Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Ponderous sound in a pretty box

Four stars for the retro styling, and for the overall fit and finish; zero stars for the sound quality. Even played at low volume, the radio has a chesty, muddy sound whose ponderous mid-bass poisons the midrange and high frequencies. This problem can be improved slightly by plugging the bass-reflex port on the bottom, but still, a chesty and unenjoyable sound that makes all kinds of music sound ugly. I cannot believe Henry Kloss would have approved of this abominable sound, let alone have engineered it. Rats.