[mbriant]

Chord Indigo iPod Dock

 

[iriverdude]

rofl, why not just buy a standalone high end media player?

 

[QQQ]

So unhealthy...

 

[holyharry]

http://www.chordelectronics.co.uk/specs/indigo.pdf

I am so not going to buy that....!

On the other hand, it's just created a free viral advertising storm on the net, so maybe those guys at chord aren't as dumb as they might seem.

 

[nc8000]

I think it need to be viewed as a highend dac that happens to also have an iPod dock build-in rather than a hugely priced iPod dock.

 

[krmathis]

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Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif rofl, why not just buy a standalone high end media player?

This one is not 'standalone' enough for you...?
I think it looks great, and since it probably tap digital audio data from the iPod it should be competitive (sound wise) against other high-end media players/DAC's.

 

[iriverdude]

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This one is not 'standalone' enough for you...?

Reliant on crappy 120GB storage. So yeah waste of money and stupid purchase. I'd rather have a proper system from the high end makers- kinda like a upmarket Squeezebox with server, or Squeezebox with CPU/Software in the unit, not a stupid dock.

Request have something out not tried it, but it does look pretty good.

 

[nc8000]

Also the new Naim box

 

[iriverdude]

yup and all work from crestron remotes, which are very nice. Does that Chord dock come with a touchscreen, large two way RF remote?

It's the same if I were to use my iriver H140 with a dock, still limitations on the unit. Would need remote. Only 38GB storage. If I rip music I need to copy it to the iriver first, and a lossy copy due to partly 38GB. Wheras with SB or similar just rip/encode EAC to flac to your NAS or server, and your music server will automatically find it (SB requires quick rescan which is a annoying) But I hope high end systems would do this dynamically.

 

[Punnisher]

Looks cool, but half the cost is actually cnc machining.

 

[qusp]

specs actually look really good. just needs more storage; but of course much more could be had for the money. does take digital input from a modified ipod, also comes with a digital a2dp reciever, which can be hooked up to the modified ipods. so a few interesting technologies. of course you dont have to use ipods as has plenty of I/O, but still $$$$$. with my sources (including my mac) though I can tell you i'd take it over a squeezebox anyday

 

[mrarroyo]

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Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif Reliant on crappy 120GB storage. So yeah waste of money and stupid purchase. I'd rather have a proper system from the high end makers- kinda like a upmarket Squeezebox with server, or Squeezebox with CPU/Software in the unit, not a stupid dock. Request have something out not tried it, but it does look pretty good.

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Originally Posted by iriverdude /img/forum/go_quote.gif yup and all work from crestron remotes, which are very nice. Does that Chord dock come with a touchscreen, large two way RF remote? It's the same if I were to use my iriver H140 with a dock, still limitations on the unit. Would need remote. Only 38GB storage. If I rip music I need to copy it to the iriver first, and a lossy copy due to partly 38GB. Wheras with SB or similar just rip/encode EAC to flac to your NAS or server, and your music server will automatically find it (SB requires quick rescan which is a annoying) But I hope high end systems would do this dynamically.

I am pretty sure I will get chastised for posting this but ... do you ever post something nice?

Based on a sample of your post all you do is criticize other peoples ideas, or gear. Your negative posting is sure getting old and stale. As I wrote before, perhaps you should take a happy pill to mellow out.

 

[iriverdude]

What's the point of everyone saying everything is great? I'm pointing just how daft the design is. If it had a couple of HD's say 2x1TB, with a ipod dock, and you can copy your ipod music to the internal HD and play from that, with no need for ipod, and it comes with a 2 way touchscreen remote like the Sonos, it'll be a good design. What exactly is the point of using a DAP as a source? Even if you fit 240GB HD into a ipod it's far less than even a basic computer server or NAS. edit with a system of restoring, backing up to/fro from the Ipod, and choosing what type should be on the ipod- say on the HD you have entire collection as 1.6TB lossless, you can copy across 15 albums as lossy mp3/aac. Or copy new albums from ipod lossless to the unit's HD.

Really it's like trying to patch up a diesel to do formula 1 racing. Just buy a F1 car in the first place.

For the same price you could buy Request media box and the server, with change to spare for quality 2 way RF remote.

 

[Uncle Erik]

What happens when Apple changes the shape of the iPod?

 

[iriverdude]

^ I brought that up with a dealer selling ipod dock systems. A couple of docks have replacable shaped connectors. So if you fit a ipod that's slimmer width wise that's ok. But what about ones that are wider? It'll have to include a addtional block so it's above the curved bit to the sides of that Chord dock.