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Sony TA FE370/S |
| Date: |
28/01/04 (640 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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Advantages: Good sound for the price, Well built, Attractive, Powerful
Disadvantages: none
NB : This review is exactly the same as for the Sony TA-FE370. The 'S' denotes that it is, in fact, silver - whereas the standard model is black. Other than that, both amplifiers are completely identical, so this is the same review :
I purchased this amplifier about a year ago, and i have been extremely pleased with it. i am a student in music technology, so i am quite picky when it comes to audio equipment, but this is a fantastic amplifier for the price.
>value<
unfortunalely, due to my financial standing as a student, i was limited to around £100-150. i would ideally want a mid-range amplifier such as a denon, but at this price range you will only get a low wattage model. i have 120w floor-standing speakers, so i decided to go for this sony beast, which has a power handling of 140w rms (70w per channel, stereo). 'bang per buck' is excellent here'
>first impressions and aesthetics<
first impressions were good - build and appearance are of typical sony quality. the amplifier comes in black as standard, but mine is the ta-fe370s (silver). the device is simple to set up - and the included remote control will also operate other sony seperates if you have them (convenient, but useless for me as my cd player is a kenwood). sony remote controls always ooze quality and ease of use - this is no exception. i have the amplifier connected to this cd player, as well as my pc (for music playback/recording, games, dvd etc).
>sound quality<
frequency response is good, although i find myself manually increasing the tone controls often (particularly the treble). the 'loudness' button is supposed to increase both bass and treble at low volumes, but i found this a bit wimpy - i never bother with it, and just adjust the tone controls by hand. however, once you have the amp set up to your personal preference, the sound quality is excellent. it will only sound as good as your speakers allow it, ho
wever :)
the excess power is very handy - the high power handling allows you to crank the volume up to neighbour-assaulting levels without any distortion (depending on your speakers, of course).
>connectivity<
there are inputs for 6 sound sources, which is very helpful, allowing you to connect Tape, MD, CD, Tuner, Phono AND Aux (eg TV) at the same time.
>Conclusion<
Overall, this is a great sounding and very powerful stereo amplifier from a good brand at an amazing price. If you are looking for power and performance on a budget, then you cannot go wrong with this!
Dave.
More information can be found at:
http://products.sony.co.uk/productdetail.asp?i d=7_75_357
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- 12/02/04 Sorry Dave I can't change the rating as this review is exactly the same review as the one you posted for the TA-FE 370. I don't really care what everyone else has rated the review I still stand by the comment I made below. I agree the products might be slightly different, albeit in colour only, but it doesn't get away from the fact that both reviews are exactly the same, something that dooyoo do not allow.
Like I said below e-mail dooyoo and get clarification from them and/or speak to The Duke who is the Guide for this category. |
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- 31/01/04 Hi Dave and yet again sorry but as per your Rumblepad and Extreme Digital 3D reviews.
I've rated this Not Useful not because it's a crap review but because you have already submitted this review under a slightly different category although I do see that dooyoo have duplicated it.
Once you have submitted a review, whether it's in the wrong category or not then you can't then re-submit the exact same review again under a different heading. Instead e-mail dooyoo to either get the review moved to the correct category and/or point out the mistake.
If you want more advice speak to the Dooyoo Computers Guide who I believe is 'The Duke'.
Hope that helps! :)
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- 28/01/04 Good review!
Noticed that you've posted quite a few ops today....try to spread them out a bit more in future (no more than a couple a day). You'll get more reads this way!!! |
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