Ipod Hi-Fi - reviewed

Had a play with the Ipod Hifi when I wondered into the flagship Regent's Street store in London. The folks have set up a demo set complete with black Ipod Video and was "showing off" the powess of the speakers. First impression - looks great if you are a minimalist, as there is just one power cable coming out from the back of the speakers that connect to the AC, with the Ipod sitting nicely on top. There are 2 flush button controls in front of the Ipod stand that says "+" and "-". Touching either gently increases or lowers the volume with such ease that you are not even sure if you are actually pressing on it. A green light at the bottom of the speaker shows that the volume has been adjusted as you do it, which is quite neat too.

Now to the real thing - sound. Bass was fantastic for a speaker of this size and vocals were crisp and clear. With the fast track, it sounded that it was able to handle pretty much what the Ipod was throwing at it and was quickly impressed. Taking 2 steps back and you will start to hear the flaws, sound stage is almost non-existent, guess this is a problem if you try to align all your speakers side by side to each other in a box twice the size of your shoe boxes. So was it really as good as what Steve professes it to be? In my opinion, at a price of £249(basically in the same pricing area as Bose), I think I will rather search for an alternative.