Postage & Packaging: free Super Saver Delivery Availability: Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon...
Advantages: Great menu scrolling ability on remote and fantastic sound quality Disadvantages: Low range on remote and quite heavy
I received the Gear4 Houseparty III speakers for Christmas and have so far been delighted with them.
The box is a suitable shape and gives a short description of the speakers on the back which is very informative:
The HouseParty III is a high-quality stereo speaker system for iPod with FM radio. Also included is a fully functional remote control with direct access to the menus of your iPod and an audio cable to link up to other portable music devices and laptops. Its sleek design fits superbly into any room of the house, so you can sit back and enjoy your crystal clear tunes in style.
Also on the back is a list of the speakers' main features:
-30 Watt total speaker output
-Built-in FM radio
-Retractable dock for iPod
-Hidden LED display
-Charges iPod while playing
-Compatible with all iPod models with dock connectors ...
Advantages: Very good value for money, bright clock display and great design. Disadvantages: IPhone turned on Airplane mode to have clear sound.
Not another Apple Ipod speaker dock and FM radio really. Yes it may be one of many Ipod speaker's out there in the market. But the Gear4 Blackbox 24/7 is very different in some obvious ways and some less obvious ways as we'll see later.
The Gear4 Blackbox 24/7 as you can see is a beautiful piece of kit especially regarding the £50.00 price tag.
The dock is compatible with all of Apple's iPods and iPhones. You'll need to turn your iPhone to Airplane mode if you want to avoid occasional squeaks.
Between the base and the speaker is a hidded blue light that provides a usefull glow in your room this helps for when your room is dark and you want too find something. This is manually turned on and off by using the power button on top, or the remote control.
The next feature that is on this speaker is the clock display that is big ...
Advantages: Wireless A2DP bluetooth technology, design, good sound Disadvantages: Build quality feels a bit cheap
Gear4 have a nice range of iPod related products now, but with the HouseParty Blu they certainly seem to have upped the design ante. This sleek unit has a nice grill to the front, with some backlit touch sensitive controls. Yes, this is an iPod speaker system, with the mandatory dock, but it goes one step further by adding bluetooth.
OK, so the iPod does not have bluetooth as standard, although this can be added afterwards. Where the 'Blu' scores is that you can hook up any A2DP Bluetooth device, like your mobile phone and stream your tunes to it. In practice this work brilliantly. I am not a big mobile phone user, as I use my iPod all the time, but for the purposes of this review some of my fave tunes were transferred to my mobile. The quality was pretty darn good, not as good as docking my iPod, but certainly detailed and very ...
