Bose Sounddock Portable Black Digital Music System for the iPod
$ 7.40
- The Bose SoundDock portable is a very nice niche product.Here in Florida we spend a lot of time at the Pool.By law, there isn’t a lot of AC power available at a swimming pool so portable audio devices are a must.The problem has been, that no Radio station plays my songs and only my songs. ;)And only one person can listen to a portable device with headphones.CDs just don’t get it. Too few songs per CD and a real PITA if you are going to put a couple of thousand songsdown on CDs.So it boils down to MP3 players.I have an iPod….but any MP3 player will play through this amp/speakers.The iPod has the added advantage of being controlled by the Remote Control that comes with the unit, and itmay sound a little better since the only way to hook a foreign MP3 player is to connect the headphone out to the Aux input on the SoundDock.Whereas a real iPod will connect via the data plug as a real line in.This was a good move by Bose. They took their successful SoundDock II and redesigned it with a Hefty Li-on battery.This thing will play at medium volume for 4 or 5 hours. (And BTW it is recharging the iPod battery during this time….)More than a enough time to get burnt to a crisp. ;)More than enough for me, I rarely spend more than a couple of hours at the pool.It will play longer than that at full volume which is very loud, and has little to no distortion…..as long as there is no distortion on the source audio.The remote is handy, as normally the SoundDock is on one of the tables and I am stretched out on a Chaise Lounge.The power is more than adequate.I always ask if the sound bothers anyone, but invariably the Bose sounds so much better than the usual array of AM/FM battery powered radios that mostfolks ask me to turn it UP!I like Bose. They build answers to problems, not audiophile pieces.You can hook up an iPod to a $10,000 stereo and it won’t sound much better.A stereo is only as good as the source, and MP3 players, while great for portable sound, are NOT audiophile devices.Given that, Bose has done an excellent job of delivering strong, balanced, pleasant sound on a truly PORTABLE device.Why not 5 stars?Too Expensive for some people.I recommend this unit. I think it is the best portable answer to iPod sound.
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