JVC TH-L1 Review

By Ian Bell
October 26, 2007

While this little home theater system lacks a DVD player, it does have HDMI, component video and an Apple iPod pass-throughs, including 1080p support - for $299 bucks.

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"The TH-L1 boasts 360 watts total RMS power. That's a lot for a compact home theater sound system. The subwoofer puts out 100 watts for heavy duty boom-shaka-boom. The front speakers put out 40 watts each, and so do the surround speakers. The center channel is also 40 watts, making a nice round 360 watt figure. The major weakness hidden beneath all that wattage is the 10% THD, or Total Harmonic Distortion. In comparison, higher end speakers have less than 0.05% THD. When cranking the volume up on the TH-L1, you can clearly hear the THD come into play.

The TH-L1, with its five speakers and subwoofer, obviously supplies 5.1 surround sound (each channel being "1" and the subwoofer being the".1"). If ...

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