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Summary: Looks great, sounds better
Review: I bought these because I loved the look along side my flat panel LCD and expected them to sound OK. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that they sound great. Good looks and great sound!
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Summary: One design mistake to ruin it all
Review: I got these speakers today and they are going back tomorrow. The sound quality is quite nice, but there is always (ALWAYS) a hiss sound coming from the two desktop speakers. Even when the line in to the speaker system is actually PLUGGED OUT, even when the volume is set to zero etc. The only solutions are
1. Plug out the two speakers out from the amp box
2. Plug out the AC input wire out And you have to do this EVERYTIME you want to silence the hiss (stepping out, sleeping etc)... muting everything etc will NOT work. Imagine now if those wire are behind a table. Even if the wires are accessable, pulling them out i.e. using them as a primitive switch is such an ugly solution ! Plus the noise is always constant. So at low volumes you can actually hear it/get bugged by it. At higher volumes, its simply masked out by the song you play. Another VERY weird thing ... when I plugged in the two desktop speakers in I could hear one particular _FM_ channel (yes ..._FM_ channel !!). At the same level as the hiss itself, but I could clearly hear the jockey and songs softly when I mute my volume/plug out the audio in of the speaker system. I have _NO_ idea how the set is able to accidently demodulate an FM signal (assuming the wires were acting like antennae), but if I hadn't heard it for myself I'd not have believed it. It does it, and its a big PAIN. Imagine a car which can never (NEVER) stop, u can only change the speed at which you go ahead !! Exactly ... weird and worthless ! The bottom line - do NOT waste your money on this. This shouldn't have even passed the beta stage (leave alone the commercial market) 'cos its a massive design flaw. Had expected much more.
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Summary: Superior Sound
Review: I was very pleased to hear this unit after I received it. It was much better than expected and I was truly amazed that I could get this much sound for the price. It far surpasses the sound that I compared to some of it's riveils. Great value!
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