Advantages: Loud, Great Sound Quality, Lots Of Control, Cheap! Disadvantages: Large physical size, Poor Remote Control
I was looking for a cheap, good quality Home Cinema amp that would be used mainly for music and DVDs. After looking through pages of Sony and JVC models, I stumbled across the SherwoodRD6103.
At first, I must say I wasn't particularly impressed. With only 65 watts of power per channel and no 6.1 or 7.1 support, I was sceptical to say the least. Anyway, as I was on a strict budget and the RD6103 did seem a good buy, I went to a local Hi-Fi dealer to try one out.
I was not expecting what I saw! In the flesh, the unit looked clean and professional, with nice touches such as rounded edges and handy connectors for Audio/Video inputs on the front of the unit.
It supports video switching, allowing a single connection to a TV with automatic selection of audio/video inputs.
The sound quality from this amp is spectacular, giving ...
mattyprice4004 09.11.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Sherwood RD6103
Advantages: Fantastic Surround Sound, Dolby Digital, DTS, Excellent Value Disadvantages: Must be configured correctly (easily done)
Sherwood6106R:
Now for those who don't know, the Sherwood6106R is a surround sound amplifier, the successor to the 6095 reviewed on this site also. I bought mine for £130 ex demo, but they can be had for £179.99 new.
A surround amplifier is different from a normal hifi amplifier in that the normal amp is designed for music alone, whereas a cinema amp is for home cinema, and also for music when you spend enough.
Now, if I had written this review a week ago, I would have given it about three stars, as I was not very happy with it's home cinema capabilities. But that has changed, dramatically! Since I got that amazing ex demo price, I didn't get a manual, FM aerial or a remote. I have the manual and aerial and will get the remote soon anyway so that's ok. The reason I downloaded the manual was because there was a button called ...
Haflidason 19.06.2002
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sherwood 6106R
Advantages: distorsi are grunge Disadvantages: the vocal main the no scream
and enjoyable. Sherwood seem to have a mastery of clean, smooth vocal harmonies and voices that sound great together, and their live act is suprisingly consistent, even on the often high, non-stop vocals. ...