I remember the first stereo I owned, proudly bought with the wages I earned from my first full-time job. It had am/fm radio, CD, tape decks (yep, THAT old!) and separate speakers, wired of course. That thing was huge and not exactly subtle. But it had a little bit of everything and that’s what I needed. Now I look at this and it’s about a quarter of the size with the speakers built-in and it has far more capability than my old stereo ever had. It’s official, I’m jealous of the youth of today!
As well as having a CD function for all us old school fuddy duddy’s, you’ve also got Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity so you can easily link up with whatever device you have your music stored on, There’s a USB reader so you can go down the route of not needing any wireless connectivity – particularly handy if your internet cuts out for whatever reason or if you like to store your music externally on a hard drive and we’ve also got access to thousands of internet radio stations and the podcast player when it is connected to your Wi-Fi. You can save up to 40 of your favourites so you have plenty of choice to hand and you’ve also got access to FM radio stations too so again, if your internet goes, you can still tune in to whatever you fancy.
The speakers consist of two 4 inch drivers and a 6 inch sub-woofer, giving you a power output of 120 Watts with a decent bass. Granted, it’s not the loudest and may struggle to fill a large room with noise but for a medium sized space, it’s ideal. Plus you’ve got all those options to listen and connect to help compensate. As well as buttons on the unit itself, there is a remote control and you also have a 3.5mm headphone jack as well as an optical input. This thing really is comprehensive and available in either black or white, I want! RRP £329.95
- Spotify Connect
- Alarm Clock
- Covers pretty much all modern methods of playing music coupled with a little bit of old school
- Good quality sound
- Not as loud as some may like
