Oak Look Hi Fi

Advantages: Great looks, clear sound, good price
Disadvantages: Not very loud, short speaker cables

...I have just been out and purchased a small hi fi for my lounge. In days gone by, we had monsterous stacking hi fi systems but, as with all technology, things have shrunk and vastly improved in quality. The same goes for Aiwa Hi Fi equipment. Once upon a time, Aiwa was frowned on in the High Street. Known for its cheaper styles and even cheaper sound, it was one to steer clear of. However, this little beauty does a great job at a great price and looks out of this world. If you pop along to Ikea and look at most of the furniture, light wood is definitely in at the moment. Wheather it be light oaks or maples, it the surface that most cabinets come in. In fact, most of the little stereo systems in their demo rooms look very similar to the Aiwa XR-EM200 micro hi fi. This was one of the main selling points for me. The look...

andycharger 02.03.2004 · Read review
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Logik F3 Hi-Fi Micro System

Advantages: Simple but very very effective
Disadvantages: None

...The stereo is a micro hifi system with DAB radio. it features a sliding remote controlled door, sel/skip search up and down buttons. LCD display, play/pause button CD window, IR sensor, Prog/sel button AUX button standby indicator and standby button. Headphone jack, speaker terminals, volume buttons and side control. You can also set the timer so the radio comes on at a set time, which would be nice in a bedroom, say as an alarm clock, and also has a sleep funtion when using the remote control. It shows signal strength, and time and date on the LCD. The CD players allows both repeat and random play facility. An absolutely lovely little stereo system, I purchased this model for my kitchen and although it does have trouble getting a DAB signal that is not unusual in the kitchen of my house, most things (mobile phones included...

elmwalk7 24.10.2007 (05.11.2007) · Read review
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Hi-Five for the Hi-Fi

Advantages: Sound Quality, Simplicity, Remote Control, Portable
Disadvantages: Weight, Flimsy Dock Connector

...classical pieces to pounding dance tracks and everything in between, the iPod HiFi does a remarkable job of filling the room with a compelling, rich and detailed sound. It can also go surprisingly loud, and without distortion. Maybe because the internal amplification is matched to the speakers, I've never yet heard the speakers start to buzz or flutter because I've been playing it too loud. That said, I've never had it up to maximum because maximum is actually very loud - a claimed 108 decibels. Overall, I'm very happy with my iPod HiFi. I can now listen to my entire music library without the fuss of turning on my PC or wiring my iPod into my stereo. Better still, it's a portable solution so I can move it around the house or take it with me on trips. It's simple to use and the contemporary styling is unobtrusive. The sound is easily good...

LegendaryMrDude 19.11.2006 · Read review
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Review of Apple Ipod Hi-FI

What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision

Advantages: Very Informative, WILL help you make the right purchase
Disadvantages: Lots of adverts, price?

...I needed to get a new LCD TV and Home Cinema System. With no knowledge, I bought an issue of What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision. This magazine contains articles and mini tests on everything, you guessed it "sound and vision". All the information and technical advice required to make my decisions easier was in the magazine. They review equipment for the average person right through to the "money no object" type (i'm the afore mentioned I hasten to add!). After 2 hours of reading (easy to understand) I was able to make a short list and road test at the local electrical stores my choices. The magazine suggested that you shop around (how many people dont) for deals.....I did and thanks to the magazine, I saved £250 on my 2 purchases. It is fair to say that a vast part of the magazine is a listing of "previous tests and review scores...

EasyExercise.co.uk 03.01.2008 · Read review
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Review of What Hi Fi

A reasonable quality hi-fi system

Advantages: Good value for money, features, reliability
Disadvantages: Tape recording isn't that brilliant

...The Sony cmt-cp333 is a micro hi-fi system that provides a decent range of features for a low price. I have been using this system for about a year now and so feel in a position to be able to give it a pretty fair review! The system cost me £189 and at the time i thought this was a pretty good price, considering the fact it was a Sony system with a fair range of features. Specs This sony system has the following features: Power output 2 x 40 watt rms, 3 cd changer, shuffle/program/repeat play modes, 20 programmable tracks, digital fm/mw rds radio tuner with 30 radio station presets, ps (program service name). preset equaliser. twin full logic cassette player auto reverse, tape/cd synchro record, 9 auto search tracks, 4 pre-set sounds, bass enhancer, remote control. The system is compact, measuring in at, (Wx...

richard_richard 09.05.2004 · Read review
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So Get Your Ears On Cause Im Hi-Fi

