Let's face it, America has been obsessed with the iPod for quite some time now (whatever its form: iPod, iPod Touch, Nano, Shuffle, iPhone, or iPad). I was an early adopter of the iPod myself. My first iPod was a 2nd generation model--you know the one: big, thick, clunky, heavy, white with dull monochrome screen, battery that lasted a year & storage for about 300 songs. The coolest thing around in 2002. Since then, I have gone through 4 different iPods, to the 80 GB that I use to store all of my music now. I also have the iPhone, and I keep a little bit of music on there as well.
Being in the business, I have had the opportunity to listen to my iPod on a lot of different speakers and music systems over the years. So, before opening the showroom this morning, I took some time to dock my iPod with the new iDecco from Peachtree Audio. I have NEVER heard my iPod sound this good. The iDecco is the only integrated amplifier with a built-in dock that is authorized by Apple to take the music off the iPod in digital format. The iDecco converts converts the digital media (which is how the iPod stores music) to an analog format (which is how we listen to the music) not in the iPod, but in the iDecco itself. There are some stand alone docks out there, like the Wadia, that are allowed to take the music off the iPod digitally, but they still need to be connected to something else to make the magic actually happen. The iDecco is a one piece miracle.
I had connected the iDecco to a pair of Arro speakers by Totem, which are relatively small floor-standing speakers. There was no subwoofer involved in the setup. I have never heard speakers so small create such large, tight bass as the Arros delivered when connected to the iDecco. The soundstage was massive and wide open. All the instruments were crystal clear & accurate, and the vocals were right out front where they should be. I was blown away.
If you are an iPod person, you owe it to yourself to come check out the iDecco and hear what it can do for your music.
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