Having put up for years with poor quality portable CD players for years, I finally decided to invest in a piece of quality hardware. Having no real issue with space, I decided that a seperates system was the way to go. The only problem I had with this was money. A quality seperates system ... Read review
My experiences of the system are almost all good. The speakers supplied with the system have a TEAC badge on them but are manufactured by Mission (hence a quality pair of speakers). The system itself both looks and sounds fantastic. The design of the seperate components is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. The quality of sound from the CD player, Tuner and tape player is excellent, and ... more
Having put up for years with poor quality portable CD players for years, I finally decided to invest in a piece of quality hardware. Having no real issue with space, I decided that a seperates system was the way to go. The only problem I had with this was money. A quality seperates system could cost thousands, as every element could cost upwards of £250.
However, my research finally brought me to looking at the ranges offered by Denon, TEAC, Technics and Sony (to name a few) which combined the versatility of a seperates system, with the advantages of buying a complete system. Through a combination of friends opinions, magazine reviews, and shop assistants advice, I finally decided on the TEAC REF300.
My experiences of the system are almost all good. The speakers supplied with the system have a TEAC badge on them but are manufactured by Mission (hence a quality pair of speakers). The system itself both looks and sounds fantastic. The design of the seperate components is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. The quality of sound from the CD player, Tuner and tape player is excellent, and all are easy to use.
Advantages: Great Sound, Great Looks, Great Price Disadvantages: Remotes a bit cheap, no USB port,
Having been in the market to downsize my old hi fi for something more compact, I've settled on the Teacreference300 mkIII with DAB tuner. Its a 3 box system as opposed to the other smaller one box systems manufactured by Teac and others such as Denon, Arcam and Onkyo. As such, although being larger, it is more user friendly to use and has more power at 45 wpc RMS. At around £500 rrp it stands up favourably in price to the Arcam Solo Mini and comes in silver or black finish with machined aluminium fronts and a classy blue display on each unit. It actually appears slightly retro in appearance although the remotes are a bit cheap looking. The silver units can be found for as little as £349 without speakers so its quite a bargain.
Sound quality for such a small unit is really clear and well defined with a warm bass typical of Teac ...
