why do you say they are a dying race?
On 5/24/2016 7:12 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
I like my old Klipsch iGroove. I got one of these devices off amazon
that turns the 30-pin into airplay, it was called the Lario HD Music
Receiver. It seems like this thing is almost a knockoff of the now
discontinued Auris Skye, to the point that if I download that app
instead, it is compatible for setup as much as Lario's app. I wish
Klipsch did make something more up-to-date because I use this thing
with a Winamp plugin called remote speakers as well, and it's a high
bar for quality to try to reach in the $80 range half-off deal I got
on Woot back when for the iGroove. It would've been worth the $150/160
range it retailed for though.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
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To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: best Ipod Touch Dock
iPod Docks are a dying race so you should be able to get some nice
bargains out there.
Remember that most iPod docks are of the older 30 pin connector style
so you may need a Lightning connector adapter depending on what model
of IOS device you're using.
Best iPod Dock still seems to be the B&W Zeplin Air but they don't
come cheap.
Course we're talking about powered docks here and not portable docks.
On 25/05/2016 3:30 AM, Singing Sparrow wrote:
What is the best Ipod Doc out there Brand, Model and Price and where
can a person order it.
On 5/24/2016 11:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Okay to the problem of the broken tab on your remote.
The bottom of the remote comes off in the same way that the bottom
might come off an older type of mouse when changing the ball, turn
the cover anti clockwise and you’ll feel it come off and the tab
will drop out.
The remote control - if its the same one as comes with all other
B&W Powered Speakers - should be easy enough to get around, 5
buttons in the shape of a cross, 2 buttons either side control
track back and forward, middle button is your pause button, up and
down control volume, the slightly indented bottom button is your
source - toggles between USB and Aux-In mode - and very top button
is for power.
I’m not surprised to hear your summary of the B&W Audio as being
subtle but very desirably so in my opinion.
I had been wondering how you’d been going with this set of speakers
and I hadn’t forgotten, actually I was forcibly reminded of your
speaker set yesterday, I’ve finally managed to save enough money to
get the B&W A7 speaker system so started doing research to find a
good price which paid off immediately, I was able to find a place
that had one model left on the floor for sale at 2 thirds of the
original price so that’s been reserved until I can arrange to go
and pick it up and I don’t mind telling you all that the pickup day
can’t come quickly enough.
On 25 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, André van Deventer
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
For those of you who might still remember – my pair of B&W mm1
speakers
finally arrived today.
Getting started was rather straight forward. I simply connected
up the two
speakers, connected it up to the power supply and plugged in the
USB port.
Was a bit of a problem finding the power button on the side of the
active
speaker but when I finally found it by accident, the computer
recognised it
immediately and installed the windows drivers. It now shows up in
my audio
devices as mm1.
The two rather small speakers are surprisingly heavy for their
size and
extremely solidly constructed. There are two buttons on the left
side of
the speaker for volume control and one on the right side of the
speaker
which is the power on button. All of these buttons must be
physically press
so they give tactile feedback. But there is now physicale
indication where
they are located.
There is a basic little remote control that comes with the unit
which I have
not yet used. You have to pul out f small tab that keeps the
battery door
from closing. I messed up things a bit so the greatest part of
the tab
broke off! Still have to get the rest out.
The sound that comes out of these little speakers is quite
astonishing.
However, if you are looking for booming bass and screeching highs
as seem to
be the case with much of the modern equipment, you are going to be
very
disappointed. The sound of the B&W is subtle that is the only
way I can
describe it. All the frequencies are there that you would need.
And the
sound is wonderfully clear.
Am still running some tests so will get back later if anyone is
interested.
Regards
Andre
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