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 Teac reference 300 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... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, yet Powerful
Disadvantages: None

...After re-aranging our lounge a decision was made that the black clunky stacking hi-fi had to go, so a search on the internet and a visit to the Richer Sounds website led me initially to the Denon DM31. I visited my local Richer sounds shop in Norwich the following day with the intention of purchasing a Denon, but a very helpful assistant informed me if I was to run powerful speakers such as mine (Bose Acoustimass 5) I would be better off with the Teac CRL600 with a higher wattage. I hesitated as I had no info on this model, but decided to go with it when he assured me if I wasnt happy I could return it within 14days. I plugged it all in at home and WOW I was very impressed. Far superior than my stacking ugly system. This unit sits beneath my tv ontop of the DVD player and looks well at home. The audio quality from the CD and radio... Read review

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Advantages: Good looking (!), excellent sound, excellent value for money
Disadvantages: Wires, wires, wires!!!!

...! Teac are actually German and well known for their high quality hi-fi separates – this was a major selling point to me – no cheap and tacky make here! They don’t actually stock many pc speakers – there are only 10 in the entire range. The Powermax 500/B ones I have are mid-range, priced at £43.46 (Jungle.com). Spec ---- You will have to forgive my lack of technical knowledge here but I had to copy off the box! Although you will be pleased to know I have condensed it!!! For £43 you get an amplifier, subwoofer and 2 satellites. Amps: *Magnetic shielded *Volume, bass & treble control *Headphone jack Subwoofer: *10.5cm woofer *PMPO 350 Watt – RMS 12.5 Watt Satellites: *5.1cm woofer / 1.8cm tweeter *PMPO 2 x 75 Watt – RMS 2 x 5 Watt Design ------ These babes are sexy! Totally... Read review

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Advantages: Good Sound and Value
Disadvantages: Won't match anything else in your hifi rack!

...the main speaker connectors are binding posts, the secondaries are via push grips. The biggest advantage of the Teac is it's price. You would need to pay a lot more from better known manufacturers to get this level of sound quality. Well worth a look!... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, Great design
Disadvantages: I have found none

...I decided it was time to change my speakers on my computer. when browsing the internet i decided to give myself a budget of no more than £60 and so the search would begin.... I tried many retailers found on many different search engines and found lots of differnet makes and models available for people with a budget of around the £60 mark. one of these products were the powermax-500 speaker system with a sub woofer. This speaker system looks the part, sounds the part and believe me is the part. If you want a speaker system that is great sound and great value for money then the teac powermax-500 is for you. I actually didnt end up buying the speakers because my father had bought this speaker system for himself about 6 months before i decided to look for a new speaker system and it turns out he had bought a new hifi with surround... Read review

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Advantages: Qualty sound, attractive, relatively easy to use.
Disadvantages: Price? Not truly portable (no battery option).

...Stunning quality sound and build. This is a great little radio that looks good anywhere and sounds good as well. Relatively easy to use, though I still occasionally have to dig the booklet out when storing a new station. It's quality is obvious when you unpack it. The weight is dead right the assumption being that the speakers are responsible for much of this. They have little sub-woofers in the back which do a good job with the bottom end stuff, but this is not detrimental to the high end, as this is equally impressive. Definitely the best "portable" I have ever had. The downside might be price, but do shop around, and possibly that it is not truly portable, as batteries are not an option. Please note that in the menus that follow, the alarm question has been answered as excellent, but there is no alarm function and the same... Read review

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Advantages: Good value
Disadvantages: nil

...The TEAC 300 mini Hi Fi is a small stacking seperates system. This shiny aluminium system is great to look at, simple to use, has brilliant sound quality when used with decent speakers,and is good value for money. The seperates comprise of a tuner and amp, a cassette deck and a compact disc player. It has the opertunity to add a mini disc, which is around £200 more. Oh I nearly forgot to say that the cost of the already mentioned units come to around £599. The speakers are not generally supplied with this unit and a good set of infinity, or JBL speakers costing around £200 are a perfect match. The advantage of such a system is that it can be added to at any stage and upgraded for minimal cost (in hi fi terms!). The unit is so nice to look at it is not worth hiding away in a wooden cabinet, but should be displayed on top... Read review

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Advantages: Great looks, ease of use
Disadvantages: Too big for some people

...This system consists of separates but they link so seamlessly that you'd swear you were using an integrated hi-fi. The sound quality is fantastic. I am using the speakers taht came FREE with the system and are TEAC speakers and retail at around £130. However the sound produced is rich and has great depth. The system has a AM/FM tuner, a CD player and a MD player all of which operate through the stereo amplifier. The remote control operates all components and is well thought out. The MD is easy to use and recording and editing facilties are simple to learn. The naming of tracks and albums is easier than on most MD players, more like the Panasonic portable MD players than Sony. The buttons feel reassuringly well built and flicking between tracks is a more than pleasant experience (i jest!). A remote solely for the MD is included... Read review

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Advantages: Quality of sound
Disadvantages: Cost

...The Teac 500 - i Hi-fi System which I bought six month ago consists of a tuner, compact disc player, cassette deck and a 50 watt amplifier. Although this Hi-fi was pretty expensive it is well worth it as it produces such quality sound via the Tannoy Speakers which the Hi-fi is connected up to. The colour of the Hi-fi separates are a champagne colour which looks aesthetically pleasing. Also the remote control which is supplied with the Hi-fi is easy to use and has a great functional button on it which dims the lights on the LCD’s on the Hi-fi if you want to relax and not want a glare. Overall, this Hi-fi separate system is a great quality product and produces excellent sound which ever music you listen to.... Read review

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Advantages: Portable and lightweight
Disadvantages: You have to be very careful with them.

...I received these speakers as a Birthday present in March from a friend. I was thrilled with them as I had been desperate for a docking station or speakers to play my iPod on. The speakers: The speakers are very attractive and compact yet produce a rich deep bass sound, which is not always present on speakers of this size. They are very lightweight and fold to close at 15 ounces and 8 inches wide, 5.4 inches deep and 1.2 inches thick. The box the speakers come in quotes "With four AA batteries your speakers will play continuously for twenty-four hours" which sounds brilliant but in my experience on 2 x AA batteries they will play for 19 hours. As well as built in controls there is a wireless remote but you do have to be quite near to the speakers and at the right angle for the remote to actually work! The speakers also act... Read review

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