I’ve had some iPod docks and speakers in my life. They were all terrible. In general I believe iPod docks to be a waste of money, entirely unnecessary and often overpriced. This all changed when I met the Zepplin Mini. I maintain that there are plenty of terrible iPod docks out there, so if you don’t want to be disappointed do some research and make a good investment in a high quality product. For me, the Bowes & Wilkins was that investment. Read on to find out why.
The speakers sound great. There’s no two ways about it. I had the best time going through my iTunes music Library playing all different kinds of music through the Zeppelin Mini. It was like hearing the songs for the first time. There is power and clarity with the dock. The bass is fantastic. It pulses but it doesn’t pound and drown out the rest of the music.
The speakers can fill a room with music with ease. I recently used it for a house party and it performed beautifully. It provided atmospheric background music as well as room shaking dance floor music. If I hadn’t loved it before – I did after the festivities.
The Mini comes with a small remote that can control volume as well as skipping forward and back tracks and of course play/pause. This is handy, albeit sometimes unresponsive. The dock does take a moment to recognise both a newly connected iPod/iPhone and the remote. There is a standby and two volume buttons on the side of the dock, these also can be unresponsive on occasion. This leads me to believe the remote isn’t the slow piece of tech, but the innards of the dock itself. This flaw isn’t a deal breaker but it does mean you may be standing next to the dock hammering on the volume up button for longer than you would like.
The Zeppelin Mini can play music through the iPod connecter as well as through an auxiliary or a USB cable (neither of which are included in the box.) Unlike the latest model of it’s big brother the Zeppelin, the Mini does not have Airplay built in. However with a an Airport Express this can easily be solved and is definitely something I’m going to invest in in the future in order to take complete advantage of the wonderful piece of sound technology the Bowes & Wilkins Zeppelin Mini is.
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