iPod Hi-Fi vs. Bose SoundDock

well, one company is well known for making amazing sound products... It also looks less like a toaster oven...

I would be impressed if the Apple gagdet sounds as good, but it does travel with batteries, something most of them don't. How long do d-cells make bass pump though? It's almost irresponsible to make a gagdet that runs off batteries that has a brain with a rechargable battery...

Guess what?

I bought a Bose sounddock almost 1 year, happy with it. But, just cant stop me to buy an iPod HiFi after listening to it in the apple shop. Now, I leave my bose system in my bedroom and iPod HiFi at my study room.

To be honest, the sounds are pretty different, cant say which is better, anyway it is very subjective.

Again, do not too early to give a too negative comments about iPod HiFi, as I am sure that we must give more Burn In time for any speakers system

I have been listening to music for as long as 20 plus years now and since the introduction of iPod HF I never heard of any burn-in requirements of speakers ever. Unless, I didn't pay attention to enough details about speakers before. Is this fact or theory we are talking about? Please someone clear me on this regards...thnx!

Well, this is my theory. When you buy a set of speakers that sound really bad, you take a match to them and "burn them in" 🙂


Glor

Burn is isn't just a mirage, but it's poorly named. The driver vibrates, which creates waves in the air that become sound. The manner in which the driver vibrates is crucial -- manufacturers try to construct drivers with materials that are stiff enough to avoid exaggerated vibrations, but not so stiff as to minimize vibration. It's a difficult balance, and at the high end manufacturers opt to err on stiffness to promote accuracy. But as these speakers get worked out, there is some loosening, which is part of the design. Often I've read that somewhere between 40 and 100 hours is sufficient.

This will not be relevant for the HiFi, I think, because the drivers are not constructed of anything but standard paper, and if it does loosen up, it will likely reduce accuracy, and promote "warm" sounding base, with minimal mid to high frequency separation. You will loose violin amidst the cello, and flute amidst the sax, and so forth. It will not matter as much much if you've just got a guitar, drums and base. If you've got drivers that are very tight to begin with, the speakers will sound harsh and "bright", but will settle down after a while. That's burn in, and you wouldn't have heard it (even if you've listened to music for 40 years) unless you purchase new , expensive speakers with certain types of drivers. HiFi won't be one of them.

well....
i have to say that i listen to both systems at an apple store.
the hifi really is a fine thing, it's looks awful though...
finally i decided to buy the sounddock and i got at a ta bose store for 229 so i said: why not?? And i'm really pleased. The hifi is more a bass-boom-box. For people that wnat to have high quality-clear-sound then take the bose system even though the bass isn't as good as the hifi's but it;s really good for the tiny system...

It's almost irresponsible to make a gagdet that runs off batteries that has a brain with a rechargable battery...

I disagree. The battery set required to power an iPod is fairly small and inexpensive. A 9v lithium Ion (or even a high-quality NiCad) pack with sufficient capacity to drive the Hi-Fi for several hours would be very very expensive. I used to fly R/C airplanes and continue to get mailers from hobby companies. ..If memory serves (it's been a while since I perused one of these mailers) a 9v Lithium battery w/ 1100 mAh were several hundred bucks!

Factor in the fact that if one primarily uses their Hi-Fi "plugged-in", then this expensive battery would eventually suffer from non-use. Lastly, Lithium batteries - of any size - can be rather dangerous; one of this size and capacity could be very very dangerous (NEVER drop these batteries in water!).

..Should have said, "Lastly, Lithium batteries - of any size - can be rather dangerous; one of this size and capacity could be very very dangerous (NEVER drop these batteries in water!) if mishandled."

yeah, I have to agree that the iPod Hi-Fi is one of the ugliest Apple product I have seen in a long, long time (and I've been using Macs since the SE/30 in 1990).

You mean the appearance or the sound?