I was meaning once the novelty has worn off of using my brother in laws or sons. I asked it to play Charlotte Church Pia Jeu and it played all her pop records but not that classic. but as I have it on I pod and PC etc. its no problem but it did play GOSBTS.
Brother in law has bought a small one on amazon for £35. I only used a boiled egg as an example as virtually every recipe states a time to cook for from 2 mins to 2 hours or so.
I must admit I hadnt considered using it as a kitchen timer presumably you tell her to play a tune in 3 mins to get a perfectly boiled egg and she does so. My music is very limited mainly either Classic Fm at certain times of the day or Smooth so as a music machine it is of no great use to me...