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Sony CD/DVD Hi-Fi System with Bluetooth CMTSBT40D $104 (Was $349) + Delivery ($0 to Metro Areas/ C&C) @ Officeworks

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Sony CD/DVD Hi-Fi System with Bluetooth CMTSBT40D $104 (Was $349) + Delivery ($0 to Metro Areas/ C&C) @ Officeworks
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Landy30 on 28/08/2021 - 10:16 officeworks.com.au (5881 clicks)
Last edited 28/08/2021 - 11:04 by 1 other user

For anyone who still uses CDs, this Sony 50 W micro hi-fi system is on clearance for $104, was $349, with free delivery or C&C from Officeworks. The same model is currently selling for $199 at Amazon and $349 (!) at JB Hi-Fi.

Features include CD/DVD tray, FM radio, USB, NFC (Bluetooth) support, and remote. Reviews are not amazing, but still a pretty decent deal for the price.

Note that video output is via composite cable only (no HDMI or component output). I imagine it would therefore have limited use as a DVD player.

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  • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 10:21
    +5

    They havent really released a competitor to cd or dvd-a yet. I thought theyd have gone sd cards or such by now.

    Closest online solution we have is Tidal, but their apparently lossless format turned out to be worse than Ogg in some cases.

    Dvd-A is still king, for now…

    • askvictor on 28/08/2021 - 10:38

      What's wrong with ogg?

      • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:31
        +1

        Nothing is wrong with Ogg, its my favorite next to Opus!

        It was more a comment on what Tidal was claiming as lossless.

        Its still darn good, but since youtube switched to Opus, Tidal kind of became a money making scheme rather than a worthwhile service.

        Just an opinion though :)

      • Bafranz on 28/08/2021 - 14:00
        +3

        Nothing is wrong with Ogg, Ogg boots are great in winter!!

    • SBOB on 28/08/2021 - 10:50
      +9

      For a system like this, its not like you could tell the audio quality difference anyway.

      (Let alone on a better system, double blind testing etc etc)

      • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:32

        Agreed; it was more just a comment on the "for anyone who still uses CDs" line; as if something had one-upped them yet. :)

      • jwh on 28/08/2021 - 11:24
        +4

        Competitor in reference to audio quality.

        • ForkSnorter on 28/08/2021 - 12:04
          +1

          Maybe some people have ears good enough to hear the difference between a 320kps mp3 and a CD and to consider the difference significant enough to affect the listener’s enjoyment, but such people are probably quite rare. In my experience, things like speaker quality and placement are far more important. There is probably a bit of placebo effect involved in our perception of such differences.

          • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:18
            +5

            @ForkSnorter: Nope, just gotta run an A to B blind test with foobar to see where your perception stops.

            Removes the placebo effect.

            if you listen to any genre with a lot of highhat cymbals, or deliberate digital noise, you can pick it every time. Its not a speaker quality thing, its just that the compressed audio codecs are bad at randomised hiss; digital or cymbal, they crush it every time.

          • BROKENKEYBOARD on 28/08/2021 - 12:19
            +2

            @ForkSnorter: I feel like the majority of people that care so much about audio quality don't actually care about it that much, they just want to brag or sound like a connoisseur.

            • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:29
              +13

              @BROKENKEYBOARD: There's a bit of that in 'the scene' for sure.
              But there's a lot of people who 'know' a song, and its frustrating to not hear it anymore.

              A great, easy to reproduce example is "Bring Me to Life" by good ol Evanescence.

              Back in the day, when not everyone had a decent subwoofer, id say 9/10 people I talked to, saying "man, those 2 bass drops in the intro? literally gives you goosebumps" had no idea what i was on about, because they're actually not really audible unless you can reproduce sub 80hz reliably. But if you can, they shake your bones.

              The song is still 'fine' through normal speakers, but its missing one of the key "wow!" elements, and that bothers some more than others.

              Another great example that falls flat over streaming is "aerodynamic" by daft punk.
              The 'corrupted' guitar solo has a few sharp digital hisses that just didnt survive the compression algorithm. Once again, still a good song, but missing one of the key elements that make your hairs stand on end.

