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Teufel Cubycon 2 review

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Price when reviewed : £1399
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An excellent all-in-one for films, assuming you have a Smart TV already

Teufel’s latest 5.1 speaker system is designed as an all-in-one upgrade that will turn any TV and Blu-ray player into a full-blown home cinema system. The Cubycon 2 has a decoder box with a full range of inputs for all your separates, games consoles and set-top boxes, but it doesn’t skimp on sound quality to do so.

Because the system doesn’t rely on a third-party amplifier, Teuful has managed to move all the speaker inputs to the subwoofer, letting you hide most of your cables with only a few inputs going into the decoder box. This takes up less room, and should keep clutter to a minimum. The decoder box is about half the size of a regular set-top box, with a two-line LCD display and oversized volume dial on the front. All inputs are on the back. The unit has a stylish appearance that should sit well with the rest of your home cinema setup.

Teufel Cubycon 2 subwoofer
The subwoofer contains all of the speaker outputs and the amplifier

It has three HDMI inputs, all of which support version 1.4a for 3D video playback, and there are also two stereo RCA inputs, two digital coaxial and one optical input, a 3.5mm auxiliary input and radio antennae for both FM and AM stations. There’s also a USB port here, but it’s only for service updates – you can’t play media through the decoder.

Teufel Cubycon 2 decoder box
The decoder box has plenty of inputs for all of your kit

The subwoofer connects to the decoder using three stereo RCA cables, which are included in the box. These are pretty thick and it can take some planning to hide them effectively, but they’re easily long enough to position the subwoofer out of sight.

The sub’s as large as a carry-on suitcase, but is incredibly well made and looks gorgeous in gunmetal black. With a little cable management, we’d happily show if off rather than hide it behind the furniture. It’s powered, and has a separate power cable to the decoder box, as well as binding post terminals for connecting each satellite speaker. It also has power and volume controls, should you want to reduce its rumble potential.

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Details

Price£1,399
Rating****

Connections

HDMI inputs3
HDMI outputs1
Component inputs0
Component outputs0
Output resolutions480i, 480p, PAL (576i), 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
Total SCART sockets0
SCART socket typeN/A
S-Video input0
S-video output0
Composite inputs0
Composite outputs0
Stereo phono inputs2
Stereo phono outputs0
Coaxial S/PDIF inputs2
Coaxial S/PDIF outputs0
Optical S/PDIF inputs1
Optical S/PDIF outputs0
Multi-channel inputyes
Headphone output3.5mm
Speaker configuration5.1
Main unit end speaker connection typebinding post terminals
Speaker end speaker connection typebinding post terminals
Other connectionsUSB2, minijack stereo input
Wired network portsnone
Wireless networking supportnone

Playback

Surround sound formatsDolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES Matrix 6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS NEO:6
Optical driveno
Region freeN/A
Supported playback disc formatsN/A
Audio format supportN/A
Video playback formatsN/A
Image viewing formatsN/A
RadioAM/FM

Speakers

Speaker configuration5.1
RMS power output650W
RMS power centre100W
RMS power front200W
RMS power surround200W
RMS power subwoofer150W
Wall mountableyes
Centre speaker cable lengthN/A
Front speaker cable lengthN/A
Surround speaker cable lengthN/A

General

Extrasremote control cables (3x stereo phono, 1x speaker cable spool, power)
Size270x170x65mmmm
Subwoofer dimensions210x500x492mmmm
Centre speaker dimensions95x95x190mmmm
Front speaker dimensions95x95x190mmmm
Surround speaker dimensions95x95x190mmmm
Power consumption standby1W
Power consumption on281W

Buying Information

Price£1,399
Warranty12 years RTB speakers, 2 years RTB electronics
Supplierhttp://www.teufel.eu
Detailswww.teufelaudio.co.uk

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