Publications/reviews

SVEN MS-1820 is a multifunction speaker system in the price bracket “up to $50”, which can be a full-fledged central link in the system of the home theatre or multimedia center. Speakers reproduce music from any sources, they playback tracks from USB drives and operate in FM radio mode. Their functionality is perfect. And what about implementation?

Journalists are tired to write about such new products as earphones. But the market continues to replenish with new models. This time SEB series earphones of SVEN Company, namely Sapphire, Amethyst and Tourmaline, fell to my lot. They differed by the color only in a crucial respect. In the editorial office, they solemnly put off rather attractive, faceted, transparent plastic small boxes upon me. I decided at first that they were New Year’s toys, but upon closer inspection it turned out they were headphones – earphones. There were earphones, packed as a jewelry, removable earplugs and warranty card in a small box on crispy foil. The warranty period for the item was 12 months of the date of sale. But, the important thing was the earplugs had three sizes and three colors: transparent, white and blue. But we speak about this later.

This time active SVEN Royal 2R stereo system fell into my hands. Based on the name the sound must be royal. Or, maybe it is designed to sound a palace? We shall see. But now let us remove from the carton the “virginity pollen” and open it.

Sound bar are new words in the world of acoustics. The words mean a “aound strip” or “sound stick”. Wireless SVEN SB-550 2.1 channel sound bar does for this illustration in the best way possible. Even the dear mother-in-law desires to improve the sound of a TV-set (LCD or plasma) immediately after its purchasing. The active monoblock speaker system has been created especially for this purpose, else being called the sound bar, because not everybody can afford a receiver with the floor speaker set...