Denon have an excellant reputation of producing home entertainment components of an awesome standard. They have produced over the years some fantastic benchmark products, and the Denon DM30 is no exception. Voted as the best micro hifi for atleast three years, Denon DM30 is an excellant product.
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Denon have an excellant reputation of producing home entertainment components of an awesome standard. They have produced over the years some fantastic benchmark products, and the Denon DM30 is no exception. Voted as the best micro hifi for atleast three years, Denon DM30 is an excellant product.
With micro systems available from just £50, some people may find it hard to justify spending about £220, but for those who desire good audio ... ...micro system, such as the Denon DM31 will provide MUCH better audio performance. You will be more enganged in the music and will want to listen to more music.
2) Durability. The lifetime of cheaper micro hifis under £150 is litte more than a few years frequently. Plus at the end of the three years, the micro system is outdated, usually not fashionable anymore and is desired to be replaced. The Denon DM31 is very durable, and the excellance ... more
Denon have an excellant reputation of producing home entertainment components of an awesome standard. They have produced over the years some fantastic benchmark products, and the Denon DM30 is no exception. Voted as the best micro hifi for atleast three years, Denon DM30 is an excellant product.
With micro systems available from just £50, some people may find it hard to justify spending about £220, but for those who desire good audio perfomance this is an essential product. I can provide three good fundamental reasons to spend more money when purchising a micro hifi, they are
1) Sound. A more expensive micro system, such as the Denon DM31 will provide MUCH better audio performance. You will be more enganged in the music and will want to listen to more music.
2) Durability. The lifetime of cheaper micro hifis under £150 is litte more than a few years frequently. Plus at the end of the three years, the micro system is outdated, usually not fashionable anymore and is desired to be replaced. The Denon DM31 is very durable, and the excellance of Denon's products means that the Denon DM31 is very likely to last over 10 years. At the end of the 10 years, there would have been advancements in technology, but the Denon DM31 will still perform very well compared to cheaper products. During those 10 years, you may have bought many cheaper systems.
3) Design. I personally can not stand those systems that you'll find in the highstreet that are large, grey and bulky, featuring many lights. They are not stylish and consume a lot of room. The Denon DM31 is small, compact but does not comprimise on quality. The build of the Denon DM31 is solid, and built to last.
Hopefully now you will see the advantages to spending more on a micro system. So why chose the Denon DM31?
Well firstly, as i've already stated, the Denon DM31is an award winning product. There are no competiting products that come close to matching the performance for the price. The system features an analogue tuner with RDS (provides the names of radio stations and competitions for example on the display), and cd player, plus speakers of course.
First impressions out of the box are good. The speakers are packaged seperatly to the unit, allowing you to buy better speakers if you desire. The unit is simple to set up with good instructions. Sound quality of the Denon DM31is unrilvaved, producing a sound with good clarity, deep bass and tight trebble. Instead of Denon manufacturing speakers themselves, which they have little experience in, they've used Mission who are one of the market leaders in producing top quality speakers. The wires that come with the Denon DM31are satisfactory, but could be upgraded if desired.
With more and more users buying portable audio products, a feature that they want to see is compability. By buying a 3.5mm jack interconnect, you could connect any mp3 player, any minidisc player, or any tape player and connect it to the Denon DM31, and play it through the speakers with excellant quality. The connection wire required cost is minimal, available for under £10 and allows users to play music out loud.
There are however limitations of this product. The radio is not DAB, but this criticism is reduced since the quality of the analogue tuner is excellant, and will be broadcasted well beyong the life cycle of this product. Another criticism (scrapping the barrel) is that it does not feature a built in MD player, but this can be added at a price.
To conclude, I would thoroughly recommend the Denon DM31 to anyone who is considering buy a micro hifi system. Definatly research it further and remember that you can go to your local retailer and listen to the system before buyign it if you wish. The Denon DM31features unrivalled sound, design and durability at a good price. I would not recommend this product to those who don't particually care how their music sounds, or have a larger budget to spend then about over £220.
Advantages: Great looker, great noise maker. Disadvantages: Size may be too small for some.
...issues. A preview of the Denon M31 caught my eye, and after further research I discovered its predecessor, the M30, had won ‘Best Mini System’ award or something to that effect in What Hi-Fi for three years. I knew this was a good omen, and the M-31 had to be even better surely??
