Thread: Shopping For Stereos..need Advice

i like Aiwa...Made by Sony but ur not paying for the brand...I got a 300 watt bookshelf 5 cd stereo for 199...

^^yeh i was thinking sony or jvc...i dont know much about stereos though..im still tryin to figure out what it means by wattage..i pretty sure they are talkin about power

ya, a 100 watt stereo wont blast out fitty cent with the same intensity and glass breaking sound!

Originally Posted by crazy_enough

ya, a 100 watt stereo wont blast out fitty cent with the same intensity and glass breaking sound!

so wattage is definetly the way to go then..the higher the better i suppose?

Brookstone, clear speaker tower CD players





or

uh ok..how much is that?

VERY AFFORDABLE
www.brookstone.com ?

$475 and $165 respectively.

Originally Posted by Luke9583

Brookstone, clear speaker tower CD players





or

THATS nice! But hummmm...Tcha-tching!!$$

I think they are nicely priced They sound awesome

well if you ask me i love sound quality and if i was to buy a new stero system it would probably be kenwood and i wouldnt get much change out of £500 for it but then i love have good quality sound systems you can pick up pretty decent systems for aroung £200

Neo

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Flat-panel speaker technology
How did we turn a flat-panel surface into a three-dimensional soundstage that produces a much broader sound dispersion pattern, better boundary interaction, exceptional frequency response, and less volume drop-off than a traditional speaker?


Traditional speakers create a narrow sound field through the piston-like movement of a single cone. NXT* technology creates sound by vibrating the entire speaker panel. The result is a broad "sweet spot" for listening that traditional cone speakers cannot match. With NXT*, the "sweet spot" fills the room, delivering rich, full, evenly distributed sound—no matter where you are sitting.


Great speakers should be heard, not seen.™

<LI>NXT* Flat-panel technology produces a room-filling "sweet spot". (Fig. 1)
<LI>Cone speakers produce a very narrow "sweet spot". (Fig. 2)
<LI>NXT* Flat-panel speakers achieve exceptionally broad sound dispersion. (Fig. 3)
<LI>Cone speakers have very weak sound dispersion capability. (Fig. 4)
<LI>Mounts easily to a wall (Fig. 5)


40-watt subwoofer (Fig. 6)
The omni-directional, 40-watt subwoofer with a 6" driver is designed to produce distortion-free, low-end deep bass response no matter where you place the unit—under your desk, behind a sofa or chair—wherever is most convenient. And with the transparent, wafer-thin remote control, you can adjust bass levels from anywhere in the room. Transparent Touchscreen Remote Control (Fig. 7)
Every function on the AcoustiClear™ 3-CD System can be controlled with the ergonomically weighted, transparent remote control. System Features


<LI>CD, CD-R and CD-RW compatible
<LI>AM/FM digital tuner
<LI>Motorized center door
<LI>Four equalizer presets to enhance Rock, Pop, Jazz, and Classical
<LI>Adjustable bass and treble control
<LI>20 AM and 20 FM presets
<LI>20-track programmable memory
<LI>Mechanical anti-skip protection
<LI>Skip, scan and intro functions
<LI>Clock & Sleep timer with five presets (15, 30, 45, 60, and 90 minutes)
<LI>Normal, Repeat and Random play modes
<LI>Reverse back-lit LCD display
<LI>Audio-in 3.5mm jack (connects TV, VCR, DVD)
<LI>Two 3.5mm headphone jacks
<LI>Auxiliary jack (powers Brookstone wireless headphones and speakers)
<LI>Wall-mountable (Fig. 5)
Technical Specifications


<LI>Frequency Response: 60Hz-20KHz
<LI>Audio Distortion: <1%
Tuner Section
<LI>FM Section:87.5MHz-108.0MHz
<LI>AM Section:530KHz-1710KHz
CD Player Section
<LI>S/N Ratio: >60dB
<LI>Channel Separation: >40dB
<LI>Power Supply: AC 120V 60Hz
<LI>Speakers: 15 Watts per channel
Subwoofer: 40 Watts


475$ seems kinda expensive to me....It looks wicked, very practical but not so powerful.

Originally Posted by Crazy person

It looks wicked, very practical but not so powerful.

