posted: May. 16, 2008 @ 2:28p
That's an interesting -- if not downright bizarre -- looking contraption. Kind of looks like fingers holding the iPod. I very much like the sound of Cambridge Soundworks products -- but I'm thinking they might have missed the target on the aesthetics with this one. Good price -- if you don't mind the design.
Snippet from a review:
"Removing the PlayDock MP3 from its box is a bit of a disconcerting experience. Its heft suggests quality and power, while its appearance from the bottom up is handsome... until you see that thing that sits on top of the PlayDock MP3, resembling an alien blob that feeds on speaker cones. That thing turns out to be the holder for your MP3 player. The manual you read later will tell you it's fused from silicone, but the pungent odor tells your nose that already.
Sitting atop of any table, a fresh PlayDock MP3—smell and all—is a curious attraction that resembles a product design experiment gone wrong. In its effort to maximize compatibility with MP3 players (which basically amounts to designing a system compatible the line of MP3 players from its parent company, Creative, without alienating the iPod market), designers seemingly settled on the cheapest and easiest solution with minimal consideration for fit or finish."
Full review here: Linko