Ipod Docking/Hi-fi/Speaker System - which one to choose!

[admin_exported]

Can anybody help me out? I'm trying to decide on which system to buy for my Ipod so I can listen to it whilst chilling in my living room, and not have it take up to much space!

From what I can gather the following products look the best in the £200 price bracket:

• Audioengine A5s
• Kef Picoforte 1
• Lars & Ivan bk-21

Any recommendations from anyone?

 

[Clare Newsome]

Of those three, the AudioEngines are by far the most powerful-sounding, and would be my first choice. OK, they're not small and stylish, but they sound damn fine for the money. And by powerful-sounding, I don't necessarily mean loud (though they'll crank up quite happily), but that they're not restrained like some iPod products, and will produce a large soundstage.

The Lars and Ivan is a good budget option - you can pick it up for @£100 - but if you could stretch your budget you will buy a bigger, better sound.

KEF Picoforte 1 sounds accurate and enjoyable (and looks great), but don't expect much bass or room-filling volumes. Best for background listening, really.

 

[jstigwood]

hi there,

Would you reconmend the

KEF Picoforte Three
Ipod Dock, if connected in an AV set up with a sub?

Cheers

 

[Big Aura]

Lars is VERY hard to find.

I have the KEF Picoforte 1, and it's appalling lacking in base. I had planned to use my old sub when I upgraded my home cinema, but then ended up retaining that sub in the home cinema, and relegating the dock to the study.

My advice would be to look at one of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Klipsch-Room-Groove-Wireless-Speaker/dp/B000WELHM4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1231696060&sr=8-1 although annoyingly it was £130 before Christmas..!

 

[Anonymous]

Klipsch don't charge iPod Nano 4th gen, otherwise superb sound and light enough to carry

 

[Anonymous]

In current magazine you recommend Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2. Will this charge my 4th Generation iPod Nano ? Bought a Klipsch which doesn't. If Pure-Fi doesn't, any suggestions?