Help finding a micro system
 

Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas

Help finding a micro system
 

"souls" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll
provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas



Purely from a repairer's point of view, I would go for the Hitachi over the
Goodmans every time.

Whilst the Goodmans will be an adequate performer, the internal build
quality is reflected in the price. It has loads of features compared to
other units, but a very small price tag. That should tell you all that you
need to know about what's behind the brushed aluminium. The phrase " all fur
coat and no knickers " comes to mind ...

I really don't know what the " once warmed up " nonsense in the review is
all about. If anything has got to warm up in a fully solid state system,
then something is sadly wrong with the design.

Arfa

Help finding a micro system
 

Arfa Daily wrote:

I really don't know what the " once warmed up " nonsense in the review is
all about. If anything has got to warm up in a fully solid state system,
then something is sadly wrong with the design.

This probably came from the perceived (but sometimes real?) need for the
resistors in the R-2R ladder network to all temperature stabilise to
ensure linearity in the D-A conversion process. No doubt believed by all
journos to apply solidly in all cases, and written in the mantra.

After 30mins the frequency and dynamic response of my system at various
measurement points may have improved on paper. In the same 30mins, my
hearing is sucessfully shot to hell and I'm awaiting Sony to bring out
some funky hifi hearing aids....

--
Adrian C

Help finding a micro system
 

souls wrote:
Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas

If you want something a bit different, louder than a micro system and
low budget take a look at some of the "one box" cinema systems. Comes
with loads of speakers, a sub woofer, plays CD's/MP3's and of course
DVD's, and have a radio tuner as well. You'll need a TV of course!

Richer sounds has these systems starting from £100 (Sharp HTM700 or JVC
THS33R) - best download user manuals to check facilities such as radio
as Richer's webmonkeys don't do a good job describing such on site.

--
Adrian C

Help finding a micro system
 

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"souls" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to
other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll
provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas



Purely from a repairer's point of view, I would go for the Hitachi over
the Goodmans every time.

Whilst the Goodmans will be an adequate performer, the internal build
quality is reflected in the price. It has loads of features compared to
other units, but a very small price tag. That should tell you all that you
need to know about what's behind the brushed aluminium. The phrase " all
fur coat and no knickers " comes to mind ...

I really don't know what the " once warmed up " nonsense in the review is
all about. If anything has got to warm up in a fully solid state system,
then something is sadly wrong with the design.

Arfa



Hi Arfa

I'm in the same boat and looking for a mini system I had a look at those two
but they didn't take my fancy. COuld you recomend any.

I guess with that goodmans being so cheap once it knackers its a cheap
replacement but perhaps better to get something that will ast.

TIA

Help finding a micro system
 

"mocha" wrote


I'm in the same boat and looking for a mini system I had a look at those
two but they didn't take my fancy. COuld you recomend any.



Have you had a look at the Argos site?

Anyways, get a bit of a jaldi on, the Sales are on *now*!!

Help finding a micro system
 

"mocha" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"souls" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I
have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to
other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll
provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas



Purely from a repairer's point of view, I would go for the Hitachi over
the Goodmans every time.

Whilst the Goodmans will be an adequate performer, the internal build
quality is reflected in the price. It has loads of features compared to
other units, but a very small price tag. That should tell you all that
you need to know about what's behind the brushed aluminium. The phrase "
all fur coat and no knickers " comes to mind ...

I really don't know what the " once warmed up " nonsense in the review is
all about. If anything has got to warm up in a fully solid state system,
then something is sadly wrong with the design.

Arfa



Hi Arfa

I'm in the same boat and looking for a mini system I had a look at those
two but they didn't take my fancy. COuld you recomend any.

I guess with that goodmans being so cheap once it knackers its a cheap
replacement but perhaps better to get something that will ast.

TIA

It's hard to give a firm opinion. In general, I would say that the prices of
these mini and micro systems have pretty much stabilized over the last
couple of years, to the point where you can make a fairly sound judgement as
to what you're buying, by its retail price tag. A unit costing £150 may not
be ' twice as good ' as one costing £75, but is, never-the-less, likely be
at least significantly better in the quality stakes - although
interestingly, not necessarily in performance.

