On test: B&W Zeppelin,
Roth Audio Music Cocoon MC4,
KEF Picoforte Three,
TL Audio Fatman iTube Valve with Speakers
The iPod dock has come a long way since it was the sole domain of computer peripheral manufacturers. Any list of kit that includes KEF and B&W shows that hi-fi manufacturers are serious about digital music, while relative hi-fi newcomers Roth Audio and Fatman both bring valve amplification to the party in the form of stand-alone amps partnered with traditional-looking loudspeakers.
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"High-end docks bring bliss and bling to your iPod"
Issue: 3/2008
"Fatman iTube ValveDock"
Published on: 11/2007
On test: TL Audio Fatman iTube ValveDock
I used to think that high end audio and modern digital music were completely incompatible concepts, but over the past two or three years, this olde-worlde outlook has gradually been worn away. Like the sea eating away at a crumbling chalk cliff, music compression, streaming and downloads are slowly but surely changing even the way hardcore audiophiles see the musical world.
As if to prove this we're beginning to see 'proper' hi-fi manufacturers making iPod-compatible products, and even higher end, boutique manufacturers such as Ferguson Hill and its FH007 system, have acknowledged the rising importance of the increasingly DAP-centric view of the music world.
The Fatman iTube ValveDock iPod music system is one of this new breed of products, marrying hardware that's traditionally been seen as the preserve of expensive audiophile hardware with the ubiquitous digital media player.
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"Carbon plays second fiddle"
Issue: Awards/2007
On test: TL Audio Fatman iTube ValveDock Carbon
The iTube carbon is essentiallly an iTube Valvedock in one box.
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"Fatman iTube amplifier"
Published on: 3/2007
On test: TL Audio Fatman iTube ValveDock
The iTube is a valve amplifier - yes valves, those old-fashioned glowing things that TVs used to have - with an iPod dock unit, all encased in chrome and black metal. It's really two separate systems: a power amplifier, which is the analogue bit, and the dock.
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