December 17, 2009
Yamaha CRX-330BL Micro Component Receiver CD Player Unit
Posted by: cdplayers : Category: CD Players
- Convenient system control capability
- Superb reception FM tuner with handy functions
- iPod direct docking via top panel universal dock
Product Description
A brilliant combination of Yamaha technology for high sound quality packed into a micro component CD receiver. Outstanding bass sound from compact body…. More >>
Yamaha CRX-330BL Micro Component Receiver CD Player Unit
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December 17th, 2009 at 3:42 am
I ordered the Polk Audio PSW10 10-Inch Monitor Series Powered Subwoofer (Single, Black) to go with my Yamaha CRX-330BL Micro Component Receiver CD Player Unit and bought Belkin PureAV AV20500-15 15-Foot Subwoofer Audio Cable to connect them. It turns out you also need a Monster ILJRY-1 F Single Female RCA to Dual Male RCA Y-Adapter to feed the signal into both channels of the subwoofer, or it doesn’t work right. Once I got all the components, it’s fine, but it took a week and two orders to figure it all out.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 17th, 2009 at 5:05 am
Great product that does exactly what it claims to do; interact well with IPods, deliver sound from a compact easy to use unit. Its bare minimum approach is just what I wanted, but I would understand why someone may want some improvement: an extra 10 watts per channel would be nice for larger spaces. A brighter display for viewing menus from a distance. Coming with its own black colored universal IPod mounts to match the color of the unit. But these are minor in comparison to the things about it that are great; it occupies a unique niche in the mini-receiver market — namely, a unit that is designed to work with speakers of your choice located where you choose, one that fully interacts with the IPod, and that is low low cost.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 17th, 2009 at 6:04 am
My stereo is on a balcony so the remote was an important part of this product for me. Remote works fine through an open door, bounced on a wall, and up to the unit on the balcony. Unit looks good and more importantly it’s small so you don’t have to look at it if you don’t want to; I don’t. I’m not an audiophile so you can take this with a grain of salt if you are. This unit sounds great. I paired it up with some Jensen 18″ high speakers I bought in 1985 and I think it sounds as good or better than when I had it hooked to the original NAD receiver.
Rating: 4 / 5
December 17th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Lovely piece of gear. Superior for a secondary system in the study, dorm, etc.. The milled aluminum front and rich feel of the volume control makes it feel more like a fine audio system component than an all-in-one cheapie.
Audio quality is excellent. You can go to full volume with very little distortion. Check the specs on the comparable Onkyo and you’ll see why the extra money. FM is competent, but CDs are stronger. Ipod dock not tested. Couple this with Polk Atrium 45s as I did and you have a great patio system for $300. Or, a bookshelf system with Axiom M3s for $500 would give you better sound than any one-piece ipod dock–Axiom M2s or Polk TSi100s if your budget requires. Note that speakers must be 6 ohm or better. Some, like one of the small klipsh speakers is 4 ohm, so check first. Trust speaker-only companies to make better speakers. Leave the electronics people to make the electronics and you come out ahead. The front controls are minimal. You really run this by the supplied remote.
Drawbacks: yes it is deep. The small facia disguises its size. It has TIM in the slightly pronounced high treble that reminds you it is a transistor device, and Japanese at that, but no one outside of a live acoustic musician like me is ever going to notice. It doesn’t have HD FM or the ability to read high def DVD-Audio, SACD or even just HDCD, unfortunately. But, all that would add to cost and complexity. The sub-woofer out is a nice touch if you want to upgrade. The design goal of this unit was good sound and basic features, and for that it succeeds.
In short, a micro component that won’t make an audiophile cringe, when carefully combined with the right bookshelf speakers.
Rating: 5 / 5
December 17th, 2009 at 8:58 am
This unit is compact, though deep, so make sure you have the shelf space for it. The ipod dock and USB ports on top make it technologically up to date. However, it has no additional RCA inputs on the back, so you can’t hook up any other source (e.g. a non-ipod MP3 player or your computer) to it. As long as you want to play CDs, listen to the radio or your ipod, it’s fine. Remote control allows limited ipod navigation. Sound quality good, will fill a small to medium-sized room with clean sound at moderately loud but not head-banging levels. You can adjust bass and treble, and it has a subwoofer output that I didn’t try. UPDATE: The USB port may allow you to plug in some non-Ipod MP3 players. I don’t have one so I haven’t tried this, and the instruction manual is not explicit about this.
Rating: 4 / 5