jaudere
Well-Known Member
Hi ,
I recently sold my powered mixer and was on look out for a bedroom system. I had space constraints. So i was looking foe an all in one solution. During my search, I landed upon this system;Philips Micro theatre.
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/m/mcd177_12/mcd177_12_pss_eng.pdf
I auditioned it for an hour with my set of CDs and bought it for 8K. The performance was too good. (I happened to listen to a set up of a yamaha AVR and Mission m34 i on the same day in the same shop. This was my favourite combo about an year back. Now it totally disappointed me. Since I have a Yamaha AVR, I did all the settins again but it did not impress me at all. I just couldn't belive that I had liked this combo very much in past.)On the day when this combo costing 42K failed to impress me, Philips impressed me. (I hadn't even asked the price when i heard it).
even though its a DVD player, i was not interested in the video part. So I have not tested its video capabilities but it performs brilliantly for music
Since the time time I read the Tripath TP 2020 therad, I have stopped paying attention to the brand name/price tag/ reviews. I ask only one question to myself"does the sound please me?". Philips pleased me.
I went into the details and learnt that it was using single 4" full range driver. It is a ported enclosure, port at the back. As it is I am a fan of philips full rangers. So I connected the speakers to my yamaha AVR. I just loved the result. Better than my open baffles, especially in the bass. It is just 20 W RMS but easily fills up my room(14 X 12).
Encouraged by this, I decided to buy another pair of same speakers. I went to the pune shop(my favourite in Pune where you can get original Philips spares at cheap price)> I was told that I won't get the same model. Luckily, the salesperson showed me another pair. It was again 4" full range driver. It was front ported. Will you believe, the shp does not have a CD/amp for audition. I tested it on a radio. I just wanted to make sure that both the pieces are working. I bought them for Rs. 1000. 4" full range drivers are available for 300 a pair. So I guess that the price is right.It is a crossoverless design. Si it has got to b cheap. At home, as expected they showed their true potential.
If you ask me the specifications, nothing was written on the box/speaker. No wattage/impedance/frq range. I knew it was philips because "philips" is written on speakers and i bought it from the official shop. can't understand why Philips does not pay attention to these things when they are selling such beautiful products at such a cheap price.
If anyone is interested, please try these speakers. After all Rs. 1K is such a meagre amount. I won't comment on comparison with other brands because it is a personal choice.One thing is for sure. They sound much much much better than than similarly priced products and wil impress anyone. Probably the crossoverless design does the trick.
I recently sold my powered mixer and was on look out for a bedroom system. I had space constraints. So i was looking foe an all in one solution. During my search, I landed upon this system;Philips Micro theatre.
http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/m/mcd177_12/mcd177_12_pss_eng.pdf
I auditioned it for an hour with my set of CDs and bought it for 8K. The performance was too good. (I happened to listen to a set up of a yamaha AVR and Mission m34 i on the same day in the same shop. This was my favourite combo about an year back. Now it totally disappointed me. Since I have a Yamaha AVR, I did all the settins again but it did not impress me at all. I just couldn't belive that I had liked this combo very much in past.)On the day when this combo costing 42K failed to impress me, Philips impressed me. (I hadn't even asked the price when i heard it).
even though its a DVD player, i was not interested in the video part. So I have not tested its video capabilities but it performs brilliantly for music
Since the time time I read the Tripath TP 2020 therad, I have stopped paying attention to the brand name/price tag/ reviews. I ask only one question to myself"does the sound please me?". Philips pleased me.
I went into the details and learnt that it was using single 4" full range driver. It is a ported enclosure, port at the back. As it is I am a fan of philips full rangers. So I connected the speakers to my yamaha AVR. I just loved the result. Better than my open baffles, especially in the bass. It is just 20 W RMS but easily fills up my room(14 X 12).
Encouraged by this, I decided to buy another pair of same speakers. I went to the pune shop(my favourite in Pune where you can get original Philips spares at cheap price)> I was told that I won't get the same model. Luckily, the salesperson showed me another pair. It was again 4" full range driver. It was front ported. Will you believe, the shp does not have a CD/amp for audition. I tested it on a radio. I just wanted to make sure that both the pieces are working. I bought them for Rs. 1000. 4" full range drivers are available for 300 a pair. So I guess that the price is right.It is a crossoverless design. Si it has got to b cheap. At home, as expected they showed their true potential.
If you ask me the specifications, nothing was written on the box/speaker. No wattage/impedance/frq range. I knew it was philips because "philips" is written on speakers and i bought it from the official shop. can't understand why Philips does not pay attention to these things when they are selling such beautiful products at such a cheap price.
If anyone is interested, please try these speakers. After all Rs. 1K is such a meagre amount. I won't comment on comparison with other brands because it is a personal choice.One thing is for sure. They sound much much much better than than similarly priced products and wil impress anyone. Probably the crossoverless design does the trick.
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