I liked the looks(bought it from my father-in-law). I liked the remote. Recorded tapes fairly well. Tuner is decent.

Lots. Fair bass (almost poor). Lousy DSP - tin can stuff. It sounds better with DSP off. Fair to decent mid/high. Rock and Classic presets are the only decent settings - every other setting sounds like an echo chamber. CD will not track any disc now.

In fairness this system served ok after we got a 50 watt powered subwoofer for it. This Aiwa only has one T-Bass setting and I was always wishing it had three or four. The CD player had been gradually going out for the past year. The CD's would just spin without it being able to track. This was intermittent at first, and then progressively worse. I cleaned, took the cover off and tried directly cleaning the lens etc... Nothing helped, so we're scrapping it in March and I'll take a look at the Yamaha GX-700 mini system, or possibly the new Panasonic SC-AK78 when it comes out next month. I don't have much room, but I definately want a step up in budget sound quality.

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This was my first mini system. A few boomboxes.

I cannot believe the terrible luck everyone who has owned this system has had.
I have owned this system for nearly six years, and used it basically non stop,and my cd player,and everyting else runs exactly the same as it did when i unpacked it as a happy kid on my 15th birthday all those years ago.
I have done to this system what you would expect teenagers to do to it, thrash it , move it around to hook up at mates houses.
It is not mr bassy,or mr much apart from a nice sounding stereo.
It has served me very well,and ill higher the overall average since i got a good one.
I have been interested in high audio for a while but unfortunately finances have been stopping me from getting any real decent stuff ie sony TA FA3ESamp and ex demo B&W p5
for cheap, oh quit dreaming.

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Among all of them, the most remarkble is the bad Cd player system (lens , laser and tray mechanism)

I bougth this mini comp at 1995 (a new one) but it dídn´t worth the money i paid for. It has one repair at 1998 and now is no longer working, due to a mayor failure in the cd player´s tray (it doesn´t keep closed even the stereo is off.
I´ve always used SONY steroes and they didn´t cause to me any trouble. I won´t buy AYWA´s anymore.

I bought this system 2 years ago, and I think it's for beginer listeners, because the sound is not fantastic, but it's good for those who doesn't care about the quality of the sound. The surround isn't good and the electronic graphic equalizer is very restrict.

The unit puts out adequate sound for it's size. One problem is the lack of ports for additional speakers or compatible devices(turntables etc.) The unit would sound much better with additional speakers. The real problem is the CD player. After two or more years the cd skips during songs either momentarily or jumping back and forth to other tracks. Sometimes the unit doesn't recognize CD's in the player and will not work. A constant vigil of cleaning products and service repairs do not fix the system. I have talked with other owners. This is a common problem and will generally not occur until the service contract expires. Good Luck.

This mini system from Aiwa represents one of the worst experiences I have ever had in the consumer electronics field. I bought my one about three years ago and was quite pleased with it initially.
However, after about six months, I encountered problems with the cd player that other posters have already mentioned. I spent the cash getting these problems fixed, and then lo and behold, the amplifier began to emit a hum through the speakers. This hum was obnoxious and obviously due to the cheap power supply used by Aiwa (I have examined it carefully and it is about the cheapest that would actually work).

I gave up on the mini system at this point and invested in some quality NAD hi fi components and Paradigm loudspeakers, which didn't cost me the earth. It was about this time when I noticed how poor the sound quality output from this Aiwa mini system actually was. Once you have lived with quality sound you will grit your teeth when you hear the garbage that this piece of junk puts out.

If you own one of these Aiwas and you encounter any problems, don't fret! Think of it as a blessing! You can now buy some gear, which although a bit more expensive will NOT break down, and will allow you to actually get into the heart of the music. This mini system and most others use the cheapest parts and butcher all of the emotion, soul and generally what the band/composer wanted you to hear out of the music.

I gave my Aiwa NSXV50 to my sister and it suits her fine, even with the power supply buzz.

1 Star for this poor product.

Although this system is not on sale today, I recommend that you don't buy one.It have a poor bass and mid, the only thing that saves it is the treble. The CD-Player breaks after 4 years. The letters in the display is too small. But for people who doesn't care about sound quality and power (and a CD-Player broke), it is a good system. ;-)

My girlfriend likes the sound quality, and I have to admit the bass is better than my Sony stacking system (but I have no sub-woofer so as not to annoy the neighbours too much), the really bad thing is that the CD Player died after about 4 years use, I've fixed CD players before but couldn't find the F-bias anywhere inside, there were about 16 variable resistors visible on the main board but none were labelled by function, only AIWA code and the manual was no help cos it didn't have a circuit diagram, so it looks like it's gonna end up as an amp for the Playstation or something...There's no way I'm paying for some engineer £100 to turn a tiny screw hidden by the manufacturers to keep their staff in employ..these problems have been well known with CD players for many years, why can't the Fbias screw be situated on the outside of the units like the channel adjust on the back of VCRs? Well, it's something to think about anyway...

As for value, it was only a couple of hundred quid and has managed to last 4 years with fairly regular use (she used it as her alarm clock while at uni)..so that's 3 stars..

Overall, it annoys me when technology like this fails when it should be so simple to fix, so for lack of ease of maintainance, it gets a 2 overall..

When I first bought it at S$499 2 years ago, I was not an audio enthusiast yet. So, I didn't know the difference between a good and a bad system. The bass is OK and very common among most mini systems. The mid-range sounds nice too. However, the treble is definitely lacking. The 3 equalization modes are too restricted. The ease of use is also there but not uncommon nowadays.

This thing performs in the beginning. But as the dayz pass, about 2 years time, the CD player Died. Can play any music.