Need some help from the Sound Hounds!

[wvjohn]

My wife does workshops that involve meditations and other stuff and uses a lot of sound. The sound quality needs to be very good. She works anything from 2 or 3 people to a conference room with about 30-40 people. She was invited to do a workshop at a major east coast conference, and the CD boombox from Dollar G ain't gonna cut it The best I have ever seen used for work like this is an Ipod in a Bose, which sounded great even outdoors, but I know the Bose is some serious $$. She also wants to have at least limited remote control.

TIA

I asked her to write up her needs/xmas list and here it is:

Wish list

Music storage unit

· holds high quality copies of CD's that have subliminal sounds embedded in them

· holds at least 60 of those CD's

· Small

· lightweight

· 6 hours playtime WITHOUT being plugged in.

Speakers:

· lightweight

· small

· preferably wireless

· quality sound

· reasonable price

· remote control

Miscellaneous

· won't cost me an arm and a let (let's say under about $200/250, if that's even possible?)

· I don't need state of the art, just something that will work, easily and simple cuz I'm technically challenged.

· what is the best file format to save the music in, including the subliminals? (mp3, wav, ?)

· what else do I need to know (info I wouldn't know to ask for cuz I don't know that much about the technical aspects of sound and sound reproduction?)



What I currently own:

· iPad 1 (no wireless)

· iPhone 4

· a lot of CD's

· a VERY old style bulky portable CD player with yuck sound

[EvilHorace]

Well, you can easily load days of music into either your ipad or iphone and then plug it into a boombox.
I've got 2 Sony Xplod's, one at work, one at home and they sound great. They're one of the few boomboxes that have an audio input through an 1/8" stereo miniplug so that's how I wire it to my ipod, sorry no wireless.

The xplod is heavy, bulky and my wife thinks it's ugly but it's sound quality for a smallish and inexpensive boombox makes up for it.
http://reviews.cnet.com/boomboxes/sony- ... nDate+desc
http://reviews.bestbuy.com/3545/7698921 ... eviews.htm
As for this guys review: "The display is too small and the inline to listen to Ipods etc not loud at all very low sound." I can tell you that he's incorrect and must have had some setting wrong. I've also had my xplods for years, never an issue and the one at work is on 5 days a week, 9 hours per day.
I forgot that it does include a wireless remote but an ipod needs to be wired to it.
Walmart also sells them for $117.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Sony-Cfdg700C ... ct+Reviews

[Pugsley]

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Peavey-Esco ... 1457967.gc

Its not much of what she is asking for, But it is a good basic portable PA system. Now you could add a wireless mic and other stuffs to it to make it better.

[normalicy]

Yeah, it seems like Sony's about the only company making boom boxes anymore. After that, you have to consider other options. I echo the MP3 player/Phone & boom box with input idea.

[wvjohn]

thanks everybody. looks like we'll probably go with the bose dock and an ipod, 1 gen back if we can. the boombox just doesn't fit the "decor" of what she's doing, and is large. everything thing needs to fit in a small rolling briefcase or suitcase.

btw, I did see a Dewalt job site boombox in a pawn shop a while ago. looked pretty rugged.

[EvilHorace]

Home Depot sells those Dewalt boomboxes but I doubt they have an aux. input jack. Few do.

Another option is to use a small PC speaker system with a sub. I use a couple of those around the house too and you can then just plug an ipod into that. It's more portable than the Sony boombox.

[DaMaN]

SoundDock® Portable digital music system


Cheapest at Sam's Club: $159.99 + Free standard shipping for online orders.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/bose-sounddock-digital-music-system/192493.ip?pid=CSE_Froogle&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=142771

[wvjohn]

Finally went with the bose and an ipod, that way she can use her phone as backup for ipod

thx