those ones do work okay. Limited bass gain, though. But I stay away from bone-conduction devices because they can permanently impair your hearing if used too much. As to everything else - so far, great. Haven't used the bluetooth yet, but the hardwire connections work fine so I expect that will, too. This unit has saved me buying a new stereo unit for the car, so I'm more than pleased. Can recommend the unit and hope it holds up to riding in the car seat.