This little system invites interaction. You want to touch the horizontal, tube-shaped buttons for power, CD play, and tape play, or the small, round chrome control buttons. The latter have legible white labeling and also carry engraved icons so you can even operate the system in the dark. The Lyceum is also friendly. It s self-sufficient, too.
Setup is as simple as it gets.
You pull off the protective plastic covers from the speaker cable, twist the wire, fit it into the red and black clamps on the back of the receiver and the speakers, plug in the AC power cord, and you re ready to rock. The Lyceum s appearance is so stunning that you can imagine it being used as the background-music system in a sitcom about trendy Gen Xers. It would likely be one of the first stops on the tour of any urban apartment, and you might even replace a recalcitrant pet with the Lyceum for parlor tricks at a dinner party. When you hit the CD button on the front panel, a protective door over the vertical CD tray glides up like clockwork, which is sure to elicit oohs and aahs from an unsuspecting audience. After such an intro, you might expect something a little fancier than having to snap the CD on the spindle manually, but the automatic door is impressive nonetheless.