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Price Paid:
$300.00
from Frys Summary:
This system has absolutely beautiful and clean sound. It sounds just as good or better than sound from receivers twice the price of this home theater in a box. If you look at other items in its price range, its very clearly better than Sony and Panasonic. There's a Yamaha system thats a notch higher in price, but I
liked the sound quality from this one better. The Receiver is the jewel of the system. The speakers are real sharp looking and sound great. I only wish they
sold a set of matching stands but we're getting away from affordable here.
For shoppers out there looking for features, there's a lot of room for upgrading, but for what price? Among the things you might want more is an
additional set of cassette inputs.
Good cassette decks are single cassette models, and people typically have two of them. With this system
you'd get only one cassette hook-up. Also,
there's no phono input so you can't hook up your turntable. There's limited second room capability - it has A & B speakers capability, but they can't be driven from separate inputs. Also, the speaker wire supplied with the unit is not home theater
grade in my opinion, and I just replacced it with my
own speaker-wire.
BOTTOM LINE: Entry level features, pro level sound
quality in an affordable package (was on sale for $300
at Fry's) Strengths:
Sound quality Weaknesses:
No phono input, and supports only 1 cassette deck. No component video switching. Second set of speakers can't be driven from independent inputs. Similar Products Used:
During shopping I compared this with Sony, Panasonic & Yamaha home theater in a box systems & Harmon Kardon's entry level receiviers.
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