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Philips WACS7000

 

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  • User Score (26)
    6.9 6.9 from 26 reviewers
  • Expert Score (7)
    7.1 7.1 from 7 reviewers
  • Value for money (5)
    6.8 6.8 from 5 reviewers
  • Features (6)
    6.8 6.8 from 6 reviewers
  • Ease of use (5)
    5.5 5.5 from 5 reviewers
  • Sound quality (8)
    7.5 7.5 from 8 reviewers
  • Durability (2)
    6.8 6.8 from 2 reviewers
  • Reliability (4)
    3.4 3.4 from 4 reviewers
  • Overall quality (4)
    3.8 3.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Looks (2)
    7.7 7.7 from 2 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. TechRadar UK

    TechRadar UK
    9.0/10
    30 July 2007

    The WACS7000 is a versatile music system and one of the simplest ways of getting a multi-room setup in to the home. Philips has successfully ironed out any niggles that hampered its predecessor and made it a music system that we'd happily have around the home. Read more

    • Decent storage capacity, Excellent features, Good sound quality
    • Not Mac-compatible

  2. CNET

    CNET
    6.0/10
    17 July 2007

    The follow up to the WACS700, the WACS7000 is a decent product for technophobes who want to get into digital music without getting their hands dirty with PCs. The sound from the main unit is good and it's easy to use, but there are too many little problems for it to beat the competition Read more

    • Easy setup, Simple menus, Long-range Wi-Fi, Sound on main unit is good
    • Painfully slow CD ripping, Speakers on streaming unit are poor, Can't stream networked media to other slave units, Slow menus

  3. Avreview

    Avreview
    8.0/10
    22 November 2007

    Despite the good looks, some impressive performance from the speakers and a decent degree of audio control, however, we were a little disappointed by factors like the small, low resolution display, occasionally awkward configuration and the relatively high price. Although you're getting quite a lot for your money with the Philips system, it won't really be worthwhile unless you take advantage of all of its features - if you will, then it's worth it, but there are much... Read more

    • Very stylish, rip and stream all your music without using a PC, decent built-in speakers
    • Can be awkward to configure, sub-par display, expensive

  4. PC Advisor

    PC Advisor
    7.0/10
    11 August 2007

    With its thick chunky styling, the Philips Streamium WACS7000 may look rather over the top, but if you want music streaming from every room (well, two at any rate), this is a nicely worked (if not inexpensive) solution. Read more

  5. goodgearguide.com.au

    review.goodgearguide.com.au
    31 July 2007

    With its thick chunky styling, the Philips Streamium WACS7000 may look rather over the top, but if you want music streaming from every room (well, two at any rate), this is a nicely worked (if not inexpensive) solution. The main piece of the Philips Streamium WACS7000 kit is the MusicCentre. This has an 80GB hard drive, on to which you can rip your CD collection (or fill with MP3s from your existing PC or wired/wireless network). Read more

    • Easy to set-up, good sound quality with excellent Wi-Fi range
    • The interface could be a bit tricky to use

  • User Reviews

  1. The Best Media Center On the Market! AMAZING!

    Amazon
    10/10
    Reviewer: E. Renteria "Electronics101", Amazon
    20 October 2007

    This technology is unbelievable, you could stream any wiFi music connection from any part of your home. For example, if you go to the living room you can continue the music you where listing to in your bed room the the living room or kitchen where every you chose and so on! Also it has so much storage you can store a lot of music,i put all my media on it, not to mention the design is really sleek. I would buy this item all over again, definitely recommended. Read more

  2. CNET

    CNET
    8.0/10
    Reviewer: Gordon Sherry, CNET
    4 August 2011

    I have the WACS7500 and think this is a fantastic idea, all your music stored in one place allowing you to keep your hard copies out of the reach of the little darlings grubby, destructive fingers. This also means you don't need to search through the pile of CD cases only to find empty or mixed up disks/cases or worse... damaged disks. All your music is stored neatly in exactly the same place for evermore. Read more

    • Looks good, sounds reasonable, keeps the house clear of CDs
    • advanced setup issues and system freezing.

  3. "WACS7000" 80Gb WiFi music centre and stations

    10/10
    Reviewer: markymark1234, Ciao
    12 November 2007

    Now this is one serious bit of kit if you are a music lover! This system can play your CDs and can also save them on its built in 80GB hard drive ! Thats about 1500 albums and over 20,000 songs .You basicly place the base station in your main room and then you can add 4 seperate music stations around your home. You can then listen to music in any of the rooms you have a station that you have saved on the base system, and this is all wirless! Read more

    • Looks and sounds fantasic!
    • Can only have 4 music stations attached

  4. philips wac700/05

    Unbeatable
    2.0/10
    Reviewer: lynn, Unbeatable
    22 August 2007

    i have this product and another 3 centers to work of main center. had it 3 years and everything was great untill main center broke seems to be hard drive , have contacted philips and repair shops that they have recommended , and no one can source the part so i am now left with an audio system that cost a lot of money that cant do anything apart from play the radio . Read more

  5. Philips Wacs700

    Dooyoo
    6.0/10
    Reviewer: Dooyoo
    3 August 2007

    if it wasn't for the small 40 GB drive, it'd be a good choice Read more

    • Multi-room support
    • 40 GB storage

  • WikiFreak Description

Philips WACS7000

Philips WACS7000 is a hard disk digital music audio system. It is capable to store up to 80 GB of digital music and connects to wireless stream via its 802.11g connection at a 54 Mbps rate.

Features

The WACS7000 consists of an 80 GB hard disk that enables user to store and playback up to 1500 CDs. It allows user to wirelessly stream content between Music Centre and Station. Besides that, it also provides a USB Direct for MP3 and WMA music playback. Also, it is built with a doc…

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Philips WACS7000

Philips WACS7000 is a hard disk digital music audio system. It is capable to store up to 80 GB of digital music and connects to wireless stream via its 802.11g connection at a 54 Mbps rate.

Features

The WACS7000 consists of an 80 GB hard disk that enables user to store and playback up to 1500 CDs. It allows user to wirelessly stream content between Music Centre and Station. Besides that, it also provides a USB Direct for MP3 and WMA music playback. Also, it is built with a docking cradle for GoGear and iPod. User is also allowed to stream wirelessly from PC via UPnP. Other features include My Room, My Music that allows user to listen to different music in each room; Music Follows me, which allows music to be play along as user move from one room to another; and Music Broadcast for simultaneous playback to all stations. In addition, it also enables user to rip CDs with Gracenote automatic song information search. It also includes a 2-way LCD remote control with alphanumerical search. In term of sound production, it features Super Sound Panel that delivers clear and deep bass and also Class D digital amplifier for sound performance. Sound enhancements feature include Dynamic Bass Boost 3 steps, Equalizer, Incredible Surround, Treble and Bass Control and Smart Equalizer. The speaker system is capable to produce 40 Watts + 40 Watts of RMS power. It measures 608 x 175 x 303 mm in dimensions and weighs 12.93 kg.

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