There is still an element of name in the makeup of the price. For instance,
a unit from Sony or Hitachi, is likely to be more expensive than a similar
offering from say Thomson. Thomson is a lesser known name, but actually, the
build quality of their kit is pretty fair. Certainly on a par with some of
the lower priced offerings from the " names ".

In summary, if I was in your position, I would stick with one of the bigger
names - Sony, Hitachi, JVC, even Aiwa, which is now a part of Sony anyway.
Go for something in the mid price bracket £120 to 150, that has all of the
features that you want. Listen to your choice working if possible, including
the tuner, and try to go for one with fairly " solid " feeling speakers. If
anything lets these small systems down, it's the speakers. Allow yourself a
bit of styling for a few quid, if you want. One with a nice metal front, and
colourful VF display, will probably not perform, or be of any higher build
quality than a plastic cased unit with a basic LC display, but will be more
expensive.

All I've probably done is further confuse you ( sorry !! ) but it's a very
muddy subject. Hope some of what I've said makes sense, and is of use to
you.

Arfa

Help finding a micro system
 

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...

"mocha" wrote in message
...

"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
...

"souls" wrote in message
...
Hi.

I was wondeirng if someone could help me find a nice mirco system. I
have
£200 and so far have looked at these

http://tinyurl.com/7uh67

http://tinyurl.com/9uknh

Would appreciate if anyone could give me a little advice or links to
other
nice mirco units.

If you need any more info please post back and let me know and I'll
provide
it.

Cheers
Happy xmas



Purely from a repairer's point of view, I would go for the Hitachi over
the Goodmans every time.

Whilst the Goodmans will be an adequate performer, the internal build
quality is reflected in the price. It has loads of features compared to
other units, but a very small price tag. That should tell you all that
you need to know about what's behind the brushed aluminium. The phrase "
all fur coat and no knickers " comes to mind ...

I really don't know what the " once warmed up " nonsense in the review
is all about. If anything has got to warm up in a fully solid state
system, then something is sadly wrong with the design.

Arfa



Hi Arfa

I'm in the same boat and looking for a mini system I had a look at those
two but they didn't take my fancy. COuld you recomend any.

I guess with that goodmans being so cheap once it knackers its a cheap
replacement but perhaps better to get something that will ast.

TIA

It's hard to give a firm opinion. In general, I would say that the prices
of these mini and micro systems have pretty much stabilized over the last
couple of years, to the point where you can make a fairly sound judgement
as to what you're buying, by its retail price tag. A unit costing £150 may
not be ' twice as good ' as one costing £75, but is, never-the-less,
likely be at least significantly better in the quality stakes - although
interestingly, not necessarily in performance.

There is still an element of name in the makeup of the price. For
instance, a unit from Sony or Hitachi, is likely to be more expensive than
a similar offering from say Thomson. Thomson is a lesser known name, but
actually, the build quality of their kit is pretty fair. Certainly on a
par with some of the lower priced offerings from the " names ".

In summary, if I was in your position, I would stick with one of the
bigger names - Sony, Hitachi, JVC, even Aiwa, which is now a part of Sony
anyway. Go for something in the mid price bracket £120 to 150, that has
all of the features that you want. Listen to your choice working if
possible, including the tuner, and try to go for one with fairly " solid "
feeling speakers. If anything lets these small systems down, it's the
speakers. Allow yourself a bit of styling for a few quid, if you want. One
with a nice metal front, and colourful VF display, will probably not
perform, or be of any higher build quality than a plastic cased unit with
a basic LC display, but will be more expensive.

All I've probably done is further confuse you ( sorry !! ) but it's a very
muddy subject. Hope some of what I've said makes sense, and is of use to
you.

Arfa


Hk Arfa

I confused on my best day :-). Actually I think I'm following your train of
thought.

Basically have a look around listen to it, make sure it has what I need\want
and make sure the speakers up up to scratch. In a nutshell. Although there
is the grey area. But stick with a good brand name.

I guess to an extent you pay your money and take a chance on a level.

Thanks again for the help.
Happy New year all