Cheap JVC EX-A10 100-Watt DVD Executive Microsystem with Sake-Soaked Speakers (Electronics) Price

Outfit your bedroom or den with a compact home theater setup while adding a little style in the process with the JVC EX-A10 executive DVD microsystem. The elegantly designed unit includes two diminutive components--a brushed aluminum receiver and matching DVD player--that occupy about the same space as a typical laptop computer. More importantly, the EX-A10 plays all the formats common to much larger systems, including DVD Video, DVD Audio, DVD-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, and MP3/WMA files burned on a CD, while fitting easily on a bookshelf or desktop. All you need to complete the home theater setup is a TV.

What truly sets the EX-A10 apart, however, are its solid cherry-finished speakers, each of which features a solid wood speaker cone. Wood is an ideal speaker material, as its acoustic properties deliver a warm, natural sound. But it's also difficult to press wood sheets into cone shapes without cracking the wood. JVC overcame this problem with an unlikely solution: sake, or Japanese rice wine. JCV engineers discovered that when soaked in sake, a birch wood sheet becomes soft and pliable enough to press into a split-free speaker cone. As a result, each speaker houses a 3.19-inch wood cone mid/bass driver and a wood dome tweeter, which combine to deliver an inviting, realistic audio performance. Listeners can also remove the speakers' black, semi-transparent grilles to show off the birch wood material.

To ensure theater-like audio performance from such a small system, JVC included its Hybrid Feedback digital amplifier, a compact, highly efficient amp that generates high power output and low distortion levels. The system is also bi-amplified, with 30-watts-per-channel power driving the mid/bass speakers and 20 watts per channel driving the tweeters. A final audio enhancement stems from JVC's K2 and CC Converter technologies--also found in the company's top-end receivers--which are designed to improve the sound quality of both CDs and digital music files like MP3 and WMA.

Additional features include two-channel decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals, an AM/FM tuner with a clock and sleep timer (the alarm wakes to either a CD or the radio), and a full-function remote control. Plus, the EX-A10 includes several audio and video jacks, including both analog and optical digital audio inputs and component, S-video, and composite video outputs. Finally, the system carries a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
DVD player, receiver, two speakers, remote control, speaker cables, user's manual.

CATEGORY:	Electronics
MANUFACTURER:	JVC
FEATURES:	Compact home theater system with brushed aluminum DVD player, matching receiver, and 2 speakers, Supports DVD Video, DVD Audio, DVD-R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, VCD, SVCD, and MP3/WMA-CD formats, Bi-amplified cherry-finished speakers with sake-soaked birch wood cones for warm, natural sound, Hybrid Feedback digital amplifier generates high power output and low distortion levels; AM/FM tuner, Analog and optical digital audio inputs; component, S-video, and composite video outputs; 1-year warranty
MEDIA:	Electronics
MPN:	EXA10
UPC:	046838022005