We recently did a review on the Bang & Olufsen Beosound 3200, but if this is out of your price range at around £1,500 we have for you a sound system that looks great and is selling at around £600. It is the Philips WACS700, which is a Wifi music system for your home.
The Philips WACS700 has a 40GB hard drive in the main unit so that you can store up to 750 CD’s of music onto your system. As well as the slot loading CD you also have a radio built in. The main feature of this system is that it is Wifi so you can have the same music playing throughout your home with great sound quality. The Wifi setup is easy as the 2 units will stay in sync as you move them around your home. The second speaker unit will play the music being sent from your main unit, and can be altered with a remote control. The only problem that you may get is if you try and distance the 2 units too far apart or if the Wifi signal has to travel through too many external. If you already use Wifi in your home for your internet connection for instance on your laptop you will already be familiar with the limitations of a Wifi network. Generally though this system looks fantastic and is affordable, adding great sound to your home.
These look the business. How footballer’s pad are they? Excellent style. These almost look better than the B&O’s.
hi
had the wacs700 for four weeks, but had to send it back.
cd jammed, didnt always fully rip cd’s.
came back from repair and the cd hadnt been touched.
so now its gone and i have my money back.
i would still take a chance on this as it is the business when working to its full.
just hard to get your hands on one
Hi purchased this unit with 4 stations the system is very cleaver but has a major floor the loading mechanism is very poor ive loaded 400 cd on but the mechanism sticks you have to bend some cds to go in some get stuck and you gently have to put another one in to help the eject there is an update for the software but it helped but not much i replaced this unit once for jamming cd so phillips have a big problem also the grace note cd reconition for the tracks is imcompleate as i have had to ignor 300 of my discs that have no track listings therefore i could not put them on but as wirless juke box it is a good tool once phillips sort cd mechanisim this product would be avery good product
Good feedback, but does anyone know when Phillips will launch an updated version?
Having same problem with disc stuck in machine. Won’t eject and system says no disc when I know there is a disc in there. This is the second WACS700 I’ve had, had to return first one with same problem and had already downloaded 1800 tracks. I’m determined not to return this but to get it fixed as I’ve loaded another 2000 tracks. If Philips aren’t helpful and I know my retailer won’t arrange for repairs then I need to find a suitable engineer in the North West – any ideas anyone??????
Hi Louise & anyone else out there with problems with there WACs units… Im a qualified electrical engineer and repair these units for a living. The most common faults are… surprise surprise, loading problems and discs not reading. Also booting up problems and centre not communicating with station.
I live in the NW and would be happy to help offer to repair these units if anyone wants to connect me feel free….. neil.buckley53@ntlworld.com
Regards
Ens.
I have a had the WACS700 for just over a year – typical – and now it won’t boot up. Anyone know anyone in the Northamptonshire (East Mids) are that can fix these? I rang Philips and they want £115 just to look at it before they do anything.
Hi, we’ve had the WAC700 system for a good four years and now have a problem with one of the stations not communicating with the centre – does anyone have any ideas? or know of anyone on the south coast (Isle of Wight/Portsmouth area) that could fix it??
HI, BROUGHT THE PHILIPS WACS700 MUSIC CENTER AND STATION,ONLY USED CENTER ABOUT 20 TIMES WHEN I PLUG IT IN NOW ALL IS SAYS IS BOOTING UP……NEVER USED THE STATION, DOE S ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FIX THEM IN THE CROYDON AREA, AS ITS NOW RUN OUT OF GARANTEE AND PHILIPS ARE NO HELP……..OR ANYONE WHO BUYS THEM {NOT WORKING] WORST PURCHASE EVER…….ALTHOUGH WAS REALLY GOOD WHEN WORKING HELP!!!!!!!
This was the worst purchase ever, this pile of crap and philips customer service need shooting!!!
System worked for approx 20 occassions, had to be returned, charged me £200.00, got it back, worked a futher 10 occassions and has now given up the ghost again!!!???
Now Philps want another £200.00 (WTF!!!!)
No Philips equipment will ever enter my household ever again.
Rant over.