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“Bought this Panasonic SC PM 11 micro-system for our...”

written by mjdoody on 20/01/2004

Good Points
speakers sound good for size, looks cool, autoreverse cassette , 5 cd. price , panasonic reliability.

Bad Points
cd changer takes way too long and too noisy to change discs. needs to be more like car cd changer in speed. buttons on unit and remote hard to decipher in dim light. no balance control.

General Comments
Bought this Panasonic SC PM 11 micro-system for our bedroom for chilling out and bedtime. in the store wife liked it, it was mostly her decision , we dont agree on stuff like this. i thought it was nice looking and had what we needed and so did she. I think it would be better suited to small living room or den than bedroom. dont even try going to sleep next to ie when that cd changer kicks in , it will drive u mad. so i put it on sleep mode for 30 minutes so it doesnt have chance . maybe i havent figured it all out and could override its cd settings if i had the patience ,i dont. i miss the simplicity of the old days. oh well i guess this is progess? cd's , tapes and fm sound quite good though with supplied speakers. eq choices ok ,im still old school and would sacrice them for bass and treb and maybe some sort of ambience effect you could control. bass enhancement button good. button layout on display unit hard to figure out in dim light (common with most equipment overrun with buttons). also the remote needs to be bigger with bigger buttons and easier to understand . My main gripe though is cd changer. it goes through 4 manuevers u can hear before new disc plays , its mad. would have settled for single disc if i would have known. i know the price was cheap so i understand cost cutting had to take place somewhere. but still i think they shouldn't offer something like this if a part of it seems unacceptable (cd changer)in my opinion.-