The Pioneer DCS 525 comprises of a DVD player, subwoofer and 4 speakers packaged together. I bought this system from Internet for the very reasonable price of £350
The heart of the system is a DVD player, tuner, alarm clock and 100 watt subwoofer combined together in a compact and slim design.
To give the home cinema effect, four speakers are provided. These comprise of a sub-woofer and four satellite speakers. These speakers seem pretty robust and have 100 watt output each. You can also tell the system far away you sit from the speakers so it can better your sound.
Features The DVD player will handle playback of the the following formats: CD, DVD, DVD-R DVD-RW, CD-R, VCD, SVCD, MP3 and JPEG.
You are given a choice of Dolby Pro Logic Surround / Dolby Pro Logic Surround II / Dolby Digital / DTS Digital Surround sound options.
The addition of a FM/AM tuner is also quite handy if you fancy listening to radio broadcasts in surround sound. You can have upto 30 presets stations
The remote control is pretty easy to use and figure out how use what really surprized me about Home Cinema system you make changes to system in side a GUI (Graphical User Interface) whic pretty handy.
Setting up the system It proved pretty easy to get the system unpacked and set up. The DVD player can be connected through the TV using the scart socket. The speaker outputs are colour coded which is very useful as you just need to find the corresponding colour on the speaker wires and the plug it in the instructions that come with the equipment are easy to follow.
A bit of care needs to be taken with the placement of the satellite speakers as this affects how well the surround sound works. Placing each speaker an equal distance away from the listener will give the most impressive effect. This however can be a bit difficult if as mine is in my bedroom as I can't afford to move out of home yet.
Playback and Sound Hearing DVDs for the first time in Dolby Pro-Logic and DTS surround sound is most impressive and really makes a big difference to watching films espically with sub booming away in the background sorry this first I had a home cinema system!
The sub-woofer on this system is slim & tall design (9cm) wide and gives and nice bass rumble. The satellite speakers throw out a strong sound and the overall effect really enhances any movie you watch and even wireless rear speaker is clear accurate with sound and no fuss background noise from it.
If you run your TV through the auxiliary input, you can then use the Dolby Pro-Logic II feature on TV broadcasts and this also makes a big improvement to the sound quality.
The DVD picture quality is Excellent and it has so far handled any format I have tried to play ed.
I Conclusion I am pleased that I chose this particular system and think that it is very good value for money. As before i brought i was in two minds whether to buy this Home Cinema or Pioneer DCS323 Home cinema kit. I went for system as the rear speaker was wireless and it saved having a mess of cables around my room.
I would recommend this system to anybody who is thinking about getting a home cinema system. For £350 a little expensive but well worth it you can’t really go wrong, especially with the amount of features that are on offer.
It also makes as good alarm clock to get you out of bed for work in the mornings. I would recomend this anyone and pioneer have done a good job with this product.
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