Aiwa XR-M55 Mini Audio System

BE WARNED!. . .The aiwa xr-m55 has a flaw in the CD function. When using Direct Play (going directly to a specific song, instead of starting with song #1 and letting the CD play through to the end) the first half second of a track gets cut off. This was a painful discovery. I was careful to check this problem with multiple CD's and different songs whose beginnings I knew well. Each time the first half second or so was cut off. The fact that the xr-m55 sounds great and has a cool, clean design just makes the problem more frustrating.
Hoping that perhaps this was a unique imperfection, I returned the first unit for a new one. The same irritating problem occurred with the second unit. I returned that for a refund - my faith in Aiwa badly shaken.(I did my purchasing on-line.)
For you purists out there, I recommend avoiding the xr-m55 altogether. But if you're not bothered by having the familiar, pleasing start of a favorite song cut off - enjoy! The rest of the xr-m55 is great.