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Summary: great system
Review: we have a small Living room so this is just perfect. the first one we got did not work so we sent it back and they sent another one and it works great. the only thing is the instruction are kind of hard to understand, but I would buy it again. great sound.
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Summary: Thick sound, but awful control of it
Review: Well, when I unpacked the box of this rather inexpensive home theater and took the fifteen or so minutes to hook it up, I had less than fantastic expectations.I was thrilled to hear the quality of the sound when I finally sat down to watch a movie with the new system, but disturbed when I found out that the loud, booming theater-like audio salvo that was assaulting my apartment was the product of volume level one. The scale went to over thirty, I believe (and I can only imagine who would take it up that high), but, as you would suspect, there was nothing below one that produced any sound at all. I couldn't watch the movie that night... or any night for that matter. If I had, I'm sure the neighbors would've been beating down the door. It is FAR too loud for any but the most diehard of loud-theater-like sound fans. The manual and other reviews say adjusting the "Dynamic" setting within one of the menus helps resolve this, but it didn't seem to do much at all with the unit I purchased. The next day, I packed everything back into its box and returned it to the retailer. I later purchased a similarly priced Venturer model... it's scale goes to 100, and one is nearly inaudible. Much more control... nearly the same sound quality. I'd stay away from this model unless the room it will be installed in is of massive proportion and you enjoy wiping blood from your ears.
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Summary: You can NOT beat this value!
Review: While I do agree with volume 1 being a little loud for an apartment, everything else about this system rocks. After spending another $... to upgrade the speaker wire and RCA analog signal wires, this system is clean. The signals are discrete and in a smaller room, really sounds big. There is center and rear surround delays which also help as the processor isn't the best. The system came with mounting hooks to hang the speakers. The powered sub has an auto-off feature which is great as I have it hidden in a closet. This little 50 watt sub is using the whole closet as it's enclosure now :) and last night watching the Patriot, the bed was shaking from cannon blasts on volume 3!! Bottom line, the system is worth twice as much as it sells for.
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