I meant that when I bought it, I thought it was good, and after a little time and exposure to better equipment, it became painfully aware of the problems with it. Some equipment is designed and marketed at certain markets. The mass market equipment typically have lots of features, many of which will go unused. The main focus is on the lights, bells and whistles, with little on the sections that actually are important in reproducing music. In Amps, these areas are output electronics (Tubes vs. Transistors vs Integrated Circuits: and power supplies), for CD players (transports - plastic or better materials, lenses, time phase errors, clock jitter).
However, there will always be a market for low cost equipment. I will admit that as a young teen, this equipment vastly outplayed the equipment it replaced.
Regards,
BBIBH
