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Sharp XL-B530 200W Bluetooth & MP3/CD Player/AM/FM Speaker System (Brown Oak)

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Nationwide Group via Amazon has Sharp XL-B530 200W Bluetooth & MP3/CD Player/AM/FM Speaker System (Brown Oak) on sale for $129.99 - $50 off when you 'clip' the coupon on the product page = $79.99. Shipping is free.
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Features:
  • Powerful 200W max output power (100W RMS) with loudness control for all your great beats and programmable playback
  • Brown wood finish provides a breath-taking touch of décor
  • Bluetooth streaming for all Apple and Android compatibility
  • MP3/CD/USB/WMA AM/FM digital system
  • Built-in advanced LED display

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Nationwide Group via Amazon has Sharp XL-B530 200W Bluetooth & MP3/CD Player/AM/FM Speaker System (Brown Oak) on sale for $129.99 - $50 off when you 'clip' the coupon on the product page = $79.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Sold & shipped by Nationwide Group. Must be logged in to clip coupons; coupons are typically one-time use.
Thanks to community member AstraStar for finding this deal.

Features:
  • Powerful 200W max output power (100W RMS) with loudness control for all your great beats and programmable playback
  • Brown wood finish provides a breath-taking touch of décor
  • Bluetooth streaming for all Apple and Android compatibility
  • MP3/CD/USB/WMA AM/FM digital system
  • Built-in advanced LED display

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff
  • About this Store:
  • Additional Information:
    • Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon based on over 1590 customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Probably a downgrade. If I read the specs right your ION Pathfinder 4 has an 8" woofer(?). The woofers on this unit are 4" each. Of course,there are loads of other variables here...

This Sharp solution is going to be somewhere between functional to great in a reasonably small space. I personally like cheap micro systems as a substitute for soundbars and/or cheap dedicated PC speakers. I suspect the capabilities of a system like this Sharp will fall apart when pushed (i.e. - run loud) and placed in an outdoors setting.

Good luck!
Jon
just notice this is sell/ship from third party if anyone concern about not directly from Amazon.
Bass. And yes, I'm laughing.

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Feb 15, 2024
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Honcho
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I wonder how many people making fun of this are going end up buying something similar in a few years when collecting CDs becomes trendy like collecting vinyl.
Feb 15, 2024
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Vice_Monkey
Feb 15, 2024
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Quote from JacksBack :
I have 3 sound bars. The cheaper $300-$600msrp
good god. I have a legit 5.1 that cost me less than that minus the sub. you can only get out so much ungarbled proportional to woofer cone size.
Feb 15, 2024
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sniperruff
Feb 15, 2024
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Quote from FaithfulLeopard4231 :
Nobody noticed this is a CD player?
Probably 10 years old model....
For funsies I looked up how much new cassette blanks are going for now on ebay. I think I still have a few laying around to cash in...
Feb 15, 2024
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eric10101
Feb 15, 2024
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Quote from budster :
Anyone remember the Aiwa systems like this? Of course, they didn't have bluetooth or USB then, but they came with cassette decks!

This Sharp one looks like cheap junk compared to those Aiwa mini systems.
Heck Yeah! I think a lot of people born between 1980-1990 rocked those bad boys. I remember back in the mid to late 90s downloading songs from Napster and blasting them through my Aiwa system. It was hooked up to a HP Pavilion desktop computer with a R/W AV cable to a splitter with a headphone jack into the computer audio card. This bluethooth generation will never know the perils we used to go through to rig up a system!
Feb 15, 2024
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djklmnop
Feb 15, 2024
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Dig DEEP in the manual. It's 19watts per channel. Lol.
Feb 15, 2024
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onirrapdivad
Feb 15, 2024
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Quote from tygron :
You need to be careful in any deal thread regarding Audio/Video, speakers, receivers, amps, etc. The audiophiles (I use a different word to describe them) assume everyone wants to spend thousands on their setup. When in reality ~99%+ of people in these threads just want to watch Netflix and maybe some BluRays at home in their free time.

As long as YOU are happy with your setup then it is fine.

