A good little surround sound., June 3, 2010

Ok first of all coming into this don’t expect this system to blow you away. This is a pretty small little surround sound system and packs a pretty good punch for its’ size. On the other hand it is not going to sound as good as the higher end surround sounds(obviously). I bought this for a system to use in my bedroom and it works great for that. Now don’t get me wrong it does pack a pretty good punch, just nowhere near as good as the bigger systems. If you are looking for a good cheap surround sound this one will do just fine though. If you have never had a better system then you will probably think it is amazing.

My recommendation though is if you can afford it I would go for a higher end model. I went into this one not expecting much, so I wasn’t disappointed, but if you are expecting it to blow you away you will be.

The bottom line is this system is just average at a very low price.

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For the price, this is a great system, September 2, 2010

I have a Panasonic Plasma in our Apt and I love it! So i wanted to get a Panasonic HTS to match it. Not to mention i wanted to try out the Viera Link option which ended up being just an ‘OK’ feature. Basically i can control my TV(not cable) and my HTS w/ just the Home theater sys controller. But it still lacks the important controls for the TV (i.e. pic format and pic mode) so its really not all its cracked up to be. I was trying to decide on this unit and the Panasonic SC-BT230 5.1 Channel System. The BT230 has a blu ray player. When i compared the 2 systems the only difference was the blu ray player along with some web features(youtube, pandora, netflix). Also the BT230 has decoding for newer audio codecs(DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby TrueHD).The web features i could care less about bc i have a computer hooked up to my TV. The blu ray wasn’t worth the extra 130 dollars to me considering i could buy a blu ray player for around 100 bucks. Plus i want to wait for the price of blu…

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Good System for a Bedroom, September 1, 2010

This 5.1 DVD system has a specific niche – This system takes up very little space and packs a good quality sound for the price. I listen to music, view DVD’s, and sports and movies sourced by an HD cable STB. The surround speakers do their job just fine. My test DVD that I used was Diana Krall’s “Live in Paris”. It is a standard 480p disc and my DVD player in the LR is also standard. The LR speakers are KLM with two 12″ woofers in each and bright dome tweeters. The subwoofer is a passive 15″ and has a huge magnet. The music is clean and has a good “sound stage”. Jeff Hamilton’s impactful drums and the acoustic bass played by John Clayton are replicated as if they are in the room. (So it seemed was Diana.) In the bedroom where I placed the Panasonic (easy install)I had to turn down the db’s for the center channel and was able to drop the subwoofer (four settings available) output so it was cleaner and not so “boomy”. The subwoofer has a very small footprint (5.5Wx10Dx11H)…

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