More and more people are buying a set of speakers for their iPods, some to replace their up-to-date 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 away on holiday, some just for having some iPod speakers because everyone else is purchasing them! One of the troubles we come across the nearly is people being faced up with a extended selection of options and feeling amazed about what to buy.
We can part down the various sets of speakers into the following 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 options at changing prices. Personally of the feeling that whatever amount of money you are spending it is important that sound quality is pretty good as what utilize is a light speaker set that has crackily sound! If you are looking to expend under £50 then we extremely rate both the Logic 3 i-Station 7 and the Monster iSpeaker. Both of these are very light to have, are of a size very conveninet for putting ina pack or suitcase and run for a good amount of time on batteries, sound from both is great for this pricepoint with great clearness.
If you are looking at to spend a little more then a lot of selections open up in the £50 to £150 bracket out. If light is your number one problem then you will not go far wrong with the JBL On Tour, this is an incredibly 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 excellent sound alongside good looks and a highly movable construction. At One Time your budget is going over £150 you are in to the realms of a great movable 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 charger then there are a couple of good selections easy. One of our favourites is the Macally IceTune, this is so 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 unique £39.99 and it is very much portable but does require mains might. The JBL On Stage is another wonderful 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 movable unit, clarity of sound and volume are both very impressive. Another greatest unit in this bracket is the Logic 3 iStation 8, new released and keeping up the fantastic reputation of the iStation 7 this real is worth the money, great combinations of bass and treble and very much a portable size and weight.
For the home set up there are a kind of selections and in honesty the better value speakers in our thought come at this price point. For just £59.99 you can have a pair of JBL Creature II’s, these are sure enough one of the outstanding home electronics products to ever hit the market, the bass is phenomenal and the clarity is superb, vocals sound extended for many an types of music, they also look very catchy 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 firmer bass, they are quite only phenomenal! At this price point we also have the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks, for a long time these have been my somebody favourite speakers, they are see through so you can have a look at what is going on inside and put up perhaps the finest vocals you will hear from iPod focused speakers they are only outstanding, perhaps not as strong bass as the Encounters but still more than enough for most pallettes. For anyone looking at a home iPod set up powerfully suggested a very close feel at the Harmon Kardon Soundsticks they are oustanding and will ready in to 99% of home settings in the living room, dining room, kitchen etc!
Hopefully this guide has been of some use to you preferring your speakers, first set up which of the three classes your necessities for speakers come into and then you can function the above advice to direct you to some essential units, we wish you the best of luck in your choice!
