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Summary: Excellent Sound, CDs, GameSync
Review: I got this system around Christmas and had been wondering how it would hold up, and how I would naviagte the 60CDs. I don't use the keyboard input because I found it a little too clumsy. Instead, I just made a list on my computer of each disc and its number, so now if I want a certan disc I can just scroll to it. I have also found it useful to leave 2 slots open because I have more than 60 CDs. The sounds on this system is AMAZING for the price. At 30 (the highest level) the room is shaking, and there is very little distortion. When I first recieved this, I thought that the GameSync would be useless since I do not like videogames at all. I found an incredible use though. I got a cord...that takes the audio output from my computer and spilts it so it can be plugged into the audio GameSync ports. Now I can play aduio off my computer, and it sounds great. The best use of this feature is definately DVDs, though. With a large monitor, and setting the stereo to the Dolby setting, you get an incredible picture and incredible sound. I highly recommend doing this if your stereo is in the same room as your computer. The only downside to this stereo is that it sounds a little "tinny." I just bought a budget subwoffer for ~$[money], and the system sounded much better, especially with action movies.
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Summary: MHC-MG110
Review: I just purchased this stereo for just under [price]. It has nearly everything you could want from a 2 speaker stereo. Without a sub, the bass is still quite decent. The only thing that it really should have that it doesn't is support for MP3 cd's, but for the price, I can't complain too much...
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Summary: Solid all-around performer
Review: This is a nice unit for those who want a great basic stereo system. The sound is clean, and can nicely fill up a room. The tuner and cassette decks are good quality, and the controls are well-placed and easy-to-use.The 60-CD changer uses a slick carousel mechanism that provides easy, front-door access to the disks. I was initially worried about how to keep track of that many CDs, until I found out that you can plug in a standard PC keyboard to the front panel and use it to enter labels for each disk that then show up on the display. BTW, this unit has a game-sync feature for use with video games. If you want home-theater features, look for the similar "AV" model that has the surround speakers, extra wattage, etc.
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Summary: Sony MHC GS100 carousel CD minisystem
Review: This looks to be a scaled down version of the Sony MHC-MG110, which I have. It has most of the features of the MHC-MG110, but not all. For instance, the 75 watts/channel has been scaled back to 50 watts/channel. I believe the speakers are not as large. Also, the MHC-MG110 has two cassette wells, on the front, one of them autoreverse. This model has no autoreverse and the well is on the top. Otherwise, the systems are similar. To me, it looks like a lot for the money in particular if you don't need to play at high volumes and you would like a carousel player. It supports CD-Text, which is very handy. To my knowledge, new disks that support CD-Text are still rare, so to take advantage of the feature you need to burn copies of your music CDs complete with CD-Text, which I always do anyway (I have a 301 disk CD carousel that supports CD-Text, too). I'm thinking of getting one of these to replace my MHC-MG110 when the inevitable breakdown occurs. This can be gotten pretty cheaply at Amazon.com right now (12/02/02) - [money]. My MHC-MG110 works OK, but Sony really was out to lunch when they designed a lot of the features. The sound of my MHC-MG110 is very good, but I use it with real bookshelf speakers, not the ones it came with. Even with the stock features this shouldn't sound too bad, I figure (haven't heard it).
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