Sony DAV-SC5 Review

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Sony DAV-SC5
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paul williamson's Review of Sony DAV-SC5 DVD Home Cinema System

11th Sep 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Image Quality
    5 stars
  • Ease of Set Up
    5 stars
  • Time Home Cinema System Owned
    Between 1 - 4 Weeks
  • Sound Quality
    5 stars
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
Good Points

Great sound for the price.
Out-performs systems costing twice the price.
Retrieves more from CDs than it should.


Bad Points

None


General Comments

The Sony DAV SC5 is the base model of this range, it uses the same technology and has the same features as the higher priced models but with more compact speakers and only one disc on board at a time, (still can't play more than one at once with the others...!)
I own an Arcam Alpha 9 cd £800 and Alpha ten Amp £800,trust me, this Sony system gets closer to it than I would like.
With cds, the Sony is more detailed and involving than it has a right to be, play it through the on-board digital sound presets and it can get a bit artificial and silly, but it has brought some old cds to life and the pro logic 11 music setting definitely creates a 'real' feeling and gives music a depth and three dimensional quality that without sounding artificial adds to the enjoyment.
I know you hifi buffs will probably scoff, but hey, I spent a lot of money and time setting up my hifi gear and the price and effort looks ridiculous after hearing this system.
Oh..! and as for the home cinema surround sound performance, The Sony tweaks 'Digital Cinema Sound' where the system recreates the ambience of three of Sony's studio cinema's, by using delay and reverb algorithms does really make a big differance, (unlike the 'DRC' on my FQ80TV Sony).
And although the Hall, Live, Game, reverb stuff may entertain the simple minded for a while, any one who 'really can tell' will know for the price this system is a STAR.

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  • The Fisherman Rank: Sergeant on 23rd Oct 2004

    Hi,

    Many thanks for your review. It helped me to decide to go with the DAV-SC5, and I havent been disappointed. Its an exceptional bit of kit, for the price.

    I'd be interested to hear about the tweaks you mention, that helps get the best out of audio and DVD alike.

    If you can either reply to this, or email me, id be grateful.

    You can get my email address on this link.

    Regards.

    http://threads.fuk.co.uk/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1371