The disco light show spectacular used to distract the listener from average sound quality has thankfully been replaced with stylish simplistic graphics and pure clean sound. Almost gone, are the days of disdain from audiophiles frowning upon owners of these systems. With higher end manufactures now offering very stylish systems with power to boot, it’s hard to make the choice on which system best suits your needs.

Micro and Mini system are designed for different sized listening area. For example, a Micro system is better suited to a smaller listening area and is compact. Conversely, a Mini system has larger speakers and requires more space.

With advancements in speaker technologies, the size of your speakers and the sound quality produced can be simply astonishing, the smallest of speakers can offer big sounds.

Must have features

• iPod compatibility – input via USB or docking station
• Good quality remote control – with backlight preferred
• Easy to use controls on head unit
• Timer function – useful alarm clock
• Headphone jack
• CD player with shuffle/Program/Repeat Mode
• Bass, treble controls
• AM/FM tuner
• Speaker balance
• MP3 CD playback
• CD-R/RW playback

And now, the cool factor…

• Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP compatible – so you can stream your music directly from your Bluetooth enabled PC.
• MP3/WMA/AAC/ATRAC codec recognition – will decode files encrypted in these formats.
• Integrated iPod docking station – Charges your iPod while you play!
• Hard drive – allows storage of music files for playback without messy CD’s
• DVD Player
• Dolby Digital 5.1
• DTS
• Karaoke

Glossary

Equaliser

Are used to change how your music sounds. This is done by manipulating different frequencies before your AV Receiver sends the sound to your speakers.

iPod compatibility

iPod connection to your unit is achieved via a USB cable or docking station

Backlight Remote

Allows you to see the buttons in the dark, very handy!

Bluetooth

Transmit your music wirelessly from one device (PC) to your stereo.