JVC EX-A 5

Advantages: Excellent sound, style, size, functions
Disadvantages: Erm, no multi-disc - but I found that a waste of time on my last HiFi !!

...and looked really, really horrid, and felt tacky. It was one of those "sporty-style" systems - yellow, black and silver! The JVC System - the UX-P5R. An excellently designed system, with RDS?EON; a timer (alarm); CD-R/RW playback; Bass boost (2 levels) - I found this was the best of all the Hi-Fi's I tested - even most seperate systems!; Optical out (for digital recorders, like minidisc); Aux. In; Two-tone display light; removable speaker Grilles; excellent remote; CD-Locking; CD>Tape direct copy - improves sound quality and automatically stops recording and turns over tape when recording from CD to tape.. it also adjusts the sound settings to get the best recording quality; auto-reverse tape deck; simple menu system; equalizer-by-genre (ie Jazz, Rock, Dance)- it optimizes bass levels etc. For the type of music you are listening to. It had 50w... Read review

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Advantages: Very nice clear sound, loads of inputs avaliable, Timer options
Disadvantages: Does not have and front and rear input, No clock

...Well I haven’t had much experience with JVC before because they don’t really stand out when placed next to a name like Sony, Bose or Samsung. Although it isn’t always best to go buy the label because smaller names have more of a reputation to gain. I hadn’t really seen them really as a competitor in the sound system market and was looking at the names above, after no luck finding something worth buying from the branded options; I searched the market by the Specification of the sound system. I began to see a new world of brands. When I got the boxes home, I got a knife out and scored along the tape on each box. As I opened the first box there was a worryingly complicated-looking instruction manual. I placed this aside to reveal the biggest sub-woofer I’d ever seen. In the shop I hadn’t realized the size; it was about the same size... Read review

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Advantages: Everything in one package
Disadvantages: The manual is useless.

...substantial, especially if you do a good search. We bought from Electrical Discount UK. The service was good and delivery within 48 hours. We also paid an extra £99 for an additional 5 years cover.So if you are planning to buy I would reccomend them. However here is a few others that you may wish to check also. www.electricaldiscountuk.co.uk £457.86 + £3.99 p&p www.internetdvdsdirect.co.uk £535 + free p&p www.247electrical.co.uk £562.93 + £7.99 p&p www.webelectricals.co.uk £499.99 + free p&p Overall Verdict **************** We have been extremely happy with our purchase. Despite our fears regarding JVC we have not encountered any problems, and the manual might be slightly cuckoo but in reality it only took us an hour to set up and a couple of days to work out how it all worked. Our... Read review

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