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Summary: Great Product
Review: ...This is a fantastic system, and even though I haven't heard it's competitors systems, I can say that these Yamaha speakers sound great. Everything sounds crystal clear, and there is plenty of volume and sound for my 11x12ft computer room (anywhere near max volume is uncomfortable). My only problem is that I can't connect the system to the 5.1 output of my SB Audigy gamer card because the connections used are different(If you have any Audigy card other than Gamer or mp3+, your ok). 4-speaker setup still sounds awsome.
Amazon.com's price was the lowest I could find on the net.
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Summary: Great boom for your buck
Review: About a year ago I bought a Cambridge Soundworks desktop system very similiar to this one. It a larger center channel and a little higher quality speakers. I was looking for a second similiar system for a small room for at college when I came across this one. I was a little skeptical with the price, but after listening to it I was very impressed. At low and medium levels of the volume it sounds almost identical to my Cambridge system. When turned up to very high or maxed out I could tell a little difference, but not much. For the price it is an absolute incredible deal, I got 2 of my friends to buy it already just after hearing it for 15 minutes. If you are looking for speakers for a small room either at home or a college I would pick this up in a heartbeat, unless you want to drop a grand, this is the best way to go. The optical connection is great to plug in a dvd player or in my case Xbox w/ the optical convertion.
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Summary: Great system for a great price
Review: Absolutely satisfied with the product and price on Amazon. It is really bargain. Works great with PC and DVD player. Clear and powerful sound. I gave 4 stars because: 1. Doesn't have a remote. 2. Optic cable included for connection to DVD player or other devises is too short. Otherwise, Yamaha TSS-1 is a great system.
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Summary: Great Value for the Money
Review: After doing research on systems similar to the TSS-1...like the DTT3500, Inspire 5700, Onkyo GXW51, and some others, I found that this was the best bang for the buck (from Amazon for the black version). I was also fortunate to get the rebate. With no sales tax/free shipping, it was a no brainer). I would say that for the room I'm in (12' x 11'), it is plenty loud. I use it in a desktop set up in my office, so I'm about 3 feet from each speaker...I was able to turn up to full volume for both DVD and music (music sounds better than DVD) and didn't get any noticeable distortion. BTW, full volume is louder than is comfortable for me to listen to. The speakers are very clear with no hiss and music using Dolby Pro Logic is pretty good as well (I know alot of folks don't like Dolby Pro Logic on music). The controls are very intuitive. Inputs include digital, 4 ch analog, and 2 ch analog and one button on the front to choose between them. When using 2 ch, you can either choose Pro Logic or not. With 4 ch, you have no choice (2 sets of stereo inputs are on the back for 4 ch). With digital, the system will tell you automatically if it is a DD5.1 or DTS signal (but you can choose to not use the decoder). It will also tell you if the signal is DD5.1/DTS and you've chosen not to use it (by accident, I would guess). It does this by dimming the light for DD5.1 or DTS. I don't do gaming, so I don't have an opinion here. I got it mainly for entry level surround sound and for music. The headphone is nice touch as well. It uses Yamaha's Silent Cinema which does virtual surround sound on headphones (like Dolby Headphone and DTS Virtual Surround). I found that this feature is pretty good (much better than just 2 ch stereo). There's also a switch on the back to set output to all 5 speakers, 4 speakers (no center channel), or just 2 speakers (no center channel or surrounds). When in 4 speaker or 2 speaker mode, a phantom center and virtual surround channels are created by mixing the information that would have been sent to those speakers. They all sounded pretty good. But, I don't know why anyone would want to use fewer speakers. It helped to listen to a demo of the TSS-1 and play with the controls (even though the store noise and store size impacted the sound). Tip: bring some sort of portable player (MP3, CD...or if you're rich, a portable DVD player) with a stereo jack M-M with you (if you bring a portable DVD player, bringing an optical or coax digital cable (toslink on the TSS-1 side) will let you hear the DD5.1 and/or DTS depending on the film(s) you bring). Alot of demos have the system plugged in but there is no sound source. This way you can input some music or something to listen to. It may be a little hard to find a demo... The Onkyo GXW51 is an interesting platform (on paper)and sounded OK, but didn't seem to have the highs that the TSS has... The DTT3500 sounded similar to the TSS-1, but was more expensive... The features and sound qualtiy on the 5700 didn't convince me that the price difference from the TSS-1 would be worth it. I decided against the DTT3500 because it didn't have DTS, no headphone and a price difference. Conclusion: I think for the price point the TSS-1 is great. It won't "wake the neighbors" but if that's not your goal, this system will provide excellent sound quality, good features, and an affordable price (and it is "loud enough"). The only drawback I can see is there's no remote control. ...
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Summary: Rebate Fraud Warning
Review: before you purchase this item, make sure you are able to buy a DIN 2 minijack cable. Otherwise it's just an analog 4.1 speaker. I don't have the digital solution after i bought it two months ago. :(
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Summary: It will be perfect if it has a DIN 2 minijack cable
Review: before you purchase this item, make sure you are able to buy a DIN 2 minijack cable. Otherwise it's just an analog 4.1 speaker. I don't have the digital solution after i bought it two months ago. :(
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Bought a new computer with a Soundblaster Live!5.1 audio card, wanted a 5.1 surround sound system to replace my old trusty pair of Yamaha YST-M10s and YST-MSW5 subwoofer... Really liked the sound of my existing Yamaha setup, so leaned toward Yamaha to replace them. The press reviews favorably reviewed the clear high end sound I like, with some mumblings about inadequate sound depth. The system is nicely designed, and its quality is in line with its price. With the new sound card, the highs were nice and clear, the bass adequate, if a bit muddy, and the midrange sound was thin and raspy. I had to continuously tweak on the graphic eqalizer to get satisfactory sound... was just too much work to make it sound good... I think the satellite speakers are too small to bridge the gap with the relatively large subwoofer.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: Excellent sound, good power, no distortion. Highly recomend, these don't sound like computer speakers at all. Using high bit rate MP3's, you're computer will sound as good as most high end shelf systems.
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Summary: Maybe OK for games, but too tinny for anything else
Review: I bought this set to replace some rather large speakers I was using with my amp/receiver into which I feed my tv and DVD sound. Maybe if I had just TV speakers before this would sound good, but when I switch back between what I had (Big & good) to this (Small and tinny), I just can't make the move. I was planning on using them for my upcoming purchase of an HDTV, but I guess I will need to buy something better (and more expensive) because the quality of the sound is not very good compared to a 'hi-fi' set-up.
Bottom line. too tinny.. the speakers are probably just too small to deliver decent midrange.
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