Find Audio System by Sharp, Goodmans, Panasonic, Pioneer and other popular Audio System manufacturers. You can read reviews, compare prices and other features such as power, CD players, MP3 players and RDS. Buy from the best UK Electronic Shops online.
Advantages: Still plays cassette and has DAB Disadvantages: Short speaker cables
Needed a new machine and it had to have a cassette deck (as I still have a lot of homemade tapes from my youth!) and a DAB radio too so this was a perfect machine on paper and the price was excellent too!
I read a lot of the reviews and was a little worried about the sound quality and the DAB signal. But the machine was for my kitchen and wasn't going to be my "state of the art machine."
Very easy to set up, it is indeed correct that the speaker ... ...are about 1 metre in length maybe a little longer so please take note, it could be a problem.
Switched on the auto tune for the DAB radio and oh-no, no BBC DAB stations at all. So re-tuned again and again and again. At that point my husband said "this is crap it's going back, that cheap DAB radio from Asda can pick up DAB and we live on top of a hill with a massive TV / radio mast nearby!" But I asked him to try moving the DAB aerial and interesting ...
Advantages: State of the Art Sound Disadvantages: None that I know of
Before I start regarding this system, a word of advice, really shop around, I personally saved over £100 by buying this over the internet compared with what the high street electrical stores were charging. I paid £327 for the DF-102 System and £68.99 for the SF102 speakers as seperates, instore the system sells for £499.99.
The Hi-Fi comes in two systems, the CD Player (DCD-F102) and a AM/FM Stereo-DAB Receiver (DRA-F102 DAB), both units are silver, ... ...cover. A Remote Control is also supplied with this system (which takes 2 AAA batteries) as well as a DAB indoor antenna.
Firstly I will explain the CD Player's Specifications:-
The measurements are as follows:-
250mm wide x 78mm high x 250 depth and the unit weighs 2.9kg.
The player only takes one CD.
The front of the unit has the normal run of the mill buttons:-
Power Indicator
Display
Skip Buttons
Search Buttons
Stop Button
Play/Pause ...
Advantages: Extra 8" Subwoofer with thumping bass Disadvantages: No video output
Hey friends i bought this new hifi system couple of months ago and i was just stunned by the sound quality of the system... this system supports almost all audio formats and audio, video and dvd discs.. this system holds max power output of 350 watts and yes it does also has a standalone subwoofer with floor thumping bass.. this system seriously cracks the floor... u can use this awesome unit on special occassions and if ur calling in a small party ...
Advantages: better than systems costing 4x as much Disadvantages: took too long to get out of the box !!
...Pod ( you can use the Arcam remote to control your I pod when connected).
Life is too short to wander around shops looking for the best equipment, so dont bother buy this one....
And NO i am not getting paid or employed by the company.. just a grateful customer ...
mrmingly 05.07.2009 ·Read Full Review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful
Review of Arcam SOLO MINI
Advantages: Small, loud, easy set-up. uncomplicated Disadvantages: Durability when played on max volume is poor.
...have come across but this hitachi is great value for money. Really easy to use. Can give out a lot of bass when set up correctly but i will warn you thats how i blew the speakers on mine. Cd player will start to skip similar car Cd players if played on loud volumes for extended periods of time or after about 6 months of daily use. The opening mechanism on the cd tray will not open unless its on the cd function (learned the hard way again!). Gets ... ...very well with mp3 players. Has usb and memory card slots and will connect to a computer with red and white audio jacks. All in all i was very pleased with mine, great sound quality for a small price! I would suggest not playing this above volume 25 if you want it to last its life epectancy. There are 30 levels of volume and above 25 the speakers will begin to distort the sound most types of music ...
