Hi-Five for the Hi-Fi

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

.... Or you can still use the click-wheel on the iPod itself. The other nice thing is that when docked in a powered HiFi, your iPod is recharged. The back of the device is relatively featureless, providing a home for the power connector, the battery compartment and audio in via a 3.5mm stereo jack. Batteries, should you want to use them will need to be 4 in number and "D" in size which will, of course, add to the weight. The bass of the unit is entirely covered in a softish non-marking rubber compound to further reduce vibration and give faithful reproduction of sound. It does a good job. Even playing the loudest, most pounding song I've been able to find, the weight of the unit combined with the non-slip base means it's not budged. The icing on the cake is the supplied remote control. Simplistically Apple in it's style, it's got a donut...

LegendaryMrDude 19.11.2006 · Read review
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Philips Streamium WACS700 HiFi.

Advantages: Wireless Client/Server Hifi. Hard drive to store CD's, no messy speaker cables
Disadvantages: Noticable lack of bass on the clients, no alarm function

...I'm going to describe a scenario in which this unit will show itself to be superior to traditional HiFi's. You're having a party. You have yet to purchase the WACS700 and instead have a HiFi capable of chucking out loads of decibels. You've had to make full use of the volume control so that the music in the living room can be heard throughout your house and garden. People sitting in the same room as the HiFi are unable to talk to each other because they can't hear each other. People in other rooms simply hear a dull bass drumming sound and can just about make out what song is being played. Your neighbours are in the process of calling the police. You have about 30 minutes before they come knocking on your door. The month after the party you get sued by 3 of your guests for the damage done to their ears. Okay so now forget that old...

Soundsexciting 20.09.2005 (26.09.2005) · Read review
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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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Oak Look Hi Fi

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

...separately) proudly in my lounge. I just have to cover the badges up! The Tape player has "intellegent audio" built in. You can set it to stop when it comes to the end of a particular track. Handy for getting past that song you dont like. The remote has a good range which is suprising. Sometime the cheaper goods have limited range but I can use it from nearly all angles and from some distance. The tuner comes with up to 32 presets on both AM and FM bands. It even has a great range if connected up to an extrernal aerial and the quality is superb. The overall sound is crystal clear which is unusual for the micro HI Fis. They can tend to sound very trebly but this does not. In fact, it has quite a bit of bass for such small speakers. One thing is that it is a micro Hi Fi and will not win any "Who has the loudest Stereo" competitions...

andycharger 02.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Aiwa XR-EM200 Micro Hi-Fi System

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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Review of Hi-fi Serious - A (Rock)

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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Review of American Hi-Fi [ECD] - American Hi-Fi

Here's some hi-fi serious

Advantages: Amazing band and album
Disadvantages: Not much

...am a sky digital subscriber so I generally hear all of the new bands and songs on Kerrang TV. The same goes about A. The band A, have been going for a long time, longer than most people anticipate. A consists of Adam Perry - Drums and is The Yin, Daniel P.Carter - Bass and backing vocals, Giles Perry - Keyboards and backing vocals, Mark Chapman - Guitars, and Jason Perry - Vocals. As you can probable guess, three of the five members are brothers from London. Most people think that bands with brothers in don't work, but this one does. **Album cover** The front of the cover comprises of The A logo with the lines coming off it. On the left are the words "Hi-Fi Serious" wrote in red. In the middle is the band drew in black only. The background is mainly white with the ground at the bottom. On the rear of the cover...

drew_greenday666 19.09.2002 · Read review
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Review of Hi-fi Serious - A (Rock)

Accessories

Advantages: cheap, plenty to choose from
Disadvantages: staff seem miserable

...Claire's accessories is a shop for the females. It's mainly young children and teenagers that shop here but you do find older women here too. The shop sells:- hair accessories nail varnish belts purses jewellery and more You can also have your ears pierecd here too. I've been in the shop a couple of times now to buy hair accessories and nail varnish. There is a wide range of items to choose from in different colours. As soon as you go through the door though, they are lunging a hand basket at you. If you do not take one they do not seem too pleased about it either. When you are paying for your goods, they always ask if you want to buy the bargain of the day like a nail file. They do not seem to be satisfied with what you take to the counter at all. The shop is quite small but it does sell plenty of items. It...

tabyorky 03.09.2001 · Read review
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