Could it always be better? Sure, but literally less than 1% of people care that much to drop thousands and then be snarky to anyone else that doesn't get the same sound "quality" as their app/algo tells them they are getting. LMAO
Shrug. I care a lot about audio quality but I'm still a baller on a budget, so I would only dream of spending thousands on a good experience. I didn't advocate for people to spend thousands; I advocate for them to spend wisely.
IMHO, sound bars are situated to be affordable convenient upgrades but literally the lowest quality upgrade one can spring for. I think they are a total waste of money. I'm sure there are some outliers but for the most part, I don't recommend them. A cheap affordable 2.1 setup at a similar price point is not going to look as good or be as convenient to configure, but it should sound better than any entry level sound bar.
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CleverDeer137
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Quote from slickdealgb :
Bass. And yes, I'm laughing.
I've had LG soundbars and Panasonic soundbars that cost $400+, I would take my little Vizio one over them anyday.

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Feb 16, 2024
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ards
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Quote from killerrabbit1961 :
Sharp manufactures Onkyo receivers. "Sharp would be responsible for manufacturing and supplychain management of Onkyo products." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onkyo
And Sharp is majority owned by Hon Hai, aka Foxconn. You, know them as the assembler of iPhones among other things.
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madmallard
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Quote from FaithfulLeopard4231 :
Nobody noticed this is a CD player?
Probably 10 years old model....
it has an FCC filing of 2023, so its at least newly produced.
Feb 16, 2024
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madmallard
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Quote from djklmnop :
Dig DEEP in the manual. It's 19watts per channel. Lol.
at 4 ohms, right? So even if you want to replace the speakers, most are 8 ohms which means only 10 watts.

It has no line outputs to plug into another system, or a sub out to add a sub.

This is definitely a system for a small space with basically no upgrade path that makes sense.

It definitely is not worth its non-sale price. At a sale price, it seems an ok novelty to enjoy in a 2nd space in the home probably. but if you didn't need a cd player, $80 would by a BT speaker that would eat this thing alive in sound performance.
Feb 16, 2024
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easymonies
Feb 16, 2024
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Can this take AudioQuest Rocket speaker cables to improve the sound quality?
Feb 16, 2024
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killerrabbit1961
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Quote from djklmnop :
Dig DEEP in the manual. It's 19watts per channel. Lol.
That doesn't mean much without knowing the efficiency of the speakers. In general, most people listen at a volume that would require only about five watts, especially in a smaller space where something like this would be more likely to be used. From the Matt Helm website:

There's a lot more to amplifier loudness than Watts.
You probably don't need as many Watts as you might think. A smaller amp isn't that much quieter than a big one.
Speaker sensitivity is important. Know what it is when you choose an amp or you might not get the volume change you expected.
It's important to understand that the frequencies in your sound will affect how loud you sound. More Mid = louder.
https://www.matthelm.co.uk/unders...-loudness/
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Quote from wezlypipz :
It looks like it's 100 RMS and 200 peak wattage so I'm okay with that with my 80 watt towers since it falls in between and pretty sure they are only 4ohm so little resistance. I think for most people this would be a great / cheap all in one solution. I already have a Fosi mini amp, but I prefer this with the CD Player built in personally.
No, as stated above in the manual, 19 watts RMS per channel. And once you cut the speaker wires to find out this clock radio on steroids has very little power to drive your speakers, you void the warranty. The brand name should have tipped you off. Think Soundesign, Yorx, Emerson, or Funai of yesteryear. This would have been the Blue light special in Kmart if Kmart was still open.
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Quote from eric10101 :
Heck Yeah! I think a lot of people born between 1980-1990 rocked those bad boys. I remember back in the mid to late 90s downloading songs from Napster and blasting them through my Aiwa system. It was hooked up to a HP Pavilion desktop computer with a R/W AV cable to a splitter with a headphone jack into the computer audio card. This bluethooth generation will never know the perils we used to go through to rig up a system!
I actually have a bluetooth receiver hooked up to my 500watt Aiwa system. Sounds way better than most standalone bluetooth speakers.

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Quote from djklmnop :
Dig DEEP in the manual. It's 19watts per channel.
Could you help point me to this? I read the manual as each channel being rating for 50W RMS, which means I'd expect each channel to be putting out about 5-10W on average (and 50W immediately before melting into a pile of scrap).

Good luck!
Jon
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