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red '00 · 04-07-2007, 01:08 AM

I would never have something like that in my place, but then again, I'm a bit of an audio and home theatre snob... See all those fancy specs? I'm willing to bet most are extremely misleading. It's that way with most of the stuff the "main brands" put out. Phillips is no different. Let's just say for example you buy a new stereo that says "1000 watts of power". Ok. What that really means is "1000 watts of complete distortion. They don't mention it peaks off around 200 watts when taking into account a little thing called quality, and even then it sounds poor to someone with a trained ear for this stuff.....

But, like I said, I'm very very picky for these sorts of things. If you wanna look at good brands, check out stuff by Harman/Kardon, Macintosch, Polk Audio, Dynaudio, Boston Acustic, Rotell, Infinity, even Bose... Pioneer has some decent stuff, but it's not quite up there with some of the others I mentioned. (Hell you can even go with Yamaha if you want something decent, cheap and a crap load better then Phillips, Hony, etc ect)

Price range is key though, and from the looks of the Phillips unit you're willing to spend around a grand... You can find some stuff from the brands I mentioned around that range, but if you want some real deal class A stuff, be prepared to spend a couple grand. (I spend a few on my stuff, and I gotta say I'm pleased...)

Now if you're rich, then go buy yourself some top of the line stuff... I'm talking 100K PER speaker, and 300k on your amp......

( I wish...)

04-07-2007, 01:08 AM	#2
red '00 Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta Exp:	I would never have something like that in my place, but then again, I'm a bit of an audio and home theatre snob... See all those fancy specs? I'm willing to bet most are extremely misleading. It's that way with most of the stuff the "main brands" put out. Phillips is no different. Let's just say for example you buy a new stereo that says "1000 watts of power". Ok. What that really means is "1000 watts of complete distortion. They don't mention it peaks off around 200 watts when taking into account a little thing called quality, and even then it sounds poor to someone with a trained ear for this stuff..... But, like I said, I'm very very picky for these sorts of things. If you wanna look at good brands, check out stuff by Harman/Kardon, Macintosch, Polk Audio, Dynaudio, Boston Acustic, Rotell, Infinity, even Bose... Pioneer has some decent stuff, but it's not quite up there with some of the others I mentioned. (Hell you can even go with Yamaha if you want something decent, cheap and a crap load better then Phillips, Hony, etc ect) Price range is key though, and from the looks of the Phillips unit you're willing to spend around a grand... You can find some stuff from the brands I mentioned around that range, but if you want some real deal class A stuff, be prepared to spend a couple grand. (I spend a few on my stuff, and I gotta say I'm pleased...) Now if you're rich, then go buy yourself some top of the line stuff... I'm talking 100K PER speaker, and 300k on your amp...... ( I wish...) Last edited by red '00; 04-07-2007 at 01:10 AM.