Been using this system for approx 14 year still delivers same quality sound as when bought and does not look dated but that's why I bought denon in first place

Sharp, classy looking package Build Quality

Radio sensitivity Price is a little too much

I purchased this system for use in my bedroom, mainly for background listening. It is a nice looking system, with style galore. The Mission speakers certainly have a finish that belies their mini system origins.In use, there is enough power to fill my bedroom with decent quality sound. The speakers struggle at higher volumes,but more than hold their own at normal/ background listening levels. The tuner could be a little more sensitve, as it has some trouble picking up stations that my 3802 receiver picks up rather handily.The CD player is good, with the only gripe being that you can't open it with the remote.Another minor annoyance is the display,I wish you didn't have to hit display on the remote to show time when the unit is off, and the digits could have been somewhat largerso you could read them from the bed.I will probably change out the little Missions at some point for some thing with a little more lower end, such as the Atoms from Paradigm.Maybe...

Clear and neutral sound. Enough power for small rooms. Clock/Timer function to be waked up by a good sound. No distortion.

Clock/timer functions might be more extended (no dual timer, no way to handle the Clock/timer with the remote)

I bought the DM30 a couple of days ago for my bedroom, I coupled it to a pair of good small B&W boxes and the results are above my expectations. The sound is clear and neutral. At a reasonnable volume, it competes easily with my 5 times more expensive main system (High end Yamaha+Tannoy) PS : I do no experience any hum as mentionned in other reviews.

Excellent balanced sound for the money, the Yamaha is way too artificially bright in a cheap attempt to sound detailed.

I am not going to pick on this thing for $300.00

I own Manepan 1.5's hooked up to VTL amps with alot of expensive gear and cables, but I was impressed with the amount of sound you can get from the Denon. It has a very reserved and natural sound without sounding hifi or pathetically trying to exagerate bass and treble(like the yamaha) I bought the Denon on a recommendation from all the British hifi mags. None of them complained about hum, but I really don't trust magazines anyway, there just glorified catalogs that push products for advertising money.But I have found that hum is usually the fault of the power cords being used. If you hook the Denon up to an extension cord that has alot of unfiltered inputs on it than expect hum. Also I think the main reason for the hum is that the Denon has an electrical input on the back that allows you to use it to power another component. That always creates hum and you should never use that option. Buy a line conditioning extension cord, plug everything into it, avoid the electrical input on the Denon and make sure every component is grounded. I have had no problems.

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non fatiguing

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All these cheap mini systems have some sort of distortion. So you pick the minisystem with the distortion your ears are less sensitive to or doesn't show up on the type of music that you play. Denon with tyhe little speakers has good harmonics and is not bright like most Jap stuff but, sound is EXTREMELY boxy and shut-in. The $450 Onkyo is much more open but can be a bit bright. Here are two MUCH better systems: http://www.jandr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Merchant_Id=1&Section_Id=1549&pcount=&Product_Id=2870417&Sort=Mfr_Name,Current_Price,Product_Name This Yamaha MCR-150 is the best I've heard (except for their MCR-250) and at $169 can't be beat (you can hear this at Best Buys but don't pay the $300) get it here: www.shop.store.yahoo.com/jeffminsky/yammcrelmics.html OR TRY: www.shop.store.yahoo.com/jeffminsky/hometheatre.html

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Looks nice, compact. Great sound, enough volume to fill up our master bedroom. Remote has great coverage. Point it just about anywhere and it works.

TOOO complicated to setup. I expect to be able to program and setup clock/alarm wihout much help from the manual. And I can do that with many other electronic items I own. Not this one. I had to follow the complicated process listed (which worked flawlessly). I still do not know how to do it without the manual. Remote is way too complicated. Common buttons are the same size and located close together. Many times I have powered down the system while attempting to set sleep timer (in the dark). When I first used the system (after litening to shaggy for many days on a camro sound system with the bass turned up, I felt the need for a sub woofer. But now I like it just fine.

Overall I am happy with the purchase. I tested several other similar systems at good guys (Teac, Yamah, etc.) and liked the sound of this one the most. It is not as good as my main Denon-Infinity system but great for the price.

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Nice sound quality provided the music has no quiet bits in it! Both tuner and CD sound good.

Hum and hiss are intrusive and should not be present on a unit at this price level. The remote is big and ugly; poor instruction manual.

Overall a very neat package but the unit is spoiled for me by the appalling signal to noise ratio. There is a constant low level hum and hiss on the output. I''ve heard others in stores and they are all like that.

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A SHARP system (at half the price) which had less hum and hiss.

Este producto proporciona una calidad sonora excepcional, incluso a volumen alto, su reducido tamaño permite colocarlo en cualquier sitio, por lo que no estorba en ningun lado, ademas ha sido nombrado producto del año dentro de systems por la revista what*Hi-fi? lo cual es una garantia de que es un producto de alta calidad.

Size, power, included speakers, features

The amps have a low level hum, poor remote layout, no Eject CD or Mute buttons on remote

Overall, this is a great system. The low level hum exists with the headphones and the speakers, but is not noticable while using the speakers. The included Mission speakers (in the USA kit) sound very good for thier size. The Remote is huge, and while you can do almost everything from it, you can not eject a CD (minor) or Mute the sound (major issue for me). The unit's display is well laid out and easy to see across a room.

The owner's manual is pretty well written, though I was able to figure out most things by fiddling with the front panel buttons. Unit includes speaker with (22 gauge), the remote and batteries right in the box - nice not to have to scrounge.

Overall, I am very happy, I just wish the hum was not there and there was a mute button on the remote.

I tried about 30 of the compact systems and this one easily sounded the best, though it was one of the more expensive.

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