              I think you'll find the people who are dismissive of audio quality often use music as background noise, rather than their key activity.

              • Jetkuma on 29/08/2021 - 12:56

                @MasterScythe: Thank you for suggesting "Bring Me to Life" and Aerodynamic. Really enjoying it on my Susvara.

              • Geekomatic on 29/08/2021 - 17:12

                @MasterScythe: This is why I still scour the op-shops for actual CD's ($1 each) to rip as I wish. MUCH better quality!

          • Gusper on 28/08/2021 - 12:35

            @ForkSnorter: Back in the 90s I had a Roland sound card, what I discovered is the DAC makes way more difference than the source file. I would drool over a 128-192kb file on the Roland. Every other card sounded crap at these bit rates.

            • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:45
              +1

              @Gusper: Yeah, it's the same way that just a single valve in a pre-amp can make even the most digitally compressed track, sound more like a 'live hall' recording.
              It doesn't fix the clarity, but it does change it from 'lacking compressions' to 'pseudo live'.

              The processing stages make some wild differences.

        • Keplaffintech on 29/08/2021 - 19:20

          I'd love to see anyone who can reliably pick out 320kbps vs WAV in a double blind test.

          • MasterScythe on 30/08/2021 - 08:39

            @Keplaffintech: 320kbps in what format?

            Ogg, opus acc+? Sure, probably not often.

            Mp3? So long as you let me pick the music you want to encode, every time. I have several harshnoise tracks mp3 encoders crush every time. They're designed to be small; when you present them with randomised noise, llike cymbals or freeform jazz, or the entire harshnoise genre; it just cant do anything accurately with it.

            Having spent 3 years blind, really teaches you to pick up subtle audio changes.

      • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 12:20
        +2

        Not even close.
        No tactile experience, audio quality is meh, and literally tens of genres are missing; at least from the likes of things like spotify and GoogleMusic.

        Soundcloud premium isnt bad, but its still too heavily compressed for the likes of noisecore or electro prog metal.

      • Corgsta on 28/08/2021 - 14:01

        I often buy music on Bandcamp in FLAC format. It’s decent quality. Depends on the band, some big names but usually not. At least most of the money goes direct to the artist.

        • MasterScythe on 29/08/2021 - 12:16

          Flac is lossless, its as good a quality as it was recorded at.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/08/2021 - 12:38

      DVD A is pretty much dead in the water. SACD still has some life mainly in classical music, jazz and blues. This system does not support SACD.

    • giventofly on 28/08/2021 - 13:18

      Yeah I've been doing comparisons with Apple lossless and Tidal, and to my amateur ears, MQA is fluff and not worth the overhead.

      • MasterScythe on 28/08/2021 - 13:20
        +1

        If you're into that sort of thing:

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRjsu9-Vznc

        • giventofly on 30/08/2021 - 09:58

          Thank you so much for that. That was brilliant.

          • MasterScythe on 30/08/2021 - 10:55
            +1

            @giventofly: It's "insane audiophile" level listening, but with scientific data to back it up. I love that sort of thing. I can't stand the 'feelings' type audiophiles, the human brain\ear is a flawed system when trying to push your internal experience onto external people.

            • giventofly on 30/08/2021 - 11:09

              @MasterScythe: Whilst I am not an audiophile by any measure, that video was delivered in a way that was easy to understand. Very well done.

              I had my ‘watershed moment’ when I was listening to Fleetwood Mac on my Google Audio and it just stood out to me as sounding a lot better.

              I know it’s a WiFi Chromecast dongle but it sounds better than the equivalent track on Tidal through my Yamaha HS7 monitors. In fact, a lot of the songs did - they had a much more refined low-end.

              Then I got an iPad with Apple Music and Lorde’s new album sounds better on that than Tidal. I have not done any measuring, this is just purely how I hear it.

              The above video (and Neil Young’s exodus) seal it for me. Not worth it. MQA is just another way to make money.

