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By Jim Luck, January 3, 2010 12:51 am

Speaker Dock

KEF KEFDOCK-iPod Dock

An apple pie isn’t an apple pie without the apples — it’s just a crust waiting for something good to happen. See, KEF’s unique new KEFdock isn’t meant to stand alone.

KEF Plays Cupid

Introduce your iPod® to your KEF KIT100 or KIT200 Instant Theater with KEF’s newest matchmaker, KEFdock. Created especially for iPods, the KEFdock allows simple, seamless connectivity for iPod, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, and iPod Video.

Everybody loves their iPod for its portability. KEFdock makes short work of the task of hooking up your iPod to your system. Continue reading 'KEF KEFDOCK-iPod Dock'»

Originally posted 2009-09-17 18:55:04.

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By Jim Luck,

iPod dock with AM/FM radio and alarm clock

Chestnut Hill Sound CHS40001 GEORGE-iPod dock with AM/FM radio and alarm clock

What makes George worth so much more than every other iPod dock out there? For one, the sound quality. George was designed with a 2.1 channel sound system with coaxial speakers to reproduce studio sound better. George also allows you to listen to AM and FM radio broadcasts in the same high quality, and even allows you to preset stations. It features a built-in alarm clock to wake you in the morning, or whenever, to either an alarm or your favorite music. Finally, the remote. Rather than a credit-card sized clicker with four buttons, George includes an innovative full-function remote which can attach to the dock. This is just a brief overview of the reasons George is better than your average iPod dock.

So much more than your average iPod dock

You can get an iPod home dock pretty much anywhere that sells electronics these days. What makes George so much more valuable than all those other docks? George was designed to reproduce studio sound quality better than all the other docks on the market. It does this through innovative speakers designed to give you professional-quality sound from your iPod dock. Another great feature is the remote. Rather than a credit-card sized clicker full of indistinguishable buttons, George’s remote was created full-sized and fully-functional. Designed to work like an iPod, with scroll knob and display screen, the remote which is actually a detachable front panel, provides many features not available on any other iPod dock remote. The alarm clock offers many features not found even on products whose sole function is as an alarm clock. The AM/FM radio is designed better than many car radios, and holds more presets than most. These features all come together to form, arguably, the best home iPod dock on the market today.

Most home dock systems give you two or four tiny single-cone speakers which give you artificial high notes and muddy bass. Chestnut Hill Sound wanted to fix this. That’s why they brought in audio professionals to create an iPod dock which would reproduce studio recordings better. To do this, the created a 2.1 channel unit that pairs two coaxial (two-way) speakers designed to outperform highly-equalized single cone speakers with a four-inch downward pointed subwoofer to more faithfully play the original sound recording. They also designed the system to be bigger in size than a typical iPod dock (over 14 inches wide).

Radio . . . your way

Most iPod docks include a radio simply for the marketing advantage of including a radio. George wants you to have radio, but not just so George can have radio; George wants you to have radio your own way.

Unfortunately, technology in remotes hasn’t changed much since then. George thought that was a problem, so its remote was designed not for size, but for function. Featuring a backlit screen, a scroll knob, and distinctive buttons, George’s remote, which is actually a removable front panel, is designed to imitate an iPod both in screen display and in button functionality. George is smart. It features many different modes including nap and sleep timers, dual, and one-time alarms. It allows allows you to decide whether you want a typical buzzer to break your slumber, or whether you’d rather rise to your favorite radio personality, or even a song from your iPod. Finally, George got rid of the need to choose between music at night and waking up in the morning. So please, please don’t hit George. Little George would have been the one in iPod dock school to always be sure to put an apple on the teacher’s desk. Continue reading 'Chestnut Hill Sound CHS40001 GEORGE-iPod dock with AM/FM radio and alarm clock'»

Originally posted 2009-09-03 09:43:26.

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By Jim Luck, November 2, 2009 8:10 am

Denon iPod Dock

Denon ASD-3N-Denon iPod Dock

The Denon ASD3N is the perfect way to simplify your media collection. Rather than having some of you music on your computer, some of your music on your iPod, some of your music on CDs, and some of your music in your home theater system, keep it all connected. The ASD3N connects to a computer via an ethernet cable to transmit music from your computer to your home audio set-up, or can charge Apple iPods while playing media from them.

It’s All About The Network

The ASD3N is equipped with an ethernet connection port, so it can connect to a network or a home computer. The ASD3N supports playback of MP3 files as well as unencrypted AAC files. The ASD3N is a great way to connect your iPod to your home system. The ASD3N iPod Dock puts you in a position to use a lot of power with a little effort. The Denon ASD3N lets you connect your iPod to a Denon component with a dock control or to a Denon mini component equipped with a system connector. This connection allows you to control your iPod with your Denon remote controller that came with the Denon component. You can monitor iPod text information, such as menus and track names, on a TV screen, or a front panel display of Denon’s component. (This feature only available when connected to Denon products with a dock control.) Operating instructions, A/V control cable (6.5 feet), system connector cable (3.2 feet), AC adapter, universal adapter (5). Continue reading 'Denon ASD-3N-Denon iPod Dock'»

Originally posted 2009-09-04 09:51:01.