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The Free iPod + iPhone Book 4<br />
Component Speaker Systems<br />
Though most of the<br />
companies making<br />
iPod speaker systems<br />
today focus on all-inone<br />
designs, several<br />
companies still sell<br />
component speakers<br />
with separate iPod<br />
docks. Scandyna’s<br />
Dock Pack ($300)<br />
includes two bubbly<br />
speakers in your<br />
choice of seven<br />
colors, plus an audio<br />
dock and remote.<br />
Lars & Ivan’s Hybrid<br />
Power Amp ($450)<br />
and BoBo speakers<br />
($300) are a considerably<br />
pricier combination, and<br />
the metallic semi tubepowered<br />
amplifier is too<br />
big, but the clear plastic<br />
speakers are standouts on<br />
design, and sound quite<br />
Wireless Speakers<br />
As with several other<br />
speaker categories, there<br />
aren’t as yet any iPhonecompatible<br />
wireless<br />
speakers - as of press<br />
time, the iPhone can’t<br />
stream music wirelessly<br />
and the speakers haven’t<br />
good. Not shown<br />
here, JBL’s Creature II<br />
($100), Spyro ($130)<br />
and Spot ($130) are<br />
dock- and remoteless,<br />
and offer less<br />
midrange power,<br />
but have subwoofers<br />
with plenty of bass.<br />
ALL THINGS<br />
Audio/Video Docks<br />
If you want<br />
a standalone<br />
dock to<br />
connect to<br />
both your TV<br />
and stereo,<br />
you have<br />
few options.<br />
Apple’s Universal Dock ($50) is<br />
bundled with a remote control,<br />
but requires $50 Apple cables if<br />
you want to output video to your<br />
TV. Audio-out and power are also<br />
provided by these cables, but if<br />
you’re not connecting<br />
to a TV, a plain $5 audio<br />
cable will work fine.<br />
Tekkeon’s NavDock<br />
($130) lets you navigate<br />
the audio and<br />
video menus<br />
of certain<br />
iPods via TV,<br />
but has issues<br />
noted in our<br />
review.<br />
been isolated against<br />
interference - but for<br />
iPods, there are several<br />
recent options. Griffin<br />
Technology’s Evolve<br />
($300) is the best of<br />
the bunch, including<br />
two portable, batterypowered<br />
speakers<br />
that can be<br />
expanded with $200<br />
Add-Ons. Lower<br />
audio quality and a<br />
lower price define<br />
Brookstone’s similar<br />
Wireless Music<br />
System ($200),<br />
while Klipsch’s<br />
RoomGroove<br />
($300) is a walltethered<br />
all-inone<br />
that beams<br />
balanced audio to<br />
other RoomGrooves.<br />
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