Great sound, but skimps on features
Oct 11 '99
The NSX-A115 is perfect for confined spaces -- dorm rooms, offices, prison cells -- and has great sound for its entry-level Aiwa price ($150).
I chose this model because it has the most understated design of the current crop of mini systems. It's still a little rococo for my taste, but other systems go over the top with throbbing lights and silly animations.
The front panel is spartan and lacks buttons for several commands only found on the remote control, such as repeat/random play. It's also difficult to choose pre-set radio stations without the remote control.
I really like the ability to change two CDs while the third is being played. This means it takes a little more time to load a disc into play mode, but it's a minor concession.
Despite its great sound, this system lacks two features that I would expect to be standard. Make sure you can live without them:
* No graphics equalizer. There are three pre-set settings -- "rock," "pop" and "classical," whatever those mean -- but they don't produce very varied sounds. I miss the sliders of old, which allowed the user to, for instance, drown out the treble to hear a clever bass line.
* No auto reverse. This means I can't tape my favorite two-hour radio show (don't people have favorite two-hour radio shows any more?). Aiwa compensates for this when recording CDs by having an "AI" feature that rearranges tracks so a side doesn't end in the middle of a song. But I can do this math myself: I'd rather have auto reverse.
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