Panasonic SA-PM27

This SA-PM27 or SC-PM27 mini stereo system was made by Panasonic in 2000-2001. Like all Panasonics, it has trustworthy quality and sublime styling. The front face is one big mirror plate, which looks awesome. The system is only 9.6" tall, but it's 14.75" deep because the CD mechanism needs room to slide back and forth.

It has a 5-disc cd changer, a top-mounted cassette deck, an AM/FM tuner, and RCA input jacks on the back. The remote control unit is part number EUR648264. The system has separate amps for the highs and lows. It has 3-way speakers (labeled SB-PM27), with 10cm side-mounted subwoofers, 8cm mids, and 6cm tweeters. The crossover points are 110 Hz and 5 kHz. To get the most bass, put the speakers inside a wood bookshelf close to the walls of the bookshelf, so the subwoofers can reflect off them. Though this might sound too boomy for some people.

The only drawback to this system is that every time you power it on or off, the CD changer mechanism cycles for a few seconds to "prepare" or "reset" the CD's, even if you weren't playing any of them. Seems like this would cause unnecessary wear and tear. But mine never broke.

SC-PM27