Philips WACS700

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Posted on 05 / 01 / 2006

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I was attracted to this system after reading an interesting article about Philips new 'Wireless Music Centres (WMC)' and then checking out all the specific at their UK site http://www.philips.co.uk. The obvious attraction was the wireless aspect, in our living room we have a separate hifi setup from Arcam/B&W, TV, Cinema set, VHS, Xbox 360, all going into the same plug area. The mountain of intertwined wires is a horror, headache and mess. So eradicating just one device going into this was useful, as I loved the design of WACS700 to boot I soon decided to have a look at my local independent hifi centre. Immediately it appealed to me because it allowed access to the music station from any room in a house, speakers being placed anywhere you liked. And with a built in 40GB hard disc you can store a whopping 750 CDs. This means your whole CD collection can be stored away in a cupboard and saves even more space. This without doubt is the future of hifi systems, and I suspect ever type of electrical device. It does include copy protection so if you illegally downloaded songs from the Internet you may have problems transferring them to your Philips centre. Ideal for parties because you can have your system playing in multi-rooms, and it include a follow me function where it only plays music in the room your in with the controller. Downsides for audiophiles?, built in speakers, sound quality isn't ground breaking, no DAB radio and 40GB hard disk may not be enough for some.

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