SONY High Power Home Audio System (Renewed)

The Sony Home Audio System is a great home entertainment system. It has powerful, deep bass without the without the extra room needed for a sub-woofer. It is a 3 piece system. The center control unit with separate left and right speakers and the supplied remote control. The unit, along with the Lightning connector and USB input, which also accepts flash drives; (for your music files) accepts iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch (3rd, 4th and 5th generation), iPod Classic and iPod Nano (4th through 7th generation). Two important connections I find are important on this unit are missing. It has no headphone out or auxiliary input for connecting the headphone output of your regular MP3, cell phone, portable radio or other analog devices. I think Sony should have made this unit compatible will all devices; yet the Lightning connector is made specifically for Apple devices. Although the USB input will accept digital devices. The power output is rated at a true 120 watts delivering 60 watts per channel into two 8 ohm speakers. Some other models by manufacturers are rated at a much higher power output, but it is not a accurate assessment since the speakers are only rated at 2 to 6 ohm loads. It has selectable bass boost as well as several EQ settings. The speakers sound excellent, as they are 2 way bass reflex systems with one 5 ¼ cone woofer and one 1 ½ in tweeter per speaker. The Sony MHC-EC619iP is equipped with a CD/MP3 disc player, FM radio with, clock, USB and iPod inputs. Supported audio formats are MP3 discs (CD's) and USB devices only. It has no 3.4mm jack input and that is a loss, otherwise, the cable that comes with your Apple iPod or iPhone will connect to the USB input perfectly. Newer generations fit on top to the 8 pin Lightning connector. Another major plus to this system I especially like is the ability to transfer music from CD/MP3 disks to your USB Flash drive connected to the USB slot. I used my computer to create folders for each different category of music and put the MP3 files arranged on the USB flash drive and I can select each category of music using the remote control. Supplied accessories are 1 remote control w/1 AA battery, FM lead antenna and 8 speaker pads that attach to the bottom of each speaker to prevent them from sliding. Overall for the money, even if you don't have a Apple device, which I don't own now; it is an excellent buy. It comes highly recommended.

Purchased as a gift. When asked what they thought a year and a half later, the response.."IT'S AWESOME!"Now from a more technical standpoint.Sound quality 6/10: Highs and mids aren't Sonos quality or anything, but there is great bass. Overall it gets LOUD and does the intended job of providing clear music via various means.Features: 6/10: The iPhone dock at the top was designed for the older 4.5 in screen iPhones (iPhone 5 specifically) so it's pretty much useless if you don't have that. However, there is usb input for all your techy tech devices, so that's a big plus. I wouldn't call it the most intuitive system though, as it takes some unnecessary fiddling to figure out all the functions without diving into the not so helpful and clear manual.Build quality: 7/10: Looks good, and won't fall apart if you touch it, so there's a plus. The button presses are notchy and not what you expect of such a good looking system. Speakers are made from your typical low end, better than a cardboard box material. Ok, perhaps not that bad, but not that great.Solid enough I suppose..It seems to be holding up nicely with no issues almost 2 years later. It's not a purchase you'll regret if you're looking to provide music for a small backyard gathering or fill a medium sized living room.Overall, the owner is very happy with the purchase. It's not something an audiophile would go for, but it's better at the price, than a lot of the offerings in the price range.

lol I forgot I’ve bought this product before. I owned this about 10 years ago and the charging doc went bad after about 5 months but you get what you pay for hahaha

Was a bit hesitant to order this refurbished system, but there are zero problems with it to this point. CD player works as expected - one CD at a time, No issues there. Just tried a USB.flash drive - put a couple of albums on it and there were also other non-music data files on the drive. The Sony correctly found and played the MP3 files and skipped the others. Unfortunately it does not display song titles - only track numbers. Apparently you can set it up to display the folder/album name or artists name. You can skip around if you have created a play list on paper or another device. You can also set it up to play one album folder at a time, or set to shuffle all MP3s on the drive. The iPhone/ iPod function also works well. Music on my iPod Touch sounds great. If you like more bass - the bass boost really delivers. I just cranked up the volume with the bass boost on and it was way more than I expected. Very nice. I think this a really great system for the money. If you want more bells and whistles and even better sound you are going to have to spend $200-300 or more. I'm glad I gave this one a chance. I love it,