The sakura amplifier AV 348 amplifier is now being rebranded to "KEN" AV 168....
The seller from Knight Audio from Raon told me that it is also the same as Sakura AV348. The only difference is the brand name. Pero from sakura parin xa. Since ung warranty sticker na nakadikit sakura padin and ung warranty ay sa sakura padin.
P4200 ung bili ko.
Good looking amplifier talga xa. Mukhang mamahalin. We also have an pioneer amplifier. So far maganda nadin quality ng sound ng sakura... The display graphics is simple and good looking enough. Hindi xa jologs at makulay. The amplifier increases the volume moderately when you turn it on. Astig. hehe.... The prologic 1 basically works... but not as good as prologic 2.... kc parang inuulit lang nya ung tunog ng FL/FR sa SL/SR. Dependent xa sa surround speaker mo kung anong frequency ung nilalabas. May Treble/Bass adjustment din naman xa, para ma adjust kung mxdo matining ang tunog. You can make the sound rounder... Sa mga movies di ako mxdo natuwa sa sound quality... kc mejo murky ng konti ang tunog... pero ma.aappreciate naman siguro ng iba kung hindi maarte... kapag music naman, i played jazz....like kim waters, jeff golub, brian culbertson, and dave koz.... it was above average naman
i was pleased with it....
All in all hindi naman xa basag o matining na nakakasakit ng ulo. Basic amplifier lang xa.... If you have a PC as a source you can improve your sounds more using SRS Sandbox....
Dependent din naman kc yan sa source(kung mataas bitrate, quality and/or galing xa sa original... kung maganda ba ung studio na nagrecord ng song na yun etc.), player(kung may DSP), cables, speakers(types of speakers), matching ng speakers(covered ba lahat ng frequency ng mga speaker outputs mo), placement of speakers....
All in all taking it in consideration, the sakura amplifier is fair to average. The only rant i have with it, is that it has no Digital Coax input,
no Optical input,
the DSP setting doesnt have much difference from the other settings
the surround L/R volume level is not saved when you turn off/standby the unit
the center volume level doesnt save as well
The bass/treble setting hindi din naalala....
so far only 1 day used palang.... maybe i could be wrong sa ibang sinasabi ko... pero eto initial impression ko....
Ill get back if meron pang update.