              • MasterScythe on 30/08/2021 - 11:15

                @giventofly: If you know enough to be able to list codecs like that, you should look into how amazing OPUS is.

                I was sickened by being forced to accept 'youtube rips' were actually of acceptable quality; above 320kbps MP3. They're done in 256k OPUS, which is double what is recommended by the codec creators for transparent CD rips….

                I'll always be a physical media guy, but man, even the newer compression streams are getting impressive….

                • giventofly on 30/08/2021 - 11:18

                  @MasterScythe: Will check it out.

                  I'm with you on physical media. Sounds way better than streaming. More dynamic range. Cleaner.

    • skillet on 31/08/2021 - 09:12

      It's called Optical Disc Archive ODA.

  • congo on 28/08/2021 - 10:22

    Usually around $200
    How does it sound?

    • hoxyz on 28/08/2021 - 10:34
      +80

      It sounds like a bargain.

      • ozjimjam on 28/08/2021 - 10:47

        LOL, good one

      • Sammyboy on 28/08/2021 - 11:05
        +1

        Thanks for my morning laugh! I have this system and the sound is pretty average. Even the little powered speakers from Edifier sound better. But for that price can't go wrong.

      • djmm on 28/08/2021 - 11:13
        +1

        If you give me $100 to make it, I would just make you a pancake

      • Anthropomorphised on 28/08/2021 - 11:24
        +2

        We had this at the family holiday house. It’s inoffensive, nothing incredible but decent for an average loungeroom. Absolutely kills the quality of most smart speakers. Shame Google doesn’t make the chromecast audio anymore, that could’ve been a decent little rig

    • placard on 28/08/2021 - 11:19
      +2

      The speakers will be pretty average to be honest.

    • PaulEDangerously on 28/08/2021 - 12:07
      +1

      I bought this set a couple of years ago. I think it sounds quite good and especially at that price. Honestly, unless you're an audiophile or someone who is into high quality equipment, you will find these speakers do very well, especially compared to many of the BT speakers on the market if you only want to use it at home, far better quality and good stereo sound. Only complaint would be the buttons on the unit are a little poxy but the remote feels nice enough.

    • jcon on 28/08/2021 - 18:36

      For a hundred bucks it's great value, but setting aside the price it's light on bass and limited volume.

  • Trishool on 28/08/2021 - 10:23
    +3

    For $100 it's not bad. You can't pair Bluetooth headphones to it, but you can pair your phone via Bluetooth or NFC. I've even managed to pair my LG TV with it so I can play the TV audio from the speaker system.

    It's good for a small room, the larger the room, the less the oomph.

    • slacker on 28/08/2021 - 10:58

      Even >$1000 AV receivers only use Bluetooth for playback, not for headphones. This may have changed recently. When I was buying my receiver a couple of years ago I couldn't find one that would pair with headphones.

  • Pixie13 on 28/08/2021 - 10:34

    What would the effect of plugging two speakers in each speaker output instead of one? I have an ex display home with speakers in the ceiling (4 in total).

    • WaterDragon on 28/08/2021 - 10:37

      The power for additional speakers might be limited, so more speakers may not mean better sound.

      What you would need is an amplifier to drive additional speakers.

      • Pixie13 on 28/08/2021 - 10:39

        Thanks for the reply. The speakers are placed throughout the house, so as long as there is audio that I can hear it is okay. I was thinking about an amplifier, but wouldn't know where to start.

        • attfiecz2 on 28/08/2021 - 11:04
          +2

          There will likely be howls here but you can start at the tip shop.
          You should be able to pick up a cheap but decent 10 year old stereo amp with speaker A and speaker B outputs.
          Four ceiling speakers likely won't be audiophile.
          I have a few of these set up, garden, shed etc.
          There are inexpensive bluetooth receivers available.
          What I also have is a couple of old phones with spotify on them.
          It means I can change the music remotely by playing spotify on my phone but changing the output to a different device.

          • Gunnar on 28/08/2021 - 11:25

            @attfiecz2: I see what you’re getting at with this and it would indeed be a better way of powering those ceiling speakers than using this system. It is a complicated set up that you have but will work. Also if you have old hifi gear that’s the way you go.

