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Summary: COOL mini-system but the not the two wooden speakers
Review: I just got this Philips FW-C870 few days ago and I just wanted to tell you that this mini-system rocks this house. The WOOX technology provided a lot of loud bass I had never heard for a long time. When I put it on WOOX 3, my house almost shook. You could adjust your own preset graphic equalizer by using the six Personal setting. Both of the cassette deck had excellent sound quality. The 300-watts total power provided enough loudness and clarity for my needs. Further more, this was one of the top mini-system rating from Consumer Reports magazine.What I don't like about this Philips FW-C870 was the two 3-way maple wooden speakers. The two wooden speakers could very easily created a lot of dirts, dents, and scratches at the bottom by moving both of it around. There were also no four small circle grip tape to avoid damages.
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Summary: This System is the Best
Review: I just got this system from Amazon.com today, and I have to say that I couldn't be happier. First impression, was that right out of the box, this system looked great and I couldn't wait to give it a try. It was very easy to hook up, taking me less then ten minutes to do so. Once I put in a CD, I realized that the system was well worth the money that I put up for it. The sound quality is excellent, and the WOOX bass is absolutely great. It isn't very difficult to learn to control, and it comes with a remote. A feature that I especially like is the fact that you are able to change two CD's while the third one remains playing. If you are looking for a nice system, but dont have a ton of extra space, then this one will be good for you.
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Summary: A Best Buy in Compact Shelf Systems
Review: If you are like me, you find shopping for a shelf system to be utterly confusing. In the stores it is always so hard to tell what sounds good and what doesn't. The store employees generally know squat. And there are usually like 30 different models and brands to choose from. The first store I looked at had a number of top models from Sony, Awia, Philips, and Panasonic. Many of the models all seemed to have the basic features, and the big variances were wattage, size, looks, and price. Some of the units looked nice and simple, but were [a lot]! Others were only around [not as much] with good features but were god awful ugly. (Espically some of those crazy JVC units and this one Philips one that is black and orange!) Who designs these things? So I went to another store with even more choices. I wasn't looking for one with a ton of worthless features, just one that played music that sounded crisp, sharp, with just enough bass, and that was affordable. In the second store, among all these ugly big plastic boxes, was this one unit with solid wood speakers. The sales clerk informed me that the unit just came in and was the only one they carried with the wood. After listening to a Dave Matthews Band CD that they clerk had in this machine (the Philips FW-C870), and then some others, i realized two things. First, Philips makes a pretty mean machine. OF all the ones i listened to, theirs were the best sounding. Second, the wood speakers makes all the difference. Okay, now some details about this unit. It has 300 Watts, in a 150 X 2 configuration. It has a 3-CD slide out changer, but a nice feature lets you change 2 of the discs while one is still playing. (I love that feature). It does have a pretty garash and cluttered display, but it can be dimmed down or even turned off. One of the nicest features is Philips new wOOx Bass System. This feature gives you 3 different dynamic bass levels, which really do get the job done. It does have all of the different tone and scene settings. For example you can set the system to know you are playing rock or jazz in a hall or disco. Worthless features if you ask me!
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Summary: Clear Power
Review: This stereo is well worth the money! It sounds great. The bass was shaking my house. Most of all the design is beautiful, fits right in with my livingroom decor! cons: The tape player mechanism is loud, and the controls are rather complex and confusing.
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Summary: I love this stereo!!
Review: This stereo is well worth the money! It sounds great. The bass was shaking my house. Most of all the design is beautiful, fits right in with my livingroom decor! cons: The tape player mechanism is loud, and the controls are rather complex and confusing.
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Summary: Clear Power
Review: We bought recently the system Philips FWC870, in replacement to an older system FW395C. The system C870 has much more power (300W rms). The separation of the tones is very good even in louder volumes. The set has a good behavior so much in the bass tones as in the treble ones. 18 configurations of sound effects do exist. A certain effect can be good for a certain type of music (instrumental for example) but not so good with a noisier and fuller sound (rock). It is important that the user is attentive for the best configuration for each music type. The configuration OPTIMAL is reasonable for all of the music. In the case of music with few different instruments, the effect HALL is fantastic. Another important tuning is the level of WOOX that should be chosen music by music. A thing that impresses plenty is the design, reminding the seventies. It's a pity that the possibility of turning completely off the display doesn't exist. The display is very colorful in comparison with the sobriety of the set. The set is even more attractive without the grilles. But one should think very well in wear out the grilles if he's children all around. I don't know why is so difficult to find this model here in Brazil. When we've found one, new, its price was only US$ 215.00. I only can imagine this seventies look hasn't attracted so many people as the JVC MX-GT90 GigaTube (ugly, ugly, ugly). Our apartment is trembling now since the quality of the sound is so good in louder volumes that we don't notice the high acoustic power we're spreading. We hope our neighbors love the same musical stuff than we.
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