Instruct: Classify an Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: A player worthy of price....

I purchased this CD Player full and well knowning Philips' good past and I was not disappointed. When combined with Philips folding closed-ear headphones, they provide loud, crystal clear sound with little or no distortion or fuzzing. The battery life holds fairly on par with Sony's, but as far as I'm concerned the Sony players can not even begin to compete with Philips.Some other things: Battery are placed inside of player. Extremely tough: I've dropped this thing nearly 20 times while at work from about a distance of 3-5 feet and nothing even remotely stops it.The only real cons are that the LCD screen is slighty hard to read.