IPOD Sounddock?
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- WWVC
Hello all!
We (me and my girl) are considering to buy the Bose Sounddock for the Ipod. See http://www.sounddock.nl/ . But before buying this product wich we think is quite expensive (EUR 379) in NL. We wanted to hear of any of you who may have purchised this product and want to share your experience? Thanks!
- lvl_130
a friend of mine bought it and was slightly disapointed. useful cuase it charges the ipod at the same time but the sound isn't great (especially for the price)
- lvl_130
these are good. not a dock but still...
- johndiggity0
stay away from bose. it's all over priced marrketing hype. try these:
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-…
- mrdobolina0
I am loading a lot of mp3's on a friend's (without a computer) ipod mini... he left that altec lansing thing at my house too. Sounds like shit, but it is a cool way to recharge the ipod.
- WWVC0
Well the point is that all people (salespeople in stores) say different stuff. The all say bose is expensive, but they also say that that other Altrec or something like that is total crap. Today i went into a bose-dealer and saw the Sounddock, and compared the sound between the two. Well, the Bose on was quite stunning if it comes to design and sound.
And the other one, is nice for a small ofice, but has crappy quality sound on it. But thenagain, will great sound and design justify over 2 times the price of the other?P.S. Is the Bose Sounddock also EUR 380 / US 400 in the US? Or somewhere else? Maybe its just NL?
- Kidneon0
I will say that the sounddock is a cool concept, and also has great sound...for a small speaker. The sound is identical to their wave radio. In the US its $299. I'm not sure i would recomend it because it can ONLY be used with an iPod. Instead I would get a nice multimedia speaker set and use an iPod dock to make it spiffy.
PS - I work at an Apple store.
- 2cent0
all those sound docks sound like shit... i had the chance to try them all out at one store... if you like your music to have no depth and sound like its palying through a tin can then by all means get one.
my cheap shitty altec lansing speakers i bought for 100 bucks 2 years ago sound better.
- WWVC0
Thanks man. But we only have an ipod, and have everything apple.
So, this wont be a problem. However, i can miss the money, well not really miss it, but im willing to spend it, but would it be wise?
- _salisae_0
geawd!
- toe-knee0
the thing i dont like about the bose unit is that it is two speakers joined together. the whole point of steroe sound is that you have two seperate speakers sitting on oppisite sides of the room.
If I was you I'd by a mini hifi system for that price, I have mine hooked up to a nice sony hifi system, the dock sits on top if it and it gets a clean line from the rca output at the back of it. That bose thing is more for looks.
- benfal990
buy the best Sennheiser headphones.
- _salisae_0
oh! oh! are you a genius?
- benfal990
:D
- fifty500
also work in an apple store and got the chance to try out the sounddock. I also think the sound quality sucks. the imac g5's built-in speakers sound better.
IMHO, not worth buying, unless they were 99 bucks
- JamesEngage0
we've got one at our studio... sounds good when th evolume is cranked up well... at lower levels not so good...
Also have those JBL creatre speaker things... (got em cheap with my ipod) and the sound on them is really good with the woofer...
I bought a Tivoli PAL couple of years ago for home... and if you want something compact that sounds great get that... don't get the iPAL though as it looks tacky
- bedenken0
My friend has one. He keeps it in the kitchen. It sounds great for the size of it., However, I would not recommend it replace a decent home stereo system. But overall it's a great little unit.
- auricom0
you can get this for the same price then hook your ipod to it with the icable.
- Carty0
i spent 5.99 and bought a wire that plays my i+ipod thru my technics home system. cant really beat that.
i'm gonna get the IM3 http://ipodlounge.com/reviews_mo… for when im on the road, but i understand that these things can't be compare to home systems... i.e "i was dissappointed, they dont sound that great" its just bose jumping on the "everything ipod" wagon trying to get some podders to buy their version.
at $450CA, not even worth it.
- Rand0
I have this thing, an dplug the iPod into the back