AndyW
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 04:00 PM |
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ipod dock suggestions and questions
Hi all,
Well after being stuck in Macclesfield yesterday Im finally home and trying to finish off christmas shopping.
I have got the wife an ipod for xmas. Just need to get a docking station. I want a smallish compact unit with good sound. But Im a little confused by
some. Heres why:
Some higher priced ones show lower speaker watt and some lower priced show higher speaker watt. What I dont get is how can a 3watt be 3 times the
price of one at say 30w? Whats the watts really about??
I dont want to spend loads so bose out the question, so what can any one recommend as good quality sound and noce looking unit. Need to get it sorted
Monday/ Tuesday as back up north later in week.
Thanks in advance
Andy
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Madinventions
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 04:31 PM |
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You can normally just ignore the power rating as a 'real' 2 or 3W RMS is plenty enough to fill a room with a comfortable level of sound.
You generally get more quality with increassed price tags, so stay away from the cheap Chinese tat from eBay and get something from a manufacturer
with a good reputation. As for which manufacturer to go for, that depends heavily on your personal tastes and what sort of music will be played
through it? Classical benefits from very different speakers to hip-hop for example!
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YQUSTA
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 04:39 PM |
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I bought the wife a Roberts mp43 some time ago and she thinks its great.
The gadget show did a top 5 not so long ago check out there website.
"If in doubt flat out"
Colin McRae
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 04:52 PM |
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I bought my 12 year old son one of these last december for his birthday.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001S2PLBW/ref=asc_df_B001S2PLBW5694580?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=hydra0b-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&crea
tiveASIN=B001S2PLBW
It sounds amazing, it doesnt have a radio etc but for pure sound quality & incredible bass if you put the bass boost on, its great.
It has an audio in jack too so he runs his 10" netbook through it via a lead.
Looks great, sounds great & for the money is really good value & quality.
Might be worth a look ??
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AndyW
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 04:58 PM |
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thanks guys.
I did look at that sony one, good to hear a good review about the sound quality..
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daniel mason
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 06:21 PM |
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I have the Bose sound dock which is good but I wish I'd spent the extra cash on the b&w zepelin, they are awesome
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HowardB
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 08:04 PM |
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there are some great offers on at HMV at the m oment, Sony being reduced by 50%, sound quite good too. IMHO.
Howard
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mark.s
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| posted on 17/12/11 at 09:46 PM |
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logitech are faultless for the money ( my opinion )
good sound for not alot of money and charge your ipod or what ever device you put on it which is handy, or if you want to spend a bit more have a
look at sonos 3 or 5
good luck
http://www.richersounds.com/product/ipods-docks-accessories/logitech/pure-fi-anywhere-2/logi-purefi-any-2
http://www.richersounds.com/product/ipods-docks-accessories/logitech/s715i/logi-s715i
http://www.richersounds.com/information/sonosPage
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