EX-5.1 3 opiniontos8.txt OPINION OF ADORNO & YOSS P.A. ADORNO & YOSS A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION 700 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, SUITE 200 BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33432 TELEPHONE (561) 393-5660 www.adorno.com Facsimile (561) 338-8698 The Singing Machine Company, Inc. 6601 Lyons Road Building A-7 Coconut Creek FL 33073 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement"); The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (the "Company") Year 2001 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") Ladies and Gentlemen: This opinion is submitted pursuant to the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") with respect to registration by the Singing Machine Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") of an aggregate of 1,950,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shares"). The Shares are covered by the Registration Statement and consist of 1,950,000 shares of the Company's common stock to be issued upon the exercise of options to be granted under the Plan. In our capacity as counsel to the Company, we have examined the original, certified, conformed, photostat or other copies of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, the Plan and various other agreements and corporate minutes provided to us by the Company and such other documents and instruments as we deemed necessary. In all such examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on original documents, and the conformity to originals or certified documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed, photostat or other copies. In passing upon certain corporate records and documents of the Company, we have necessarily assumed the correctness and completeness of the statements made or included therein by the Company, and we express no opinion thereon. Subject to and in reliance upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares to be issued upon exercise of options granted under the Plan, when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and non- assessable. We hereby consent to the use of this opinion in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Commission. Very truly yours, /s/ Adorno & Yoss, P.A. Date: September 13, 2002