Advantages: The Distance
Disadvantages: Over too quickly

...Right well this is my third op on A and it brings me to the last album Hi-fi Serious. named after a Sketch on Steve Coogan?s cult comedy Serious Alan Partridge (You know the one he bought the Bang & Olufson CD player/sound system. Well he gets it from Hi-fi Serious the shop). Well the lads originally from Leeds found real success with this album and got the first decent chart position?s they have had but of course that doesn?t really mean much the way the charts are. Well A have now been around a while and this album was probably going to be make or break for them. However nothing can take away from the fact that A are a terrific Live band. I saw them at Reading Uni just after this album was released and they were superb. Of course this was the fourth time I had seen them but the first time they had played the new stuff. Just...

Andy.mack 30.03.2003 · Read review
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Hello Fi

Advantages: Useful, informative, easy to use, good articles
Disadvantages: none

...this magazine. I digress yet again, so what of this magazine, is it useful, is its advice good and does it have anything interesting to say? CONTENT Reviews The magazine starts with reviews of new equipment (entitled First Tests), CD players, Amplifiers, Speakers, DVD players, complete audio visual systems, personal hi-fi equipment (walkmans etc) and even Hi Fi furniture (i.e. racks and stands, I never knew that speaker stands were so important). Each individual review is very detailed and tells you what equipment they tested the piece with, how it sounded and what its technical spec is. In fact there is as far as I could see, no info left out that you would want to know. Another useful feature of the reviews is that the magazine lists the other equipment available in the same price range and how this new piece fairs against...

KingHerrod 19.03.2001 (17.03.2001) · Read review
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Hi Fi-ying American are not Losing me!

Advantages: Powerful guitars and drum sound, great vocals
Disadvantages: Not quite reaching top level all the way through

...American Hi-Fi hit the world of pop/punk and rock ?n? roll with the self-titled first album back in 2001. formed by Stacy Jones after he left Letter To Cleo (probably only known over here as the band playing on the rooftop at the end of the film ?Ten Things I Hate About You?) to go his own way. While doing a reasonable amount of business in their native country, the band hails from Boston USA, they also struck it big over here with the albums stand out track ? ?Flavor of The Week?, a song written after seeing how a good friend of the bands was being treated by her ?boyfriend? through extensive play on Virgin, where I discovered it and the band, it finally charted in the top 40 here. Two years later the second album appeared amongst an enormous wave of?.. well indifference and apathy, from record company and buyers alike! I loved...

Ailran 17.01.2005 · Read review
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Review of Art Of Losing, The [PA] - American Hi-Fi

American Hi-Fi

Advantages: catchy tunes, smooth vocals, clean sounding songs
Disadvantages: a little to formulated.

...This is the first and self titled album from the american band American Hi-Fi. I bought this album after just hearing one the singles released from it; "flavour of the weak." When I fist heard this song I couldn't find out who it was by and every time I listened to it on the radio and became more obsessed about finding out who it was! That is how good it was. The sound of the 4 piece from boston is a mix between good old fashioned rock and roll, with a slght indie feel and maybe a slight bit of emo concerning the lyrics. If you were to compare them to any other bands you are probably looking at nickleback or muddle of mud. Although American Hi-Fi are a MUCH better version of these. But that is the style of "formulated" sounding songs that they write. The the lyrics through out most of the album are melodramatic and usually...

marie_flame 05.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of American Hi-Fi [ECD] - American Hi-Fi

Hi-Fi Quality

Advantages: Brilliant energy, Top songs, Only their first album
Disadvantages: I'm a fool stands out a mile as being very poor

...This is the great debut album from the Boston boys. This is great rock n roll music and great set-up. Although there are definitely some weak songs, there are also some very strong ones. I don't think that this album is quite what American Hi-Fi describe it as themselves, but it is definitely a good buy. It kind of sounds like the Foo Fighters would have done if Dave Grohl hadn't been in Nirvana. It's lacking something, but I'm sure this could be easily cured by experience. Surround; Flavor Of The Weak; A Bigger Mood; Safer On The Outside; I'm A Fool; Hi-Fi Killer; Blue Day; My Only Enemy; Don't Wait For The Sun; Another Perfect Day; Scar; What About Today; Wall Of Surround- this was a great choice to open up the album. Starts off with feedback and a mellow arpeggio riff, then leads into a cool post-grunge guitar riff. Then...

weedy818 23.08.2001 · Read review
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