Further reading in Stuff recommended a couple of other systems, including a Yamaha one – which did sound good when I went to listen to it in Dixons, but I wanted to hear ... ...a local independent retailer had Denon kit in stock, and a drive into town found my in front of the Denon M-1 which had only just gone in-store that week. (This was March 2003) Let’s just say 30 minutes later I had parted with £300 and was loading the car up! Discussing in the shop the merits of the M-31 over the M-30 (award winner past 3 years) the only changes really were the most minor of facelift (I could tell no difference in a photograph), ...
alflavor 22.07.2003 (23.07.2003)
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Advantages: Superb sound quality and well built system Disadvantages: A bit expensive
...found the sound on this Denon is almost as impressive as my main hi-fi system. So don't let the size fool you. This is a powerful, smart player.
As well as the standard audio in/out sockets, the system has an array of high quality uo-to-date sockets at the back including an optical out socket. Also useful is the sub-woofer speaker socket, should you wish to add a powerful bass speaker to the unit. You can also add other components to this unit, ... ...with or without the comprehensive Denon manual.
Pricing:
I searched aorund online and on foot and found the Denon system priced for £199, with speakers, as a special end of range sale in Richer Sounds and then went to Curreys who did their Price Promise and matched the offer by 10%. It pays to shop around for this system which seems to vary in rpice from £189 (what I paid) through to £299 or higher.
CD player: The player is capable of handling ...
piano123 16.03.2005
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Advantages: Outstanding Sound Quality for the price Disadvantages: Display can be difficult to read in some circumstances
...I was recommended either the Denon or a similat Teac system, and having listened to both, through the same speaker set up, was amazed by the Denon. As the system was more than my original budget I decided to listen to it at the side of some of the others I'd shortlisted and so took a trip back to one of the major chains. There they had the system set up using the Denon supplied speakers (SCM-51, which are actually supplied by Mission). On comparing ... ...a full set up with Denon speakers (mentioned above)and others supply it as a unit on it's own. Prices usually around £199 for the system, and if you want the Denon matched speakers (SCM-51) they vary from £70 upwards. Some of the major chains sell the entire system for £299 (All prices are those I sourced August 2003). Ultimately sound comes down to personal preference but I decided to go for a very similarly priced set of Mission speakers, with ...
TheCoopster 10.09.2003
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Advantages: good sound quality Disadvantages: pricey no cassette player
The Denon D-M31is a great hifi system. It looks great has good sound quality and is small. If thats what you want in a cd player then this is what you want unless you aren't willing to pay this amount. Another disadvantage is that it doesn't have a cassette player. That didn't bother me becuse i dont use them but i believe that you could get just as good a hifi system for less or perhaps a better one for less money. The speakers a light wood colour ... ...problem is the display can be hard to see especially when it is bright. It is also quite long as well so that could cause another problem.I have read the other reviews of this product and they make it sound much better than it actually is. I hope i have prevented you from paying over the odds for an average product. Thank You for reading this review Adam ...
adamclarke14 25.07.2004
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Advantages: Small, biwire terminals, great looks Disadvantages: none
I had the time to audition these at my local hi-fi shop, I was more driven by curiousity than anything else since the price is fair and magazines rated them good.
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I haven't spend enough time with them to tell about stereo imigeing and placement but one thing is for sure they sound awesome from the word go. Lows are quite deep(for a spaeker this size) and spot on aswell. Midband and midrange are expresive and even with heavy rock music they gave no hint of struggling. Highs are detailed and sweet for a speaker in this class.
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Exellent budget speakers that sounds bigger and louder than what they look and should be on anyone's shortlist who's on the lookout for small musical speakers. ...
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After re-aranging our lounge a decision was made that the black clunky stacking hi-fi had to go, so a search on the internet and a visit to the Richer Sounds website led me initially to the DenonDM31.
I visited my local Richer sounds shop in Norwich the following day with the intention of purchasing a Denon, but a very helpful assistant informed me if I was to run powerful speakers such as mine (Bose Acoustimass 5) I would be better off with the Teac CRL600 with a higher wattage.
I hesitated as I had no info on this model, but decided to go with it when he assured me if I wasnt happy I could return it within 14days.
I plugged it all in at home and WOW I was very impressed. Far superior than my stacking ugly system. This unit sits beneath my tv ontop of the DVD player and looks well at home.
The audio quality from the CD and radio is ...
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