By Yamaha
Buy new: $399.95
Customer Rating:
First tagged "ipod dock" by James ODonnell
Customer tags: mini-stereo, compact stereo, microsystem, ipod dock, compact stereos
The sound peculiarity exceeds my expectations generally in such a tiny package. It is an glorious mini system. we had been acid and auditioning mini systems over a final year for my specific focus in a kitchen on tip of a fridge and comparison a Yamaha MCR-040.
It is built with high peculiarity materials; steel face plates for a receiver and speakers, well-spoken movement buttons and volume control; and a stout CD tray mechanism. The sound prolongation is really good behaved during all listening levels. Sound peculiarity is a many critical opening means for me. As an audiophile we am always doubtful about a ability to furnish accurate and purify drum response with correct mid-range and three-way change from a singular motorist compress orator complement with no distinct intermodulation distortion; carrying well-developed drum abyss a subwoofer is not necessary.
It has bass, treble, and change controls with a pointed easy to review cyan dot pattern arrangement (with dual turn intensity) and an enclosed remote. The speakers have tuned ports on a back with easy to use spring-clip handle connectors and cloth front grills. An unobtrusive front row blueprint allows it to mix in unobtrusively with any sourroundings distinct many mini systems that mostly demeanour cluttered or like space age sneakers, nonetheless it has all a required facilities to totally prove during a reasonable cost point.
I severely deliberate a Bose call due to a tiny height, several friends have them, this Yamaha's sound peculiarity is distant aloft in my opinion achieving most aloft undistorted volume levels and improved tonal balance, it is improved than many other mini systems we auditioned from smaller to incomparable in distance and cost. We use a analog audio submit sourced from my digital 900 MHz PCM streaming home-wide wireless system, infrequently a 32 GB Kingston USB hang (full of MP3s) that it accesses fine, and a tuner. FM is still critical to me and a attraction is glorious with glorious vigilance to sound and 30 presets. Voice facsimile is excellent, strings, horns and piano all loyal to fidelity; Having a far-reaching accumulation of music, travelling from Strunz and Farah to Jean-Luc Ponty, Led Zeppelin to Coldplay... jazz, rock, classical, blues, fusion, funk, and speak radio, we are really pleased.
The low chocolate brownish-red espresso is really elegant. There are many mini systems that demeanour over decorated, are usually permitted in black or silver, mostly groundless build quality; and infrequently furnish vibrations during aloft drum volume levels. We are entirely tender with a opening during really low levels and cranked adult shrill adequate shake a windows and dance to, trust it or not - no exaggeration - no straining - no vibrations.
At about 4 1/2 inches high and 17 inches far-reaching with a speakers directly subsequent to a receiver-amp (11 inches deep) it fits ideally on a fridge tip underneath a beyond cabinets. It matches a espresso cabinets as if it is designed for a room. The full duty remote is really skinny and light weight nonetheless solid. we trustworthy a skinny magnet pad with double-sided fasten on a remote bottom to capacitate storing it on a lead fridge aspect for easy access. The remote also works good when bouncing a IR vigilance off a roof when line of steer is untimely opposite a kitchen. One downside is some control functions are usually on a remote not permitted from a receiver's front panel.
I rarely suggest this high peculiarity well engineered Yamaha mini system.
Update 2011-04-14
We still suffer this Yamaha and continue to have guest criticism on a good sound quality.
I have seen dual users experiencing close down after ~ one hour:
We have ours using each morning on FM, and weekday evenings from 5pm to 11pm, weekend days it stays on roughly all a time day and night. We use FM in a mornings and unstable (line-in) for a wireless streaming device otherwise; infrequently USB memory stick, CDs occasionally. Have never had a shut-off or overheat.
Is a involuntary timer-off unintentionally set ? This will means it to close down during a preset time we select, and it will keep a environment after power-off. This is in a setup menu, corkscrew down and "Timer" is where a environment is. A accessible underline for those who forget to close it off.
Now we consternation if we had reset this timer underline when we primarily set it adult (does it come preset to 1 hour off-time maybe for appetite saving?)
I am extraordinary to find out some-more about this, we find it tough to trust Yamaha would have a forsake of this kind, yet all manufacturers can have issues; it seems to be a pointless occurring issue, though during this time appears to be 1 hour, not some-more or less, not each user appears to be experiencing this.
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