It's more capable than I would've thought too.

You'd have to trust me on it

Have you though of a home theater system for the room? Add a DVD player that plays ripped CD's and DVD's and you've got it all. Throw in an appliance (such as a wireless network interface device) that will hook up to your PC and play downloaded stuff on your TV in surround sound. Stream your MP3's straight from your PC to your sound system.

The options are so way more than if you just bought a shelf system. The shelf systems look cool but are under powered and very limited in use.

oak, if your looking to get a good middle of the road system you could always try out the following jvc system:

JVC 6 spkr. Home Theater System with 5-disc DVD/CD Changer, 1000 watts

Sears item #05798954000
Mfr. model #THM505

has surround sound and built all into one receiver, runs for about $350, you can buy it at best buy or sears. especially if you also want to hook it up to the TV for dvds, video games and so forth. also, what is the size of the room your looking to put it in?

if you want to spend more money i would highly recommend buying separate components. its all about the receiver and its capabilities. if you don't want to get to expensive, yamahaa makes a great receiver and a five disc sony dvd player (as long as it is progressive scan) it can read regular cds.

I purchased this one last year:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo...oductDetail.do

Amazing sound, great for movies, music, etc. I even bought outdoor speakers to listen to good music while in my backyard and the sound is still great......
When I bought it, I had a top of the line Sony next to it (or a Circuit City top of the line Sony) and the crispness and loudness blew it away. Hell, it isn't Bose or or any of the high end systems, but it's better than a lot of the middle of the road systems that cost around the same...
Check the reviews in this link and try to find it somewhere else. You can't go wrong with this one, and the price isn't half bad for this type of system....

Originally Posted by Yanks20

oak, if your looking to get a good middle of the road system you could always try out the following jvc system:

JVC 6 spkr. Home Theater System with 5-disc DVD/CD Changer, 1000 watts

Sears item #05798954000
Mfr. model #THM505

has surround sound and built all into one receiver, runs for about $350, you can buy it at best buy or sears. especially if you also want to hook it up to the TV for dvds, video games and so forth. also, what is the size of the room your looking to put it in?

if you want to spend more money i would highly recommend buying separate components. its all about the receiver and its capabilities. if you don't want to get to expensive, yamahaa makes a great receiver and a five disc sony dvd player (as long as it is progressive scan) it can read regular cds.

the size of the room is quite big so the size of the strereo doesnt matter that much...thanks for the input..that one luke recommended is giving me a headache try just to read..lol..i just want a good system that has great quality and can maybe rip shit from the radio directly onto cds..it doesn't make much of difference to me...but yeah i was thinking of going with a sony since they make quality products

Originally Posted by fantasma62

I purchased this one last year:

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Onkyo...oductDetail.do

Amazing sound, great for movies, music, etc. I even bought outdoor speakers to listen to good music while in my backyard and the sound is still great......
When I bought it, I had a top of the line Sony next to it (or a Circuit City top of the line Sony) and the crispness and loudness blew it away. Hell, it isn't Bose or or any of the high end systems, but it's better than a lot of the middle of the road systems that cost around the same...
Check the reviews in this link and try to find it somewhere else. You can't go wrong with this one, and the price isn't half bad for this type of system....

looks good but i cant afford to spend half a grand

All of my sony component steroes have broken. I don't buy sony anymore. As a matter of fact, i just sold my last MiniDisc player for an Ipod. No more sony for me

yeh i feel ya..its just i didnt realize how complicated buying a stereo was

Originally Posted by oaktownboy

looks good but i cant afford to spend half a grand

You can probably pick it up cheaper somewhere else. I just showed you CC because that's where I bought mine, I actually paid $399 for mine....
Here is the older brother:
http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4209234

Again, you can probably find it cheaper somewhere else, in some places $199.
This is a 5.1 dolby Pro Logic against the one that I posted earlier, which is a 6.1

This may be the same one that is selling in Circuit City:

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/405...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

Edit: Never mind, still a 5.1, but great quality....


I did a whole lot of research before I bought my system and this one rated very high.....

^^yeh i just need one to play music..i already have a dvd player so theres no need to get a stereo with one if i have to pay more for it..