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(More customer reviews)I purchased the Frisby surround sound because it was cheap and it advertised True surround sound. I mainly bought it for my xbox 360. When it arrived the first problem was the display cover had already fallen off. it was easily fixable. You will definatly have to buy extenstion cords for the speakers because they are extremely short as if they were made to be set up in a small bathroom. Everything is done by remote, it has individual speaker output levels, treble and bass control. Next problem is that if the remote dies or is broken you are SOL because that is the only way to switch between outputs and volumes on the speakers. Also either the sensor on the remote or the reciever is very weak because it is frequently unreceptive.
Next, I hooked the system up to my xbox 360 using the Optical out connection, when my xbox was on stereo it worked wonderfully the sound is great for such a cheap system. However when I switched the sound to be Dolby Digital the volume completely went to garbage and only the 2 speakers on the front worked and it sounded like an AM radio at that point. Im not sure if it was a defect or not but by that point I doubted it. So i decided to connect my sound via the AUX1 input. Now things were working. Dolby Digital was doing its job and everything sounded as it should. I tested it on a few games and the surround effect was working. The system sounds great on music too. It can be loud too, though i doubt its 3000w. Its a good sounding system when it works but, you get what you pay for i guess. Even then I'd opt for something else. Despite its great sound when it works there are too many flaws. I gave it 3 stars because for its price (Which i paid 150 all together) this system is ok any more expensive and i'd call it a rip off. I will pass on Frisby products next time around and stick to the names brands I know.
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