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(More customer reviews)Nice looks, build quality, and sound. Needs refinement in usability.
This TEAC DR-H300 is another in their new line of well regarded Reference series products. Geared toward the new generation of mp3/digital media folks looking for an all in one small playback unit the spec are indeed impressive. DVD/CD/MP3/DIVx playback, HDMI output etc.... Traditionally TEAC reference series products don't come with speakers (save for some reference 100/200 series packages) and neither does this unit. You definitely get a lot of equipment for the price and the build quality and components is very good.
I use this unit plugged into a 720P panasonic plasma TV, and decent PSB 2.1 image series speakers (has separate Sub-woofer output). Attached to the Aux1 is a zune 80 with composite out for Video and RCA for audio as well as the occassional flash drive for use in the front USB port. The build quality is excellent with a thick aluminum front, rigid case with good venting, easy to read/dimmable LED display, and positive feedback buttons/knobs. Powers my 6 ohm speakers admirably with good detail and imaging. Upconverted 720P images is some of the best I've seen but on some highspeed videos with panning may show some artifacts and lag (could be my older plasma - so no ding here for 99% of the viewing). Audio playback for digital media/MP3 and aux1/2 as well as USB is very nice. Their built in DAC seems to do a good job of getting rid of most harshness of digital media playback. The output from this system rivals many at this price range. I've tried Denon/Onkyo/Yamaha shelf systems and Yamaha is the only one that I'd put on par with this but in a slightly larger package.
Now on to the usability, prior to using the TV output you must do quite a bit of setup and the onscreen display looks like it came off of a 1970's device. Information is present but the presentation is a bit lacking. Playing back CD's DVD's is a breeze and very intuitive, but playing MP3 discs can be challenging.
Some issues are as follows,
- The interface makes it difficult to navigate folders and subfolders (especially when you don't have it connected to a TV - but who needs to turn on the TV to play music?)
- MP3 filenames only displayed on TV - not on the LED display of the unit.
- Filenames need to adhere to iso96000 - So no spaces just letters numbers and "_" otherwise it will not display properly. Forget about foreign characters.
- On some audio CD playback the first second or so of the track if played continuously from track to track is clipped.
- If the CD/DVD is done playing or you press stop button, the drive does not automatically spin down, you'll need to press stop again to spin down the drive. This causes un-necessary wear on the drive.
- Dolby is converted to 2.1 output.
Given these quirks of this unit you can see that the specs don't say it all. A unit is only as good as its usability. Although I must say the build quality is exceptional and the quality of the parts is also very impressive for such a small unit. For me since I primarily use it for CD/DVD playback as well as using my zune, I don't worry about most of the usuability issues with MP3 media playback. If you are looking for a unit for MP3 playback through the TEAC implementation and interface, I'd say pass. For me and my uses, its a great looking/sounding device.
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