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4.5 stars
"Fantastic Sound and Style for the price"
Pros: Very Stylish, Incredibly small speakers with big sound and accurate decoding, Nice upconversion
Cons: No backlit remote, No 1080p upconversion
Summary: I was hesitant at first but decided to order it. I was totally amazed by the sound, style and utility of this small system. The subwoofer is really loud and accurate and so are the tiny speakers. Many settings possible and the movies sound and look awesome. For an average sized living room this system is perfect. I have never seen speakers this small and nice looking. You still have to do the wiring and calibration, but it is truly a 5.1 system. Don't go for 2.1 simulated ones, they are a waste of money. I watched "The Incredibles and King Kong on this system and I was astonished by the sound quality and picture. I have a 46" 1080p XBR Bravia and I wish this system had 1080p upconversion. All in all, for $799 or or possibly less, you can't beat this one. There is $99 iPod dock port in the box and my iPod sounds great with these speakers and you can view all the songs on the TV screen and can use the system remote to control all iPod functions. This is a fantastic buy. This theater system is phenominal. Buy it and you won't regret for a second.
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i have a question for you hope you can help i bought this sound system used from someone and i set it up with my samsung 52 inch lcd. my question is, in order to get a decent sound level, i have to go up to aboust 63-65 on the sound level of the system is this normal????? thanks steve
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My living room is 23 x 12. The room is not extremely large but it is not small either. Will this system have sufficient sound qualtiy for a room this size
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I agree with everything you just said. I love mine too. I just got it but haven't had too much time to see what it can do but I have a very hard time hearing the people talk in a movie without turning it up real loud. Then when action comes it screams too loud and scares the bejesus out of me
I've never owned a surround sound system so don't know much about them. Maybe thats the ways it is suppose to be. They must want you keep the volume high enough to hear them talk but then blast you out when something happens. I don't know but overall I'm happy with it.
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