Sound system for my iPhone/iPod

SteelyDanJalapeno

As the title suggests, I'm on the hunt for an indoor sound unit for my 4S, I really have no clue which would be the best so I'm looking for recommendations from you guys,

Budget of about 200

MiniNukinfuts

Are you looking for it to dock and charge also? Or a bluetooth speaker?

I have one of these and the sound is amazing. And it's a bluetooth speaker

keith_d99

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

Are you looking for it to dock and charge also? Or a bluetooth speaker?

I have one of these and the sound is amazing. And it's a bluetooth speaker

+1 for the Logitech - great piece of kit! Sound is excellent for the size. Battery life is great too.
Stay away from the docks as apple are strongly rumoured to be changing the power connector

v10

I just one of these Pioneer systems from techforless.com.

Paid about $160 (€130). It was delivered in 2 days and I had to pay €50 odd duty/vat. So about €180 all in.

No cd player but has fm & internet radio, supports dlna, usb, has iphone/ipod dock and supports Airplay so you can play all your iPhone music through it wirelessly.

Good features for the money I reckon.

I see them on Amazon also for £155

SteelyDanJalapeno

Hmmm,

I was liking the Logitech until I saw that option, Fm radio and usb has an advantage.... is there much bang out of both?

MiniNukinfuts

Stay away from airplay whatever you do. It's annoying as the only way to play music is by either docking the ipod or being on the same wifi. It's useless for true on the go music, which i'm guessing is what you want.

v10

MiniNukinfuts wrote: »

It's useless for true on the go music, which i'm guessing is what you want.

he said indoor unit so I guessed 'on the go' wasn't a requirement. The sound is pretty good from the pioneer for the money I'd say. You can also buy a bluetooth dongle for it if you did want that feature.

MiniNukinfuts

v10 wrote: »

he said indoor unit so I guessed 'on the go' wasn't a requirement. The sound is pretty good from the pioneer for the money I'd say. You can also buy a bluetooth dongle for it if you did want that feature.

True, but he still mightn't have a wireless connection going around his house, I just find airplay devices stupid since they depend on a wifi signal, they'd be better if they could mix and match bluetooth and wifi on the fly. And I know that there's a dongle for it, but i'd rather have a speaker in one whole package rather than have a speaker and BT dongle.

The sound quality from the logitech i linked is superb, for the size and price of the device, i can't recommend it more.

SteelyDanJalapeno

I could possibly stretch out the budget to the Bose series 2, heard them the weekend and they are very impressive!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Companion%C2%AE-3-multimedia-speaker-system/dp/B004EEEJIC/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341856174&sr=1-8

PapaQuebec

Probably get my knuckles rapped for pimping my own ad, but here goes........

......http://www.adverts.ie/ipod-mp3/oxx-digital-soundbar-with-ipod-iphone-dock/1831141

keith_d99

TiltedBrain wrote: »

I could possibly stretch out the budget to the Bose series 2, heard them the weekend and they are very impressive!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Companion%C2%AE-3-multimedia-speaker-system/dp/B004EEEJIC/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341856174&sr=1-8

Do you not have to wire your iPhone into that?? Or is there AirPlay?

SteelyDanJalapeno

keith_d99 wrote: »

Do you not have to wire your iPhone into that?? Or is there AirPlay?

Stereo jack no?

ablelocks

jawbone is another very good option - big sound small box so very portable - £114 or thereabouts at amazon, I've seen them upto €200 in shops. i didn't get one (yet) myself cos i got an older logitech device (z515) for 50 euro in pc world which will do for a while.

MiniNukinfuts

Those Jawbones are a bit meh to be honest, they look great but I found the sound quality and loudness to be fairly bad compared to the Logitech I linked in my first post

keith_d99

TiltedBrain wrote: »

Stereo jack no?

The convenience of Airplay (bluetooth or wifi) is worth going for - the logitech is perfect for kitchen/bedroom/back garden etc.

If you have a budget - you would never go wrong by investing in a good sound system (http://www.richersounds.ie) - hooked up to an apple tv for Airplay.