Aiwa NSX-A909 Compact Stereo System

Rating:
Summary: grrrreat sound system
Review: This unit really lends itself to synthesizer-based music, but forget about listening happily to classical music, including opera. The brass section sounds tinny and the strings hollow, and no matter what equalizer setting I put it on, nothing helps. Fortunately, my eclectic tastes in music leave me plenty of satisfactory options, but classical CDs truly sound better on my Magnavox boombox than on this thing. It does, however, look nice on a shelf, plus you're not commited to the speakers since you can plug other kinds in, unlike some mini-systems.

Rating:
Summary: Great for pop, rock and disco--DO NOT BUY for classical
Review: This unit really lends itself to synthesizer-based music, but forget about listening happily to classical music, including opera. The brass section sounds tinny and the strings hollow, and no matter what equalizer setting I put it on, nothing helps. Fortunately, my eclectic tastes in music leave me plenty of satisfactory options, but classical CDs truly sound better on my Magnavox boombox than on this thing. It does, however, look nice on a shelf, plus you're not commited to the speakers since you can plug other kinds in, unlike some mini-systems.