Like so many others of my generation, I had quite a collection of CD's along with vinyl recordings. As time went on I quickly became a fan of a streaming music service for many years, but recently, had grown nostalgic for specific songs on albums that I'd not heard in years. Also sometimes a person just wants to listen to a whole album without having to go through a search process. Luckily, I'd kept my CD's and most of the vinyl even when we'd got rid of our old stereo system and large speakers (glad I listened to the inner voice that warned about parting with my collection EVEN when I wasn't listening to them after having gone fully to streaming options--"gasp"...I did dare to keep actual stuff I wasn't using). I purchased this CD unit specifically because it holds 5 discs and had recalled that Sharp had been a good brand years ago--turns out it still is --and I'm thrilled to be listening to my old collection again.