My hi-fi

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   About a year or more ago, I bought a micro hi-fi which is a JVC ux-p55.  I thought that a micro would use up less space.  I thought that with it being a smaller system, the sound would be thinner which is what I prefer.  Unfortunately, the sound is very much bass amplified.  There is no treble button.  There are only four different sound settings: flat; pop; classic; jazz.  If I want to be able to alter the sound quality, such as bass/treble would I need to have bought a different type of system?  Do larger or more expensive systems allow for a better bass/treble balance like the old record players used to do?

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Explorer-eighth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Great Britain Status: Offline Points: 39	Topic: My hi-fi Posted: July 05 2006 at 17:47
	About a year or more ago, I bought a micro hi-fi which is a JVC ux-p55. I thought that a micro would use up less space. I thought that with it being a smaller system, the sound would be thinner which is what I prefer. Unfortunately, the sound is very much bass amplified. There is no treble button. There are only four different sound settings: flat; pop; classic; jazz. If I want to be able to alter the sound quality, such as bass/treble would I need to have bought a different type of system? Do larger or more expensive systems allow for a better bass/treble balance like the old record players used to do?
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goose Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 20 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 4097	Posted: July 05 2006 at 19:11
	Larger or more expensive systems have a good sound so you don't need to adjust the (edit:) treble or bass! Edited by goose - July 06 2006 at 08:01

oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: July 06 2006 at 07:48
	Yes. A real amp doesn't features treeble control (not "balance", which is left/right channel level and can be useful sometimes) and equalizers are to forget. The best micro systems are the Denon ones, but for the price of a good Denon microsystem (700€), you can have a real budget system which will do far better, with for example, cheap but musical english electronics such as Nad or Rotel for CD and integrated amp, Mission for loudspeakers, and QED for cables. JVC is crap, except for VHS decks, now obsolete for most people, because of DVD. Edited by oliverstoned - July 06 2006 at 11:30

MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21198	Posted: July 06 2006 at 08:03
	My PC speaker system has no bass/treble controls, so it must be hi-fi! No seriously: What I loved most about my old Musical Fidelity amp (apart from the sound, naturally) was that it only had one large volume knob, input source selector AND NOTHING ELSE.
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oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: July 06 2006 at 11:29
	Indeed. All good devices features minimum functions in order not to degrade. Look at the Jolida (integrated) amp displayed on my sig, it features only three potentiometers, inlcuding: source selector, volume and balance. For example, remote volume control are to forget on good preamp /amps, so you're forced to move to adjust volume!

MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21198	Posted: July 06 2006 at 11:50
	^ ok, I forgot the balance - of course my MF amp had that too.
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oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: July 07 2006 at 03:56
	It's, without doubt, the best device you own!

MikeEnRegalia Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 22 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Online Points: 21198	Posted: July 07 2006 at 04:39
	^ you may be right, but as far as price/value are concerned my PC speakers are hard to beat. I know you don't think that they can possibly sound great, but I doubt that you could find a set of speakers & amp which sounds nearly as great for a mere 80 EUR. But I know it isn't hi-fi, so I won't mention it no more here.
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oliverstoned Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308	Posted: July 07 2006 at 13:53
	You're becoming very gentle...too gentle maybe!

Explorer-eighth Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: April 23 2006 Location: Great Britain Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: July 09 2006 at 11:48
	I had never really thought about replacing a hi-fi system with a DVD player although I have occasionally used the DVD player (through the television) when the neighbours have been out. I always use headphones on the hi-fi, but there isn't a headphone socket on the DVD player. What I need to do next is to find a way to record everything from my old cassettes onto DVDs and then I won't need a cassette player and then my hi-fi could become obsolete. I could do with a DVD player that also records video tapes onto DVDs and which also has a headphone socket. Have any of you ever recorded from cassette onto DVD?
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Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67407	Posted: July 09 2006 at 12:08
	Doesn't your TV have a headphone socket? I'm not sure about recording cassettes onto DVDs, but I think you could connect your stereo to a scart adapter like this using RCA wires: The cassettes will be recorded as video, but obviously without a picture. I haven't tried it myself, but I think it might work.