Kanto SYD5GRN Speaker System for iPod (Kelly Green)

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Product Feature
- iPod Universal Dock: Charge your iPod while it's playing and control the SYD 5 from across the room with sleek remote control unit.
- Video output: If you have music videos on your iPod you can play them onto your big flat panel TV while you listen to the "uncommonly robust sound" on your SYD 5.
- Hand crafted wood cabinet: The SYD 5 design utilizes a acoustically designed wood cabinet, delivering a unique, rich finish with superior sound.
- Volume Control: One particular feature that everyone comments about is the additional manual volume control on the back. Sometimes the simplest things just work so why change them.
- Audio Specifications: Frequency Response: 45Hz-20KHz, S/N Ratio: >90dB (typical, A-weighted), 80 real watts power, Low Drivers: 2x20 watts RMS 8 ohms @1% THD+N, Full-range Drivers: 2x20 watts RMS 8 ohms @1% THD+N, Bass reflex port enhances bass response
Product Description
After testing a lab full of ipod speaker docks this year, we've determined an incontestible truth: either go big or go home. indeed, after being bombarded with flimsy, tiny, tinny docks festooned with clocks, radios, cute graphics, and other distracting "features," we found audio excellence in the kanto syd 5." maclife magazine announces the kanto syd 5 as a winner in its "gear of the year" awards. the only ipod speaker system to win an award in this category. ipod universal dock. charge your ipod while it's playing and control the syd 5 from across the room with sleek remote control unit.video output. if you have music videos on your ipod you can play them onto your big flat panel tv while you listen to the ��uncommonly robust sound� on your syd 5.hand crafted wood cabinet. the syd 5 design utilizes a acoustically designed wood cabinet, delivering a unique, rich � nish with superior sound.volume control. one particular feature that everyone comments about is the additional manual volume control on the back. sometimes the simplest things just work so why change them.Kanto SYD5GRN Speaker System for iPod (Kelly Green) Review
My wife likes to listen to music in her studio, but didn't want something too obtrusive. Her studio can get noisy (glass lampwork) so she needed something with some power, but still able to faithfully reproduce sound quality, especially during quiet times. I bought her the Kanto Syd-5 for Christmas and she LOVES it. The cabinet is beautiful and if there's not an iPod docked on top, you don't notice it on the bookshelf it rests on. I read that the cabinet is made with the same finish they use for high-end pianos, and I believe it.PROS: Super sound quality, plenty of bass, and plenty of power if you want to crank it up. I tried hooking it up to a 32" LCD TV via the S-video, and while it wasn't HD, it was pretty good. You could pair it with a flat screen and maybe a DVD player and have a pretty decent home theater. The remote is OK and lets you adjust treble/mid-range/bass.
CONS: Not many, but this is one heavy unit (25+ lbs). You won't want to move it around too much. We have the black finish, and while it's beautiful, fingerprints and dust are noticable.
As far as pricing, the Syd-5 was in the $4-500 range when it came out, but I got it for $250. I've heard the Bose Sounddock (both models), and the Syd-5 outperforms them easily for a (lot)less money. If you don't need portability and if looks and price/performance are important, then you can't do better than the Kanto Syd-5
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