Panasonic RX-ED707 (Panasonic RX-ED707)

Member Name: somersetsaint

Product:	Panasonic RX-ED707
Date:	01/09/00 (629 review reads)
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Advantages: Great sound and features

Disadvantages: Not cheap

The Panasonic ED707 doesn't come cheap, but as the saying goes: You get everything that you pay for.

Consider the situation I found myself in: as a student, I wanted a music machine I could keep in a small study-bedroom and could get home at the end of term. However, I wanted near-hi-fi sound, and because I record a lot of tapes, I wanted a double cassette-deck.

I found the ED707. It rather resembles some sort of space ship, and the tape-decks are hidden under an LCD panel which flips up at the touch of a button. It's not light either, and will take up your whole desk - I keep it on the floor, safely out of the way.

With AM/FM radio (presettable frequencies), CD, and double tape it has all the basics. But it also has 'sleep' and 'wake-up' features, with it's internal clock also giving you the ability to set up recording times, just like your VCR. The remote control works well though it doesn't allow you to use the record features.

But what really sets this apart is the sound quality. Go into a shop, and ask to hear this compared to a cheaper model: you'll be very impressed, I promise you.

'Are there *any* problems,' you ask. Just a couple: if you run it on batteries it'll eat them; and for this price it would be nice if it had jacks for plugging in other hi-fi equipment. It does have a standard line input though.

The 707 is better than any other portable system on the market, and competes with a mini system for half the price. If it suits your needs, this is a great buy.

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