Selecting Speakers For Your iPod
More and more people are purchasing a set of speakers for their iPods, some to replace their latest home audio set ups in order to get rid of the cd collections that take up so much room, some to have a movable audio source for when they are off on vacation, some just for having some iPod speakers because everyone else is purchasing them! One of the problems we come across the nearly is people being faced up with a great choice of selections and feeling bewildered about what to purchase.
We can break down the various sets of speakers into the next categories:
Movable and powered by batteries.
Portable and powered by mains adapter.
Home Set up powered by mains adapter.
For those of you looking for a portable set that is powered by batteries there are a variety of brilliant selections at changing prices. In Person of the belief that whatever amount of money you are spending it is most-valuable that sound quality is pretty good as what expend is a light speaker set that has crackily sound! If you are looking to spend under £50 then we highly rate both the Logic 3 i-Station 7 and the Monster iSpeaker. Both of these are really light to carry, are of a size very conveninet for putting ina backpack or suitcase and go for a good amount of time on batteries, sound from both is exceptional for this pricepoint with great clearness.
If you are looking to spend a little more then a lot of picks open up in the £50 to £150 bracket out. If light is your number one trouble then you will not go far wrong with the JBL On Tour, this is an fantastically lightweight unit that what it lacks in bass it makes up for in the sound clarity department. If you would prefer better sound quality then a step up to an Altec Lansing IM5 or Logitech MM50, Saitek A250 and for iPod Nano Owners the XtremeMac MicroBlast. All of these put up outstanding sound alongside good looks and a highly portable construction. Once your budget is going over £150 you are in to the realms of a great portable system in the Altec Lansing IM7, thumping bass, crystal clear treble and a great portable structure, definetly the daddy of movable iPod Docking Stations and Speaker units.
If you would like something that can be thought portable but don’t mind having to use a mains battery charger then there are a couple of good selections easy. One of our favourites is the Macally IceTune, this is indeed one of our top 5 iPod accessories altogether, when stacked up it looks like a coke can and has two separate speakers that can be removed and pointed to send sounds in different directions, the sound quality is excelletn for simply £39.99 and it is very much portable but does need mains power. The JBL On Stage is another great compact and lightweight unit that can be plugged into the mains for power and will charge your iPod while you listen to it, very high quality sound, lacks bass a littel but you are compromising bass to have such a small portable unit, clarity of sound and volume are both very stunning. Another excellent unit in this bracket is the Logic 3 iStation 8, new released and keeping up the gratifying reputation of the iStation 7 this really is worth the money, great combining of bass and treble and very much a movable size and weight.
For the home set up there are a form of picks and in honesty the better value speakers in our opinion come at this price point. For just £59.99 you can have a pair of JBL Creature II’s, these are sure one of the superb home electronics products to ever hit the market, the bass is phenomenal and the clearness is superb, vocals sound great for many types of music, they also look very attracting and are certain to interest visitors who glaze their eyes upon them! Also in the JBL range are the Encounters, these expand on the Creature philosophy of an alien themed set of speakers and have even bigger bass, they are quite simply phenomenal! At this price point we also have the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks, for a long time these have been my individual favourite speakers, they are see through so you can have a look at what is going on inside and provide perhaps the finest vocals you will hear from iPod focused speakers they are merely outstanding, perhaps not as strong bass as the Encounters but still more than enough for most pallettes. For anyone thinking a home iPod set up powerfully advised a very close look at the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks they are oustanding and will fit in to 99% of home settings in the living room, dining room, kitchen etc!
Hopefully this guide has been of some use to you selecting your speakers, firstly establish which of the three categories your demands for speakers come into and then you can expend the above advice to direct you to some great units, we wish you the best of luck in your greatest!
