Looking for ipod speakers
I just bought an ipod video for my daughter. Now I am looking for a speaker/deck. Over the past week I have seen many different makes from Bose to Atlec Lansing and many more. There are so m amny to choose from. Are there any reccommendations.
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You're situation sounds a lot like mine.
You're situation sounds a lot like mine. I too wanted speakers for my iPod at one time. I really loved my iPod, and I kept thinking: if only I could get one of those Bose docking stations my life would be complete. That was until one night when I lay sleeping Ted Nuget visited me in a dream and told me to get the Apple Airport Extreme wireless base station and stream music wirelessly from my laptop. "It's the future" he told me, then vanished. Needless to say I picked up an AE first thing in the morning, and have been rocking hard ever since. I also picked up a crossbow and a survival knife at the local 'sporting good store' as per his instructions.
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Products that use 1/8" stereo mini plugs had given birth to a whole new product line.
This includes games, portable music device, computers and virtually anything else that uses that as it's main or only output port.
As such many, many diverse manufacturers have jumped into this growing market with anything from cheap, non-powered stereo speakers (which suck!) up to full blown multi-channel powered systems with built in 5.1 (and possibly more) amps with digital decoding built in which can cost hundreds of dollars....and a heckuva lot in the middle.
Keeping in this family (1/8" stereo mini plug output), you can get some pretty good sound for a pretty reasonable price. check out the wide range of computer speakers available.
Now, Ipods, with their great marketing and cult-like popularity seem to have given birth to their own segment of this market. Along with two channel amplification, they offer units that support Ipod specific features as well, such as a charging station, remote control and the like but, like everything else, you pay dearly for the convenience. Most of the products I've seen designed specifically for Ipods tend to lack big time in the sound market, particularly when you compare them to the generic (non-Ipod) powered speakers that are available. The big draw tends to be compactness and one piece design. whiletyou gain the convenience of a power station, you tend to wind up with the sound of a clock radio, and a tiny one to boot.
So, if you want an Ipod specific unit wit the bells and whistles, be prepared to pay dearly for them. If you are willing to settle for just great sound, start looking at the computer sound sections of the Big Box Stores. I use this for my computer and am amazed at how well it fills the room with good sound for it's price (> $50). I've tried it with various portable devices (including my wife's Sandisk music stick) and it works just as well.
http://altecmm.com/product_details.asp?pID=VS2221
This one looks pretty neat
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I just bought an ipod video for my daughter. Now I am looking for a speaker/deck. Over the past week I have seen many different makes from Bose to Atlec Lansing and many more. There are so m amny to choose from. Are there any reccommendations.
http://www.cambridgesoundworks.com/s...g1999=04221101