great bass, crispness, stylish and downright awesome!

slightly slower at changing disk than prefered but thats why it can hold 5cds!

This is a great sounding system with brilliant bass and sound crispness, for all those stupid people who have said that they have changed the speakers ect.. you have to use the 3D equalizer which you can change the crispness on, this stereo is awesome and when this baby is turned up fully it shakes the house Literally! Oh yeah don't write in saying it's rubbish because you should learn how to use it first because only people with a bit of Intellectual brain power can operate it!!!

Excellent sound and look

Slow CD changer

This is a great system, with a variety of EQ settings to suit just about every music style. I listen to a lot or rap/hip-hop and r&b music and the sound is loud and clear when it needs to be. The only drawback is that the CD changer is a little slow in switching from one disk to another. It's also very noisy. But this is nothing major. Highly recommended.

The bass is the top of its class it makes my house shake it rules!

none that I can find yet

This sterio kicks @#!#%^& the inriched bass will keep you wanting to listen to it. With its realistic sound quality it sounds like your at an actual concert. If you want the greatest sterio of ALL TIME then you found it.

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price power

the sound

Although it came out as one of the best systems in several tests, I didn't like the sound. No way to have a "crystal clear" sound. And believe me,I tried everything, even other speakers. I sold it last week to buy a "full" system.

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Great sound quality!, Massive volume!, Heaps of playback features!

Stacker styled cd player takes ages to change disk...cant play CD's while changing other CD's either

Primo looks, Great sound!
Even at maximum volume theres like, no distortion!
There wouldnt be anything to moan about if it had a carusel style cd changer!
Super woofers built into the speakers are great! dont have to use a separate subwoofer to get the house shakin!

The Panasonic SC-AK47 is a Mini System that is anything but "Mini". The first thing that attracts you to this giant "Mini" System is it's size and incredible sense of style. It has a 5-Disc-CD-Changer which has multiple playback modes. It also has dual cassette decks that are run by digital controls. It also has a digital AM/FM tuner that supports multiple station presets. Now let me get to the really cool part! It has It has about 10 EQ settings that give the effects of a concert hall and a live concert, to name a few. The first thing I noticed when I turned it on was the MASSIVE "Super" Woofers(perfect for playing Hip Hop or somthing else with a good beat). It is the best mini system that I have ever used or heard. It rules!

I needed a system that I can bring to school, because my real system (B&W CDM1s, Rotel RA970, Velodyne CT100, etc,) is too expensive and too risky to have in college. I listen to mostly Rock/Popular/Hip Hop music and some Classical. I wanted something to play loud, clear and have great bass (don't we all?) and still be considered to be my "garbage" system. I looked at several models, including the Sony MHC-F150, Aiwa NSX-A888, JVC MX-J50, and Panasonic SC-AK47. I really would like to have the Sony's, but they are too expensive for what I have to spend ($300, while the other three I can get at cost for about $220) Eighty dollar doesn't sound like much, but right now, every dollar counts. Also, the Sony's have a very harsh sound tweeter, amplified by the DBFB bass boast (Isn't bass boast supposed to only boast bass?) I haven't tried the Aiwa and I now am trying the JVCs. The Panasonics sound good and have a bunch of really nice functions. I really wanted to keep it but the bass quality really sucked. Not only was it very distorted, it couldn't play mid bass. Having the the Super Woofer on only boosted frequencies above 90 Hertz. Bass guitar was missing and the only thing you heard (and heard very easily) was the kick drum. But the fundamentals weren't there. Playing Titanic's first track, revealed that it couldn't play the deep synthesizer note. While it is true that it is only a mini system, mostly expensive mini systems took a better stab at it than the Panasonics which didn't even play the fundamental at all. Worthless measurements such as -10 dB at 55 Hz and -16 dB at 46 Hz are stated in the manual. Those levels are so low relative to the rest of the frequency band it is worthless to even know that! The rest of the audio spectrum was good for a mini system, but nothing, of course, that you can consider "high end". Overall, not really bad, especially if you don't need mid to low bass.

I have just brought this mini-system and all I have to say is that it is very good. There are only two things I didn't like: one was the price, and the other is that the cd changer makes a lot of noise. It have a beautiful display, a lot of equalizations and the tape's recorder is the best I have ever see!

Excellent for tunes to get the women going. Great for love making

loud changer

Its a great stereo. Great sound qaulity and can get a lot of bass.

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Flat topped speakers make for conveniet caffeine based beverage holders.

everything else

Not actually owned by me, but it resides in the room with the computer in it, so i get plenty of use from it.
Cd player is indeed slow to change, and very picky about what it will and wont play. actual quality of noise is acceptable, when run through headphones.
Amplifier is clearly designed to be running the integrated subs constantly, as if you turn them off, and turn the volume up, treble clipping occurs like crazy. it certainly doesn't deliver 280 watts a channel.
Tape deck is poor at recording, single record only, no tape loops, only one auxiliary in, no axiliary out, or optical out.
the speakers.
hmm.
the integrated subs are a stupid idea. firstly, even with the subs supposedly off, they still run, giving you a non "clean" sound, which is rubbish, consider its supposed to be a "high fidelity mini-system". second, they only seem to be able to produce one (incessantly annoying) bass note. the one that makes stuff shake in essence.
The onboard signal proscessing is pointless, the surround effects don't work (duh) and totally distort the sound.

Basically, if you give a stuff about your music, don't buy it. at the £280 price tag, you could buy some second hand seperates and have a better sounding system. much better. oh, but sorry, there'd be less blinking lights. and metal coloured plastic.
if you're out to impress your mates with some phat bass, this is pretty good. also good for playing things like first person shooters. not good for real music.