I am awarding 4 stars for this item based on the current price of 79. A decent and quite full-featured small, portable home karaoke system, ideal for children 8 and over but also fun for teens and adults too. Despite being small this unit puts out a decent level of sound and the sound quality was acceptable to good – it’s not hi-fi standard, but better than expected actually. This is quite a well-featured unit – you can use karaoke CDs (CD + G) in the top-loading CD player (it doesn’t play DVDs), you can download karaoke tracks to a USB stick and play them from that, you can pair with your phone or tablet over bluetooth and play tracks that way. Note there is no screen. If you want to see lyrics you need a tablet, phone or to plug the unit into a TV (a cable is provided in the box, that also allows you to play the audio through your TV if you want). Note that to see lyrics you will need to be playing tracks that do include the graphics component (e.g. on a CD + G disc). The main problem with this unit, so far, is that the microphone and microphone amplification circuit are weak – even when you turn the microphone input up to maximum, it can be hard to tell if the microphone is working sometimes, and often the singer will query “is the microphone on ?”. Annoyingly, the unit then re-sets the microphone volume level (and echo setting) each time you turn the unit off (grrr). I invested 25 in a good quality extra microphone and cable, and the Behringer microphone I bought makes a big difference – it’s louder and better made. However, even with a professional microphone, the volume level of the vocals is not what you would expect, and noticeably quieter than the karaoke systems you might experience in a bar, social club, pub, etc. So why give 4 stars? Well what do you expect for 79? Those systems in bars costs hundreds of pounds and have much more powerful amplifiers. I would not recommend this system for a social club or bar, but for home use it is fine. It is supplied with a few free discs but you can buy more on Amazon or download karaoke tracks from various web sites. I recommend Zoom karaoke – seem to have decent quality musicians making the backing tracks. The flashing lights are fun but don’t expect them to light up the room like a disco – they don’t throw much extra light into the room, but kids love them and they dynamically react to the music. The unit also has the ability to alter the key of the backing track, but there is no auto-tune type tech to alter your signing voice – there is only an echo effect, no reverb or anything like that.