Iphone 4 and ipod speaker system

[highpowermatch]

My fiance has and iphone 4 and ipod and wants a portable speaker system of good quality. Am looking at the Bose soundock but wanted the techies advise. Any other suggestions? Input?

Thanks

[Merc1138]

Bose, when you want to over-pay for garbage. "No highs, no lows, must be Bose."

[highpowermatch]

Bose, when you want to over-pay for garbage. "No highs, no lows, must be Bose."

All the reviews I have read tell me different. Did you own one? What do you recomend then?

[Merc1138]

Yes, you always find awesome reviews on bose products, because bose products are usually an upgrade over people's $20 radio, built in tv speakers, etc. That does not mean the products themselves are good, it's the consumers that don't know any better. There's a reason Bose manages to sell so many docks/radios/speaker systems to old people via their infomercials where they crank the volume up when they're "demonstrating" the better quality of the Bose system(even though it's still being played back through the same speakers...).

Klipsch, Sony, JBL, Harmon Kardon, Pioneer, Onkyo, Logitech all offer equal or better quality while costing just as much or less than any Bose product.

[Curtis]

I think Bose is like Rolex: they are very popular, but people who are high end consumers don't like them.

There are so many things out there, I would suggest you shop based on your specific needs/uses, then consider price, then go try to listen to the system.

I just saw a very need system that sounded great. It was a portable iPod/karaoke system that had great portable sound...and karaoke! I did a quick search and couldn't find the system (using pictures). But it looked very stout and roughed.

[Merc1138]

Yes and no. A rolex can still tell time just as well as another watch, when you're talking about audio stuff there's a difference in how things sound. Bose tends to... sound like crap compared to other companies products considering what they charge. It's not that Bose is garbage... but you're paying twice as much for a name. Kinda like Monster and that god awful series of "beats" headphones that cost as much as anything decent from Audio Technica, Sennheiser, Denon, etc. but sound like crap by comparison. People only compare them to the $5 earbuds their mp3 players came with so of course they seem amazing. However once you start looking past marketing budgets and figure out what other products actually exist out there and do some comparisons, they aren't a good buy at all.

[darqhelmet]

Don't buy Bose. Ever. Pretty much all the small devices are going to sound mediocre at best. So don't spend a ton of money.

[Curtis]

Merc

I think you mistook my post. I agree with you 100%. I am a watch guy and I think Rolex is crap. I'm not an audiophile, so I don't know all the ins and outs of the issue...I just know Bose has a reputation for being over priced snake oil.

[Merc1138]

Ahh, ok. I see what you're saying. I'm not into watches at all, all I've ever known about Rolex is the amount of money they spend on marketing/product placement, and not actually looking anywhere near as good as other watches out there that probably cost more than my car from companies I only ever see mentioned once in a blue moon(I'm sure they get brought up often on watch person... aficionado(I guess?) forums).

I wouldn't call myself an audiophile, but comparing speakers of various brands it became pretty obvious real fast that Bose didn't offer anything better than anyone else(usually not as good. The only thing I'll give bose is that the satellites on some of their surround sound speakers are tiny, and some people like the un-obtrusiveness, but even then other companies make similar) for the money spent.

[anymoose]

B&W Zeppelin Air or Mini.

I have the Mini, its great. The Air is even better but its pretty costly.

Agreed that bose is crap, my friend was very into audio and when i asked about bose he laughed and explained it all to me. then he took me to a high end sound shop, no bose at all (for sale). They had one bose display and it was a speaker system that was cut in half, showing the cheap particle board construction, and the the internal components that had similar quality to $.25 components found at radio shack.

http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/iPod_and_Computer_Speakers/iPod_and_Computer_Speakers/Zeppelin_Mini/Overview.html

[6789olds]

I have some goal zero speakers that sound good for the money. .