          • behrouz on 28/08/2021 - 11:57

            @attfiecz2: If you look for some quality bluetooth receivers jump on amazon and get some mini dots for $10 and they works as smart bluetooth receivers and works solids, you just say pair with my phone and also choosing the speaker on phone.

          • Pixie13 on 28/08/2021 - 13:57

            @attfiecz2: Thank you for the idea. I guess if is a receiver too, it'll have radio. I was hoping to be able to play cds, but I can always attach a cd player of some description.

    • Bunsen on 28/08/2021 - 10:38
      +1

      depends on the impedance (ohms) of your ceiling speakers. Presumably 8 ohms.

      In series with give half the volume, parallel you may get distortion. Need to also check the output specs of this system.

      Better off with a 4ch amp..

      • Pixie13 on 28/08/2021 - 10:40

        Thanks for that information - is there such things as cheaper 4 channel amps that won't cost > $200?

        • Bunsen on 28/08/2021 - 10:50
          +2

          2nd hand multi ch hifi amps can be found cheap on marketplace/ebay..

        • MasterScythe on 29/08/2021 - 12:22

          Buy 2x 2 channel amps.

          Im a pretty big fan of these, personally.

          https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/284004649835

          19v tends to be their sweet spot for powering them, and luckily for us, thats the voltage of almost every old laptop power brick in the world.

          • Pixie13 on 29/08/2021 - 15:57

            @MasterScythe: Thanks. I never knew these existed until now. The interface for these are Bluetooth only for input?

            • MasterScythe on 30/08/2021 - 10:51

              @Pixie13: That specific one looks so; but there's a billion TriPath amplifiers on ebay.
              Just search 'Mini Amplifier'.
              Should be about $20 for a good one, that can do 20-40W RMS with less than 0.01% TDH.
              Basically, they're about the size of a credit card, and offer enough power to literally blow the cones out of your roof speakers, assuming they were put in tens of years ago, when FM radio was the sort of thing you piped through the whole house. They'll have 10-20W RMS handling.

              Dont worry, you'll hear them distort to hell before you break anything.

    • fantombloo on 28/08/2021 - 10:39

      Potentially blowing up the stereo. Or other undesirable results.

    • andy30 on 28/08/2021 - 10:42

      System and speakers are rated for 8 ohms. As Bunsen says, it would be safer to wire in series to avoid overloading the amp, but then you'd get less volume.

      • Pixie13 on 28/08/2021 - 10:43
        +1

        I had no idea that you could wire speakers in series, you learn something new every day!

    • King Tightarse on 28/08/2021 - 16:32
      +1

      If you parallel plug two sets of speakers you will affect the speakers impedance.
      Google for more on this (basically you don't want to do it)

  • fantombloo on 28/08/2021 - 10:37
    +4

    $100 seems ok but plenty of good old hifis to be found in hard rubbish / cleanups / upcycle groups. I have 4 such scattered throughout the garage and workplace, cost nothing, last forever.

    • WatchNerd on 28/08/2021 - 10:41
      +1

      True but do they have Bluetooth and a remote?

      • fantombloo on 28/08/2021 - 10:45
        +2

        At least a couple of mine have a remote but I never use them.

        Never found one with Bluetooth but a 3.5mm plug on a 2m extension cable is almost just as handy.

        • WatchNerd on 28/08/2021 - 10:52
          +5

          If you've got the time & patience you could furnish your entire house for free using hard rubbish & Gumtree freebies.

          • placard on 28/08/2021 - 11:23
            +3

            @WatchNerd: We recently had hard rubbish in our area, the amount of great stuff I found is incredible!

        • Jackson on 28/08/2021 - 11:17
          +1

          Or rig a 10 buck Bluetooth receiver into the aux

    • Bunsen on 28/08/2021 - 11:01
      +3

      That's if you get there b4 the scabs cut the AC cord off!

      • ak47wong on 28/08/2021 - 16:31
        +1

        They are the worst. Scavengers cutting off the cords and making appliances impossible to reuse for, what, 10c worth of copper?

