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NAKAMICHI SoundSpace SS5 Stereo Music System
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Manufacturer: NAKAMICHI
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Nakamichi
EAN: 0768687145093
Feature: MusicBank CD Changer needs no magazine, and is as easy to load as a single-disc player
Label: NAKAMICHI
Manufacturer: NAKAMICHI
Model: 5
Publisher: NAKAMICHI
Studio: NAKAMICHI
Warranty: 1 year warranty
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Features
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MusicBank CD Changer needs no magazine, and is as easy to load as a single-disc player
Permits fast, safe disc handling, and never touches disc surfaces
Disc loading slot & full function control on top of main unit
High performance quartz synthesis AM-FM Tuner allows 10 AM & 20 FM station presets, plus Scan and Seek
Easel style support allows SoundSpace 5 to be stand on an angle
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Editorial Reviews:
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NAKAMICHI SS5 - For your office, studio apartment or dorm room, it's hard to envision a more attractive, great sounding mini audio system. The main unit houses a 3-disc CD changer, AM-FM tuner and preamplifier. Function control buttons are arranged conveniently on the top panel. A front window displays changer operation, and can be subtly illuminated in blue or green! Keyhole provided for wall mounting Analog Inputs & Outputs + Optical Digital Output Dedicated Left & Right speakers, each with integrated amplifier, 2.5cm dome tweeter & 20cm midrange / bass driver Dimensions - 10-5/8H x 8-11/16W x 3-11/16D (Main Unit); 10-5/8H x 8-11/16W x 3-11/16D (Speaker)
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worth the $$$$$
Comment: I too have owned this stereo system for a little over 2 1/2 years.
PROS: Sound is okay. Cool sleek look... Slim profile.
CONS:
By far the biggest complaint is the proprietary speaker connections. The speaker wires provided are thin (like a cheap extension cord), EXTREMELY short, and hardwired directly into the back of the speakers. The "loose end" that connects to the main unit has this rectangular plug connection that is not found on any other device I have ever seen or owned. Even if you want to, you can't extend the cable or replace the speakers because the the idiotic speaker end connections. Unless your willing to cut the ends off and take a chance with making 2 splices in the speaker cable. If you want to replace the speakers, that would require 3 splices.
Nakamichi website says that they offer speaker cable extensions for this item although I have never seen them offered for sale anywhere. NOBODY sells them and to order them, the site directs you to a non-toll-free phone in Singapore (from the USA) to get details.
I am not sure if all Nakamichi stereos have these type of speaker connections but it would be something to look into before buying.
Remote is useless as I cannot read the small print under each button. I memorized where the power on/power off and volume up and down buttons are and use them. Other than that, I get up and make changes myself at the unit.
All control buttons on the main unit are on the top rear and every button is the same size and shape. I found to even access the buttons, the top of the unit has to be at least 3 inches below eye level if you want to see what you are pressing. The unit is about a foot tall. So if you are of average height for a girl (5'4") you have to place this unit no higher than 4' off the floor to see what you're doing.
CD access is from the top so enough clearance (the diameter of a CD plus) has to be provided above the unit. Unit can't be placed in the middle of a bookcase unless shelf above is far enough away.
I'm sure these CONS are common among many mini stereo systems, but this one cost so much more $$$$. There just aren't enough PROS to offset the cost. For the price (I bought new for $649), I would have thought these inconveniences would have been worked out.
I will most likely be selling mine for a fraction of it's original cost and buy something else that's a little more flexible.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing over time.
Comment: I loved this system when I first bought it four years ago. Sleek, cool, and stylish; I bought it more for the way it looked than for the way it sounded (and it sounds great). It still looks great, now if it only PLAYED as well as it looks.
After four years it's almost unusable. I've already had to have it repaired twice because of poor soldering inside, and just about any CD I put into it skips. It's gotten so bad that I need to burn a new CD just about any time I want to play something. The shuffle feature is terrible -- it plays the same songs over and over again, which is pretty bad considering that even cheap boomboxes "remember" which songs they've already played and remove them from the playlist. The remote has lots and lots of tiny, tiny buttons, impossible to use or read in dim lighting.
Yeah, it's possible that I got a lemon, but getting it repaired was also an incredibly difficult chore. None of the 800 numbers listed in the manual worked, none of the e-mail addresses I tried worked, and even when I got a valid address, it took four e-mail messages and three angry phone calls before I finally got the address of an authorized repair center. The guy there told me that if I needed new parts I may as well buy a new system; if the parts arrived at all, they would be very exepensive.
I know that only used versions of this are available, and maybe it would be worth buying if you can get one for less than three hundred and have immaculately dust-free, brand-new CDs. I paid almost eight hundred in 2003, and I wish I had the money back.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sound Space SS5
Comment: Excellect equipment for the price; next tier up is Bang & Oluffsen. Nakamichi brand once more in a high pedestal.
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