this girl drives a tank

carwash

I mentioned before that my desktop speakers have been on the fritz and I have been meaning to replace them. Now that I have an iPod I would like to kill two birds with one stone.

The Bose SoundDock has a very good sound (my brother has one) and I think is loud enough for my needs but I cannot use it as desktop speakers directly connected to my soundcard, and you cannot sync the iPod to iTunes while it is docked. I am told the next model Bose release might have these features but who knows for sure? I cannot find any information on upcoming product features at all. I suppose companies keep these things secret.

The iPod HiFi gets a much better review, supposedly really loud sound and naturally more iPodcentric features. I like that you can hook other devices to it and it has batteries and AC power, but it still isn't suitable as a desktop speaker replacement. Too bad the dock for he iPod is on the top, otherwise I could plonk my LCD monitor on top of it and have the music blast my head off :-) Because it's not a desktop speaker replacement, like the Bose, you cannot sync to iTunes either.

So both of these products are near misses in my book and I will continue to search around. Some other speakers worth looking into are the Audioengine5 and the Klipsh iFi (don't these iProduct names get ever increasingly annoying?).

PS: I found the playlistmag website with google, and the reviews seemed unbiased and comprehensive without being overly technical, if you know of a better audio review site please gmail me!

I brought my car over to my parents house this morning for a hand washing, usually I go to one of those brush-less car washes but occasionally my Dad insists on supervising a meticulous hand wash and detailing. This involves Dad laying out the steps involved to accomplish our goal, then instructions on who will do what and usually ends with me and Mom sitting on the porch watching, whilst, much to Mom's delight, I occasionally squirt Dad with the water hose to hurry him up. :-)