iPods and iPhones, the Apple’s gadgety saviours.

We humans have become reliant on mobile music, and have been this way for decades. From the shoulder bearing Ghetto Blasters through to the more personal Walkmans and Discmans, it was a natural transition as music became digital – that the players would equal the media.

Logitech, manufacturers of some of the greatest PC, Gaming and Audio peripheral joined the Apple craze, adding to the deluge of iPod Docking Stations and Audio Players available in your local Electronics Store.
Their Portable Speaker S125i unit is exactly its name sake. Fairly small (19.5cm long), light weight at 400 grams, both battery and Mains A/C powered, the take anywhere dock could be this year’s summer accessory to pump out your iPoded playlists.

Sound quality is actually surprising.

Looking at the unit on face value, I expected a treble infused symphony of tiny-ness. Once I got my iPhone successfully docked and charging on the unit the best of Shane’s Playlist was booming out to the masses (neighbours) in a clear undistorted musical extravaganza.

Outside testing proved as equally pleasing, but as you imagine the unit did struggle to meet the same standards as it had inside.

The Bass Boost button... Well, it does the job, certainly ramps up the bass, but get something playing like Hip Hop or DJ like tunes and be in for distortion to the max or drop it low volume to protect the speakers.
The S125i does what it sets out to do, and does it reasonably well, with the biggest downside being the hefty price tag of $99.99.