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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heretic Apostate" data-source="post: 2571586" data-attributes="member: 696">Some of you may know that my father is mostly blind.  His sole sources of entertainment (outside of his extensive socializing--he goes out even more than me <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) are listening to TV, and playing audio books and audio CDs.  We've had bad luck with tape players and CD players, however.  We've had three defective tape players and two defective CD players in the last couple of years.  My dad has decided that buying the cheapest thing just isn't cost effective.So, my dad is in the market for a new boombox, one that combines a CD player and a tape player.  And I need some suggestions from y'all to help him find one.  There are certain requirements that have to be met.  (I realize some of them will be contradictory, but YOU try arguing with a 66-year-old man who is extremely frustrated. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)1)  It must be available from Radio Shack, Target, or Walmart.  (My dad wants to be able to feel it, and possibly try it out.)2)  It must be reliable and mid-level quality.  (This cannot be emphasized enough.  We've trashed about five audio-books from the library, and he just trashed an audio-book he bought last week.  He also uses the CD player to play his audio-Bible, so it's his only way of doing his daily reading.)3)  It must be under $100.4)  It must have non-detachable speakers.5)  It must have simple controls.  (We're talking about a blind man here...)6)  As stated, it must have a CD player and a tape player.  If it has a radio as well, that's gravy.I'm not gadget oriented.  I'm trying to help my father, who is also not gadget-oriented, and who sits alone at home for hours on end with little to do.  (Sure, he goes out almost every day, but that still leaves about five hours a day where he's home alone...)  Any help would be appreciated.</blockquote>

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