Hi Guys & Gals,
I thought it would be fun to do a quick sound comparison video review of the following mid sized boxes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNhip5I2aO0&feature=youtu.be
1. Hitachi TRK-8080W
2. Sanyo M9990K
3. Sharp GF-9292X
All three of these units are of similar size and weight with the Sharp being slightly larger and heavier.
The Hitachi and Sanyo are 12V (8 D cell) units with the Sharp being a 15V (10 D cell) unit.
Being higher end models of their type, all three have separate bass and treble dials.
All three are good examples and to my knowledge, have healthy amps and sound as good or better when compared with other examples of these models.
Whilst some will say that they don't normally leave the bass and treble settings at the flat position for normal use, I wanted to do a 'factory settings' comparison of these three models.
Although the sound of the video can never completely offer a 100% accurate representation of the sound characteristics of each unit, it is pretty close to what I heard 'live' whilst filming each model. If you have good quality computer speakers and sub, you should get pretty close to the real thing.
3rd place: Hitachi TRK-8080W. The Hitachi in comparison to the others tested offered a hollow sound with quite a muted treble sound with a very modest amount of bass. The Hitachi is well suited to soft music although I do leave the loudness setting on and the bass & treble settings at max at all times.
2nd place: Sharp GF-9292W. I know many won't agree with this choice of runner-up but although the Sharp is easily the most powerful unit tested, the treble isn't quite as crisp and the bass never gets down to the depths offered by the winner. The Sharps' sound is very strong on mids. If I turn up the bass, I always have to set the treble to max to compensate. It's a great rock box and for outdoor applications where shear grunt is the order of the day, the GF-9292X is the way to go.
1st place: Sanyo appears to have tailored the sound of the M9990K to be biased toward bass from the get go. Even on the flat settings, the bass is strong with the highs are also well represented. So for general use including indoor low - medium volume levels, the Sanyo gets the nod from me this time around.
Have a great weekend,
James....
I thought it would be fun to do a quick sound comparison video review of the following mid sized boxes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNhip5I2aO0&feature=youtu.be
1. Hitachi TRK-8080W
2. Sanyo M9990K
3. Sharp GF-9292X
All three of these units are of similar size and weight with the Sharp being slightly larger and heavier.
The Hitachi and Sanyo are 12V (8 D cell) units with the Sharp being a 15V (10 D cell) unit.
Being higher end models of their type, all three have separate bass and treble dials.
All three are good examples and to my knowledge, have healthy amps and sound as good or better when compared with other examples of these models.
Whilst some will say that they don't normally leave the bass and treble settings at the flat position for normal use, I wanted to do a 'factory settings' comparison of these three models.
Although the sound of the video can never completely offer a 100% accurate representation of the sound characteristics of each unit, it is pretty close to what I heard 'live' whilst filming each model. If you have good quality computer speakers and sub, you should get pretty close to the real thing.
3rd place: Hitachi TRK-8080W. The Hitachi in comparison to the others tested offered a hollow sound with quite a muted treble sound with a very modest amount of bass. The Hitachi is well suited to soft music although I do leave the loudness setting on and the bass & treble settings at max at all times.
2nd place: Sharp GF-9292W. I know many won't agree with this choice of runner-up but although the Sharp is easily the most powerful unit tested, the treble isn't quite as crisp and the bass never gets down to the depths offered by the winner. The Sharps' sound is very strong on mids. If I turn up the bass, I always have to set the treble to max to compensate. It's a great rock box and for outdoor applications where shear grunt is the order of the day, the GF-9292X is the way to go.
1st place: Sanyo appears to have tailored the sound of the M9990K to be biased toward bass from the get go. Even on the flat settings, the bass is strong with the highs are also well represented. So for general use including indoor low - medium volume levels, the Sanyo gets the nod from me this time around.
Have a great weekend,
James....
But like Ira said-the 9994 is much louder and more powerful,better highs and lows!
what are your feelings Ira?