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No way! "Experts" who haven't heard it have already condemned its quality.
(Actually, he had me convinced at "Funk Brothers!" Woohoo!

Ok, that's it. I'm buying one

Like I keep saying...this thing will sell... a lot. It sounds great and will fill the need for a lot of people. It doesn't matter what detractors say. It's a well made, high quality device that a lot of people will be impressed by.

thees apple speakrs are ovrpriced junk not even wurth 50 or 100 $$$$ but stupid mac yousrs will probly by a lot of them I got bettr speekrs a compusa for unnr $50 I mix sound for a band an have hurd a lot of stuff so i can tell your honestly this is not a good direcsion for apple very sune yull see i am rite.

The iPod Hi Fi will probably soon be subject to substantial accessorization, itself. That's when things are gonna start rockin', imho.

No, Ampar - we have questionned the use of the word 'audiophile'. That doesn't mean that it won't sound just fine for less discerning listeners! (Goes to get tin hat...)

MW: science (They say: 'Let's just forget the science; it's my opinion so it must be right.')

I have a feeling I'm getting one too. =]

To all you idiots out there who whine whine whine about the hi-fi - you can all suck it.

The iPod Hi Fi's sound reminds me a lot of the Bose Wave hi fi. I am surprised that Bose hasn't made a Wave with an iPod dock.

Well said, Fred. To misquote a line from "The Truth About Cats and Dogs," There are music lovers who love their music and then there are audiophiles who LOOOOOOOVE their music. Keep a mop handy.

at 349 it's pretty expensive, how much more expensive could it be to add wifi?

Not to be an arse, but if you are going to speak like an expert (MacDud, this is pointed towards you), it helps if you use correct spelling and grammar. It's really difficult to take an opinion seriously when it is littered with "wurth", "yousrs", etc. If, as it appears, you are not a native English speaker, I appalud you for trying (and hopefully improving), however, some of the incorrect words are common ones, frequently used on this site in other posts. I'm sorry for being harsh, but as I said, it makes it difficult to take your opinion seriously.

SD...macdud is making fun of the opinionated, and self absorbed poster here known as MacDude. It's not to be taken seriously any more than MacDude's actual posts are meant to be taken seriously. So...

let's review

1. iPod Hi-Fi...Not an audiophile device
2. Not meant to genuinely replace all audio devices ever made
3. Somewhat overpriced (insert your opinion as to how much here).
4. Will undoubtedly sell a great many units
5. May well become part of a larger home entertainment plan
6. Seems to encourage people to become extremely upset about it.
7. In the end is really only an Apple peripheral which is typically
A. High priced
B. Well designed (at least internally for a company that never built a speaker system before...even the experts seem to agre on this one.)
C. Made to work in an integrated way with other Apple products.

Now...can we move on to more interesting discussions?

Well, I ordered one without even having actually seen or heard it because I know if it's from Apple it'll be good enough to keep me happy at least until I can replace my aging true audiophile system. Then it'll be great for a remote location in the house.

I don't know why everyone is down on the SoundDock. Sure it's not the Hi-Fi you want for your living room, but for a home office or study it's great.

Mind you, if I didn't already own one, I'd be looking at the iPod Hi-Fi. The people in Motown like the sound, so it must be good.

Got mine by TNT yesterday. Its cool to look at. Extremely easy to use and the sound is way above my expectations. I compared it with my stereo (More than 15 times as expensive) and a couple of ghetto blasters i have. Its not comparable to the stereo, but it blows the ghetto blasters away both in sound and looks

PR yur rite!

Just because MacDud has an opinion and bias towards PCs does not mean that the Mac is somehow superior, it is not. The PC market is depressed because MS has not issued a Windows upgrade in several years. This will be laid to rest in the fall when Vista eats the Mac for a snack between breakfast and lunch.

If Intel is lucky they will not have completely alienated all of their biggest PC customers by getting in bed with Apple. If I was Dell I would be cutting a deal with AMD right now (they have lower component costs and higher performance).

Apple may regret their decision to abandon the PowerPC for Intel, notice how Intels "underperforming" stock is dragging Apple down with it. Intel investors should not worry because when Vista does arrive the market will revive.

So what's the better of the cheaper alternatives? My budget for this kind of item is just under half of the Apple unit. Dunno what Altec Lansing model to get.

I think its obvious that macdud is deliberately spelling like a moron..... is this irony; some sputnik-like trolling? who knows?

Of course if he really does spell and think like this, well, sympathy should be extended, but on the whole best to ignore him yeah?

RealityCheck:

In the fall of what year?

Actually I can't complain. Vista has been a real time saver for me over the past couple of years. I mail out IOU's for Vista and I did a lot less traveling.

And the stories about no more coal in stockings is correct. For the really bad PeeWeenies, I give them a Dell with Windows.

I can't wait for next season!!

The review MDN won't link to.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-technopolis5mar05,1,6454922.column?page=1&coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true

MacDud----You are indeed a Dud. Please go back to school when you get to be 12 years old.

Please stop giving attention to MacDud. He is trying to make fun of me.

I can't believe there actually people so humor-deficient that macDud's over-the-top idiot routine is taken seriously. I weep for humanity.

I made a poopy!

no, a poopy made you!