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Originally Posted by dc1743  Denon D-M37DAB review - whathifi.com
It is clear the review was with the standard speakers. The sound of speakers is very subjective and I doubt if there are many Currys stores able to provide anything like a suitable environment to audition speakers. I listened to the Onkyo systems at Practical Hi-fi and to be honest could not detect a significant difference between any of them. The deciding factors for me were price and appearance. The Denon system and speakers are particularly well made.
Davidlqs was querying the merit of paying £100+ for speakers for a £180 micro hi-fi. This is why I suggest the package speakers are value at effectively £54 from Superfi.
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Currys is not a perfect environment, I realise this. But I struggle to understand how come the CS325, CS525, DM37 sounded so very different in the 3 stores (under less than perfect conditions) to my ears . . . but in near perfect conditions for you the different units you tried sounded so similar.
I only see perfect conditions as improving sound, and generally doing so across the board. I don't see how it can level what I found to be an unlevel playing field.
I'm puzzled why the sony minisystems, the onkyo etc work on a metal shelf in currys, yet the denon doesn't . . . I suspect it's the speakers making the difference, surely under these conditions they should all sound ok, not one sound noticely worse than the others.
I'm not against the dm37 with other speakers, admittidely that was setup properly, it's just the std ones i'm left not trusting.
Hi fi demos don't normally have all the options under one roof - so i find it's a case of comparing what you can when you can. Hence why I feel if the environment is the same for all, it's reasonable to compare them when a dramatic difference is heard.
And currys is I thought more similar to how most purchasers would listen to these than the near perfect hifi demo room - which I think few music listeners have at home.
Ultimately, I think something is amis with the review based on what I've heard in 2 different stores. And looking at the dm37 std speakers, seeing the optimisation control denon felt they needed with the dm37, etc all justs adds to my suspicions.
I did agree with what hifi on the onkyo 515 last year though, that blew my mind what it could do . . . knocked the expensive b&w ipod speaker out of the water . . . but then they sung the praises of that item also.