The Chief

Does anyone use their I-Pod as their main Hi-Fi in their living room?

and if so what speakers do you use?

been thinking of this myself (i know nowt about ipods)
but maybe makes sense i.e. loads of storage capacity and compact.

Seamaster

Yes

I have a DENON s101 that is a dvd /tuner,cd and ipod allin one machine. Its more to do with how to copy over the music. I do "like for like " and dont compress it etc . The files are bigger but the quality is fine. I use Denon(mission) speakers and a subwoofer. I am also this week hooking up my ipod to work in the lancdcruiser. Fancy having 40gb of greast music rather than the car glove box etc full of cds !!

The secret of the ipod is to use the cradle output rather than the small male plug.

David_Dickson

I dont have an I-pod but I have an equivelant spec Creative Zen.
I connect it to my old hifi seperates amplifier and use it as a juke-box. Works fine for me.

All the hifi buffs will be along in a minute saying how inferior the sound quality is when you compare MP3 format to CD`s, but for me and my cloth ears, it sounds fine.

mart360

Depends on what you mean about using at as a hi fi.

givent the nominal output from a pod, it wont drive much more than the current doc stuff you see now, which ranges from crap, to not bad..

if you want to drive speakers it depends on what you want...

My pod links into my home setup via a headphone out lead to phono plugs.


this goes into a spare aux input on my amp...

its then driven through my main hifi,

Kenwood AV amp

Tannoy 611 mains

eltax compact sub.

RTl centre

Eltax bookshelf rears..

does the job for me


Mart

Seamaster

Try a docking type set up. very cheap and better sound quality

CrisPDuk

I haven't got a stereo at all over here so I run mine from a dock, with a set of these plugged into te headphone port

Amazon.co.uk: Harman Multimedia JBL 2.1 Creature Speakers II - White: Electronics & Photo

The sound's plenty good enough or my needs

GaryK

Ive got a bose sound-dock sounds sweet!

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I take my Sony HD 20Gb to France and play it through the HiFi there. I also have it on through a set of powered Sony speakers I bought years ago, when working in the barn conversion.

It works well enough for me, saves doubling up on CDs or transporting my favourites to France

lpski1

I use my 30gb with my Hi-fi, 3.5 jack to phono in the MD connections on my amp, works fine with my Missions. Although...depending on what im listening too i would put the CD in for better quaility output

davegtt

Nothing wrong with the docking stations that are on the market

Buster-WRX

My system - 60GB IPOD

Marantz docking station

Marantz 4200 ki sig amp

Focal JMLAB 714 floorstanders

All tunes is AAC losless format and it sounds the nuts!!!

Seamaster

most tend to use the jack for the output. DONT! the docking station is far superior and can cost less than £15.00 on ebay

brickboy

I've sat in on blind tests of original CD source vs 192kb mp3 and with my ears, it was almost impossible to tell the difference with non-audiophile recordings.

Seamaster

yes,but if you where blind how did you know they did carry out the test correctly? Also you could have been in the wrong room. I think the blind have a right to work etc. but why this type of work. whats wrong with them been traffic wardens etc~?

Mal K

Bose sound dock here too. Superb!

Daryl

I use my iPod with a set of AE Aego sat + sub speakers all the time now. The convenience far outweighs the superior sound quality of my hi-fi. In fact, I haven't used the hi-fi (Naim, Arcam, B+W) for months and will be putting it on eBay soon.

Seamaster

Bose !! please stop joking . tghe sound terrible. Monitor Audio and others are far superior.

bioforger

iTrader: (1)

I'm getting one of those i-deck jobbies cheap soon, so will report on it later. It's made by monitor audio as mentioned.

Apparition

We do. We bought a dandy little gadget from Argos for £39.00 to sit it in with a remote and hooked it up to our sound system. Brilliant !
Who needs Bose ?
Yve

druddle

Its got no highs, its got no lows, it must be Bose......

I got the Logitech MM50 speakers (i think thats the model) and it is bloody ace.

Dave