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Roberts MP-23 (MP-Sound 23) Home Audio System | 
| Brand: Roberts
Category: CE
Buy New: £204.99
New (8) from £204.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 7605
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11.4
Dimensions (in): 14.1 x 10.2 x 4.7
MPN: 9442058
Model: Sound 23
EAN: 5038301700232
ASIN: B000KWZ36Y
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Cd Clock Radio Alarm | | • | Remote Control | | • | LCD Display | | • | DAB / FM / MW Reception | | • | WMA/MP3 CD & CDR/RW Playback |
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Product Description
Beautiful black design, superb sound & excellent specification - Roberts Sound 23
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
Excellent sound. LCD lets it down August 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you do not want to spend twice as much on Bose, get this unit. Excellent sound and build quality. We only use it for DAB so I cannot comment on other sound sources.
What is miss is direct iPod connection, not just input jack.
And what we do not like? The LCD is too bright during the night, so bright it seems feels like full moon. However, this can be advantage if you need to find way out of the bedroom and back during night.
Good Looking & Good Sounding August 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very well made, nicely finished & quite compact, this CD DAB table-top combination looks & sounds the business.
DAB reception is excellent with the attached unexpanded aerial as is FM. The unit quickly finds all the major stations & locks into the signals very well.
The sound from the radio (DAB & FM) is very good; warm & full sounding with voices being easy to follow.
Sound from the CD is OK but suffers a little in the way of timing & the fact the MP23 has a tendency to `over-cook' the base which can't be turned down. The only really effective equalizer pre-set (Rock) simply makes the music - including the base - go louder.
Volume is very good though, with the ability to go quite loud without distorting the music & the stereo effect is good with speakers at either end of the unit.
The remote is small & compact but don't loose it as most of the MP23's functionality is controlled via it!
Three small gripes: the headphone socket is at the back of the unit when it should be at the front or side for easy access (Roberts should know that by now!)
The blue light on the display is quite bright & can't be turned off or even dimmed. This would be a problem if used in a bedroom.
Other minor gripe? The colour or rather lack of choice. Most people will use this in their bedroom or kitchen & the piano black finish won't suit everyone. My wife, for example, wanted a wood finish to match our kitchen cabinets.
All in all a very good system; it can't replace my mid price ROKSAN Candy amp & CD player but it costs about 1/10 of them if you include decent speakers.
For everyday listening the Roberts MP23 is an excellent compromise between size, cost & sound quality.
Recommended.
 Not for classical music July 14, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought an MP 23 to replace a twenty year old set of units with lots of wires. It looks great, is small and the DAB is easy to use and finds all the stations.
But the first one I had made a buzzing noise, with occasional clicks, when using the CD player and was replaced as defective.
However it, and the replacement, have too much bass. I like classical music and, for example, the lower notes in piano music sound as if there was a double bass accompanying. This happens in other types of music and is only absent in songs and loud orchestral pieces (where it is presumably inaudible).
The inability to adjust the bass is a major drawback. There is an "equalizer" with a choice of six modes, which makes a marginal difference, but is insufficient. There is a Dynamic Range Control to make quieter sounds easier to hear but it only works with DAB.
This is a great DAB radio and CD player,with masses of gizmos. If you like plenty of sound you will like it, but if you want to hear the instruments in classical CDs without the sound of a double bass (or furniture being moved) don't buy it.
 Don't worry about the sticky sticker! June 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The reviews for this product are justifiably glowing. It is so easy to use and the absence of wires all over your room is a real boon for folks like me (and my wife!) who are sick of clutter and mess.
The sound quality is far better than I expected. I think that the quality when listening to classical cds is sweet and musical. I also think that the FM quality is good. All this I cannot even receive DAB in the part of Gloucestershire in which I live!
Oh, and don't worry about the sticky sticker. My unit had a simple polythene label which left no mark when easily removed.
Full marks to Roberts; and to Hughes Direct for the 'ordered Sun am, delivered Tues am service.
Fantastic sound from such a compact unit. And good looking too. June 6, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
First let's address sound:
This unit produces phenomenal sound for it's size and price range. Agree with another reviewer that the bass is a little on the heavy side but the various equaliser presets should satisfy most tastes.
Build quality:
The unit appears to be solid and well built from quality materials.
I had a problem with the tuner on the first unit I bought. Despite finding stations the first time I turned it on, thereafter it was not able to tune into any stations (in DAB mode) when powering up from standby. The replacement unit did not have the same problem.
Design:
It's a great looking piece of kit; sleek, black and compact. But overall design is brought down on two counts: when in standby mode, the blue light from both the screen and around the main volume knob are far too bright. Since I have it in my bedroom, I have to cover the unit at night. And then there are the large and unsightly DAB and SD logos on the front. Other reviewers have referred to stickers but on my unit these are not stickers - the logos are printed on the front and, therefore, are unremoveable.
Remote control and user interface:
I prefer remote controls with proper buttons. This one has a continuous semi-flexible surface with raised areas over the buttons, so it's quite difficult to press the buttons - you have to use a degree of force.
The user interface is ok. I wouldn't say it's the most intuitive but it's certainly not unusable.
That said, I'm giving it 4 stars because of overall sound quality, solid build and looks. The other things are minor and don't take away the fact that this is a great compact DAB radio.
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