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Denon F102 Mini Compo System
By: Siddharth Bhatia   |   Feb 26, 2008
  • 3.5
Clear and crisp highs and mids
Good quality amplifier, CD player
Sound not that open
A bit expensive

Performance
This sort of system needs to be treated seriously, so we did just that. As it was a newly packed piece, the speaker was warmed up according to age-old tradition; we ran 'break in' music for hours, before venturing to check the sound waves.

That done, we started playing the pristine recordings of Sheffield discs Test and Burn in CD, which are meant for evaluation of systems. The first impression was that of bright shine and clarity and deep and wholesome bass, but it sounded uncanny. So I checked the settings and found the EQ all set to max. I reset it all to ‘flat’, and re embarked on the highly anticipated test.

The highs were still very crisp and clear, and well within the boundaries of tolerance. The thing with high frequencies is that there’s a very thin line between beautiful shine and piercing shrill. The latter was not encountered at all. The bass was realistic, but not too shallow.

There was medium amount of thump and ‘power waves’, but Daft Punk dance music is not the best material to use. Laidback tracks from Diana Krall and Miles Davis sounded very nice. Even classical music like a Bach Violin Concerto more than passed the test, displaying well toned and full sounding mids. So the highs and mids can be termed as very clear and crisp, whereas bass is satisfactory, though not the best.

Since the product is not cheap, one had to thoroughly analyze all aspects, and that’s when I found another small issue: the sound was not that open, but decent enough for a mini compo system. No real signs of distortion was evident, even at the loudest level; the amp was actually very nice and tight.

Conclusion
Here it comes... the price for the system is Rs 54,900. Definitely a bit high. On second thoughts I'd say the product is well worth considering, as the overall quality is very good. And yes, you are paying for a good brand name. So, if you have the cash, go for it.


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Silly pricing. No one would go above 20-25K for a mini compo.
sunil @ Feb 28, 2008
Rs. 54,900? That is way too pricey for a mini compo, even if it is Denon. For around Rs. 40,000/- you can get a killer h-ifi system from Cambridge Audio, NAD or Marantz with Mordunt Short or Wharfedale speakers, and still have change for an HTIB from Samsung or Philips. HA!!!
Aku @ Feb 27, 2008
What is the price. And do you have same but with including CD, VCD, DVD, MP3 that will be more great but in the same style and with almost same product.
Md. Ershad @ Feb 27, 2008
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