        • Bunsen on 28/08/2021 - 16:41
          +3

          Yep - It's pretty much the sole reason why most councils now use a 'booking system' for hard rubbish, what little they made from recycling efforts was negated by the scabs smashing open TV's for the yolk coil & cutting cords etc.. Not to mention the extra mess the scabs create rummaging thru everything.

          Worst part is, if you see something that looks decent - the cord is cut & there's nothing worse than replacing the cut cord to only find the unit was faulty anyway..

    • jcon on 28/08/2021 - 18:44

      This is ozbargain way.
      I picked up a curbside vintage amp, cleaned it, tested it, and sold it for $150.
      My garage hifi cost me $10. CD drawers don't work but the radio and aux in work fine.
      My kitchen hifi cost me $30 at an auction house, but that was before I really discovered Facebook marketplace.

  • spoonmugen on 28/08/2021 - 10:38
    +2

    harvey norman is clearing some units out too

    https://www.harveynorman.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=micr…

    whats the smallest micro hifi/for a tiny desk?

  • WatchNerd on 28/08/2021 - 10:38
    +1

    FYI - This has FM but no AM (Not DAB). It has a 3.5mm input so you could use it instead of a TV soundbar. I'm guessing it would be better than any $100 soundbar.

  • Setiawan on 28/08/2021 - 10:45
    +2

    No HDMI or even component output?

  • YodaBaby on 28/08/2021 - 10:56
    +1

    Only FM tuner, no DAB+ digital radio. ☹️

    • WatchNerd on 28/08/2021 - 11:01

      Yes that's correct. I guess you could Bluetooth to your phone and play other radio stations that way.

    • Bunsen on 28/08/2021 - 11:04

      a 'portable' DAB would cost more than $100.

      High expectations for a RRP sub$200 shelf Hifi system..

    • WaterDragon on 28/08/2021 - 11:10
      +4

      Sony has DAB digital radio version, but weaker power output.
      $125 from HN.
      https://www.harveynorman.com.au/sony-micro-hi-fi-system-with…

      • WatchNerd on 28/08/2021 - 11:34
        +1

        Also on Amazon $125.00 delivered Strange it doesn't mention DAB but it's there on the Sony Website.

      • Antikythera on 28/08/2021 - 11:40

        office works has that unit for $249 so perhaps people could try and price match.

      • nephilim on 28/08/2021 - 14:46

        We got this for $150 from kogan a year ago, main issue is will need to buy a decent antenna. It comes with a wire that picks up nothing.
        $30 clock radio has better reception

  • payless69 on 28/08/2021 - 11:03

    Bummer, no vinil playback option!

    • Trishool on 28/08/2021 - 13:44
      +6

      Nor vinyl.

      • payless69 on 29/08/2021 - 17:41

        I really meant Shellac! I want total noise removal Dolby eternal and the 89rpm before the 78's got standardised!

  • SupeNintendoChalmers on 28/08/2021 - 11:13
    +3

    I was going to get one for my MiL, but then saw that it has Bluetooth. She truly thinks Bluetooth and Wifi cause cancer, so hard and reluctant pass for me.

    • ProlapsedHeinous on 28/08/2021 - 12:53
      +5

      Are you really going to miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime? Oh you like her… nvm

    • yellowfever on 28/08/2021 - 13:31

      Don't use Bluetooth then?
      Whack in the CD

      • Loopholio on 29/08/2021 - 09:21
        +1

        CD lazers cause super cancer. Know Fakt!

  • pompompom on 28/08/2021 - 11:17
    +1

    This model is ancient. Not sure if worth it.

    • Jackson on 28/08/2021 - 11:25
      +5

      If it was ancient it might actually be really good

    • [Deactivated] on 28/08/2021 - 16:31
      -2

      Why it’s even still for sale is my question.
      Any bargains on VHS or cassette players?

  • adrianhughes1998 on 28/08/2021 - 11:35
    +1

    I guess it's the usual Officeworks thing, where hardly any stock anywhere to get a hold of.

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