Hitachi 702HT 5-Piece Home Theater Speaker System

by Hitachi

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 16 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000056BM9
• Item model number: 702HT
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,045 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Hitachi's 702HT five-piece home theater speaker set is as economical with space as it is with price, providing affordable and affable surround entertainment with decent, natural sound. The video-shielded 702HT comes with everything you need to hook it up to your 5.1-channel surround receiver, including mounting equipment and lots of speaker wire with presoldered leads for easy installation.

An external powered subwoofer is required to get the full effect of 5.1-channel movies or music, but even without a subwoofer, this system offers spacious and pleasing sound from five compact speakers. The center-channel speaker is the largest of the five, as it will be charged with reproducing the bulk of the sound in Dolby Digital, DTS, or televised Dolby Pro Logic programming. The other four speakers--left, right, and left and right surround--are identical and come with pivoting tweeters that let you focus the sound for your prime listening area.

We're quite impressed with the quality of sound from this little system; its hallmark is distortion-free clarity and surprisingly natural vocal and instrumental timbres, especially from the center speaker. Don't expect wonders--the bass response is limited, and the high frequencies can extend only so far and so sweetly in a budget system.

But if you're tight on space and funds, or simply want the enveloping pleasure of surround sound in your office or dormitory, we highly recommend the Hitachi 702HT as a peppy entry-level surround speaker system.

Pay close attention to phase coherence when hooking up the supplied speaker wire. Since the wire is black, it's not easy to tell which of the two leads is which. One is marked with a thin white line, so be consistent about which lead you join to which terminal at the speakers and at your surround receiver; out-of-phase wiring can ruin surround effects and further diminish your system's bass response. --Michael Mikesell

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars College kid music fan, April 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hitachi 702HT 5-Piece Home Theater Speaker System (Electronics)

just got this system today and i think it is well worth the money. I watched Gladiator and the sound was bright, clear and very imersing. So far im very happy.

22 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great surround sound, January 24, 2001

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"jns344" (Chicago, IL US) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitachi 702HT 5-Piece Home Theater Speaker System (Electronics)

The Hitachi 702HT 5 piece home theater system is a great way to get the movie theater experience in your home and for a great price. The system has many great features that make you feel like you're Maximus when watching Gladiator, William Wallace while watching Braveheart, or the guy who gets his head taken off by a cannon ball in The Patriot. If you have a Home Theater or want a home theater, the Hitachi 702HT 5 piece home theater system is a must!