Advantages: Impressive sound and build quality Disadvantages: Standard speakers let it down
I originally bought the CS515's cheeper little brother, the CS315, which is exclusive to Currys, and built down to a price for them, and it showed. The sound quality was only average for a £200 system, but there was a constant buzzing noise when playing CD's, I returned the item to Currys, and tested two more in the shop, both these did exactly the same. I then tried the CS515 at £300, there was an instant improvement in overall sound quality, and ... ...reluctant to pay the extra £100, but felt the difference in sound quality was worth it.
The unit itself has a CD player, FM/AM radio, DAB radio, and several inputs for Video, MP3 players etc.
The speakers that come with the CS515 are Onkyo's DN9BX, nice looking maple, 2 way, bookshelf models, What Hi-Fi give them 5 stars, personally, I think 3 would be more accurate. Knowing what I know now, I would have bought the system without the speakers for ...
bobbob455 03.04.2009
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