Sony CMTSBT100 Micro Music System with Bluetooth

Update 01/29/2019: The fact that the system takes a ridiculous amount of time to discover the tracks on a USB stick or a CD is very disappointing. I turn it on but then have to watch it count every single track before I can press play. The system turns off altogether if I walk away and wait too long after it has completed its counting. Once it turns itself off, the system needs to be powered on again and go through the exact same counting process all over again. It is very annoying. My flash drive has hundreds of tracks on it so it takes a great deal of time for the display to show 1, 2, 3, 4..... etc. That long pause is an unfortunate drawback to this system and means you can't forget you are waiting for it to play. I still like the Sony Music System's features and good looks, and the system still sounds good when it does play. I am even OK with the time it takes to count every single track, although no other device I own insists on doing that. I just don't understand why it can't automatically play music after it finishes counting all the tracks. Original review after owning the system for 6 weeks: Although my family was strongly in favor of a SONOS system or a Bose radio/CD, I chose to buy the Sony Micro System because the price on Amazon was so good and it seemed to do every single thing I needed it to do. I decided I would pay attention to the various complaints people had about it, and send it back if it performed poorly. I have had this system now for about 6 weeks, and so far I am just delighted with the sound, the design, the small footprint, and the multi-functionality of this Sony Micro Music System in spite of its negatives I outlined below. The sound from the little speakers is surprisingly good. I find the system to be quite attractive, and I am delighted my kitchen now has a radio, a CD player; Bluetooth for connecting my phone to listen to downloaded podcasts; Audible books on my Kindle using Audio In; and a USB port to plug in a flash drive that holds the playlists from my iMac. For the money I spent, the system is excellent. I have not found a persistent hum or buzz from the CD player that other reviewers described. Bluetooth: I found when pairing my Android with the system that nothing happened when I first pressed the remote Bluetooth button repeatedly, then held it down for a long while. It was when I stopped pressing the remote and switched to pressing the button on the receiver that the system read PAIRING and then the Sony system appeared in the Bluetooth list on my phone so I could pair them. Now I am able to use my phone to play Pandora. So far the time spent copying my iTunes playlists to USB flash drives has not been a terrible bother, I guess because I was prepared for that aggravation having read all the reviews. Therefore, I want to thank all the generous people here who took the time to write detailed reviews of this system. A plus: It will play music and audio books from all my flash drives: old, first generation ones, and brand new ones too. I have another sound system that will play only new flash drives. I don't know yet if I will eventually miss having WiFi, nor can I predict if the Bluetooth will drive me crazy. On the whole, I am really delighted with this system since it does everything I want and the sound is a great deal better than I expected. Everyone who visits my house mentions how good this system sounds. And I can crank up the volume so we are able to hear it well without distortion to the farthest reaches of neighboring rooms . Because of the good price and the excellent sound, I have been able to overlook the system's slow initialization and the time it takes to load CDs and flash drives. However, if I am in a hurry and want to remove the CD when the system is not turned on, it takes forever for the tray to eject because it requires waiting for the CD to be read first. Another negative is something another reviewer pointed out: It doesn't keep track of where it left off on a flash drive or a CD so -- if I remember to do it -- before I turn it off, I write down the CD track number and forward to that track when I want to continue listening. I don't bother doing this on a flash drive, though, so I end up listening to the first bunch of tunes on the drive over and over which is tiresome. I wish the speaker wires were longer than four feet. To separate them more, I just ordered the 15 foot Samsung wires that another reviewer recommended for this system: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XLZ6J06/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AYM8I6S71KDRT&psc=1 Update on speaker wires: The speaker wire I ordered to increase the distance between the speaker and the receiver does have the correct SONY proprietary connection so it works perfectly. However, although the wire colors are obvious in the picture, they didn't register with me when I was purchasing the wires, and was disappointed to discover the red and black colors when I opened the package. They are ugly and do stand out which is my own fault.