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Nice system

Advantages: Excellent Sound Quality. Loads of Inputs
Disadvantages: Large Size

I decided to go with surround a couple of years ago. I had nice TV, DVD, VCR etc, but was just missing that 'certain something' I looked around online at the various options available. At the time, I couldn't afford to but a whole cinema system in one go, so checked out the individual components. After the online searces, I hit the High Street, eventually stopping at Richer Sounds. I got some good advice there, and on looking round, They had one ...
...front panel, and on the back, sockets for just about everything but the kitchen sink!! Had to have it. Got it home, plugged the rest of my kit in, fronts speakers, centre, and surround, popped in 'The matrix, and pumped it up. Sound quality was great, surround effect, awesome. I recently got a 100w sub-woofer, and that makes it ideal now. Definitely worth waiting for. Of course now, smaller, slimmer processors, but this has usual phono sockets, ...

Sharx 06.03.2006 · Read full review
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Denon is music and movies to your ears!

Advantages: quality, amazing sound, good looks, value for money
Disadvantages: no HDMI input (but thats changed on newer models)

...this price point, this particular Denon AVR has gone from 1900 to 1910 (as the current model) thus the model before the 1907 was the 1906 and the one after was the 1908, well, you get the idea. Which each release the general product is improved. There are models both up and down, with Denon’s flagship Audio-Visual Receiver the AVR-4810 leading the way with 9.1 channels and more inputs than you can shake a stick at. Of course, the price reflects the ...
...speakers and a shiny new Denon upscaling dvd player, I opted for this AVR. At the time it cost me £350, though it seems prices have risen a little since. No surprise really as you now get HDMI input and output in the newer models including DTS HD and True Dolby Digital HD. My 1907 is lacking in this area, which I’m quite sad about now, as I’ve recently upgraded to a PS3 and full HD TV. If I had the money, I would buy the 1910. That’s not to say I’m ...

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Review of Denon AVR-1907

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Onkyo TX-SR606 - great value

Advantages: great connectivity, great 720p (1080i) upscaler, great looks, excellent clarity of sound.
Disadvantages: Doesn't upscale to 1080p, a 4th HDMI would be useful.

Bought one of these for a great price on eBay at the same time as the 607 was launched. I paid £300 It offers terrific value at the price I paid. In these times of a mixrure of signals from SD to HD, this machine is particuarly useful as it offers a built in scaler that can upscale all of your inputs to 1080i or 720p. (The newer 607 upsclaes to 1080p I believe but apart from blue-ray, just about all transmitted HD signals offered by Sku and VirginMedia ...
...importanmt feature for me as I have a large number of inputs and it was becoming a nighmare to feed into my plasma. This machine also offers terrific sound. It has a nice clear subtle green display so that you know what it's up to! As for features, it would be pointmess to reproduce those in a review as you'll have already read those if you're contemplating the puchase of this AV-amp. If I had a true native resolution of 1080p on my plasma, I'd ...

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Bush RPA1 - A useful product with some drawbacks

Advantages: Compact, cheap, radio performance satisfactory, has a record turntable
Disadvantages: Performance through own speakers fair only, turntable performance (see text)

I bought one of these (two actually-one was a present) in a sale about two years ago. I paid under GBP 10 per set, which was remarkable. Normal retail price appears to be in the GBP 35-45 range. The unit comprises a range of features that wouldn't have been hard to find a generation or so ago, but which are rare now. What we have here is what used to be called a radiogram - a combination of radio and record player with built - in speakers. It's ...
...illustration, but the turntable is 17cm, with the entire unit being 30cm wide. The radio part includes an analogue tuner with medium wave and stereo FM (there's no LW), There is a facility for switching off the stereo decoder in case of poor reception, and a red LED indicator to aid tuning. The tuning scale has an illuminted yellow LED cursor. The FM aerial is of the wire type and gives satisfactory reception and performance - maybe on the level ...

zephyr4 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bush RPA 1

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Onkyo TX-SR 605 - What a brilliant Amp!

Advantages: Numerous Dolby and DTS settings. Easy to setup.
Disadvantages: None that I have found.

This amplifier is an excellent starting point into Home Cinema. Features Dolby D, DTS, DTS-HD, a range of inbuilt Dolby and DTS types to suit your listening preferences. The remote is multifunctional in that you can control your TV, Satellite Box, DVD; as long as you know the input codes and read the instructions. It has an automatic setup via a setup microphone that you plug in, position at your seating position, follow th onscreen prompts and it ...

coolchris 18.08.2009 · Read full review
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