Look at it one way, and you can see the success of the iPod and other digital audio players as the victory of style and convenience over pure audio quality. No wonder, then, that you can see the huge sales of iPod speaker docks in the same terms. Hi-Fi buffs might quibble over the audio characteristics of compressed music and compact speakers, but there’s no getting around the fact that an iPod and dock gives you an easy way to enjoy music in the home.
There’s no need to mess around with CDs or complex, expensive Hi-Fi separates, and no need to put up with big speakers or masses of cable. Instead, you just switch on the dock, plug in your iPod and play. Of course, you don’t get Hi-Fi quality, but as a device for day-in, day-out listening, a compact, plug-and-play dock makes an awful lot of sense. Most of us will take style and convenience over sound quality every time.
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