Yamaha MCX-SP 10

Advantages: Great home theatre sound, fantastic value for money
Disadvantages: Unattractive styling, somewhat bulky

...My Home Theatre was a reasonable system by any measure and better than most. However, my wife re-arranged the living room furniture and in one stroke my cherished system was made redundant. My two rear wall mounted speakers were now on my left and with no possibility to be mounted somewhere else. It was time to look at the Polk & Yamaha products. Unable to audition a Polk SurroundBar and Yamaha YSP-1000 in an A/B comparison, I consequently decided to purchase both, with the idea that I would eventually keep one and sell the other. I have now had both units for about 10 weeks and when doing my A/B comparisons, both systems are set up so that one speaker is sitting just above the other, playing the same material at the same volume and with instant A/B switching via remote control. Note - It takes quite a few readings... Read review

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Advantages: quality low noise reliabilty power appearance amazing clarity high end performance
Disadvantages: none for a classic amp

...Its an amp that changes the face of your listening entirely if you have been using lesser equipment..no matter what it cost. The AX 500 makes a high fidelity sound way above its considerable cost when released by yamaha..and puts all of its contemporaries in the shade. Its an imposing box, though like all of the natural sound range pulls that off with elegance. The sleek lines are very dark hi-fi and blends in nicely anywhere.Its hansome, heavyweight and shakes the foundations. How yamaha achieve such cleaness of sound,musicality and such fabulous signal to noise ratio is said to be down to the sheer precision of thier manufacturing. Their products are incredibly long lived delivering all of the original performance. They achieve this with hi-fi, much of which is now getting on over 60 years old and has cult collectable status... Read review

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Advantages: Easy to use and very loud
Disadvantages: does not have Digital or optical inputs

...a distortion free signal to your speakers. This will handle high ranges of digital sources of music. High Dynamic power & Low impedance Drive, is designed to make your amplifier handle the extreme power smoothly, virtually with any speaker load with no strain However In the technical side of things, Yamaha AX 500 Specifications 85w per channel @ 8 Ohms x4 as is a Quad Amplifier so total power on 4 speakers is 340w & 8Ohms all in. Hands down I had a pioneer 500w amplifier and my Yamaha AX 500 really made my pioneer sound like a cheap pathetic portable cd player that was as useful as a chocolate fireguard. So what I am saying is the Yamaha AX 500 has much more than what meets the eye well and truly. Overall rating is 10/10 for people in love with high quality music especially loud and clear.... Read review

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