Friday, Mar 14th 2008 by James Allan Brady


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One way of playing music from your ugly iPod and guaranteeing no one ever sees it is if you move the speakers up to 150 feet away from the base. With Griffin’s Evolve you can wirelessly do just that.

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Each of the two speakers has a Lithium-Ion battery built in to power it and there is a pair of antennas on the base for clear reception of the audio signal. There are other inputs and outputs on the system as well so you can watch video from your iPod on your TV or play sound from your TV through these speakers.

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The remote that comes with the system is good for up to 150 feet as well, likely using the same RF signal as the speakers. The speakers have metal cones and Class D amplifiers and should last 10 hours on a single charge. This system is great, but it comes with a great price to at about $240 or more depending on where you buy it.

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  1.  Jon Ward   View all comments by Jon Ward  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Dear Sirs:

    I purchased The Griffin Evolve Wireless System. My first disappointment came with the placing the speakes only about fifty feet away in an adjacent room. The sound quality was very poor.

    After using them in a closer situation, my second situation was finding that if any time lapsed after an I-pod selection, the speakers would not function. Supposedly, there was a button I could press to “power up” the speakers, but this did not work. I would have to return them to their stand, start the I-pod after the green light indicator reappeared, and then move them again.

    Now one speaker appears not to hold a charge. I purchased this machine at a price that was above the Bose System, thinking that the wireless option would work well.
    Obviously, this is not the case.

    My purchase date was March 29, 2008. I called Best Buy. They told me to contact the manufacturer, because they don’t deal with any problems after 30 days–a good thing to know in the future. In other words, I refuse to do business with them in the future. If the product is not a reflection of what I have experienced, Best Buy basically makes the deal sour.

  2.  The Fixer   View all comments by The Fixer  Neutral  Add karma Subtract karma 

    Dear Sirs:

    I purchased The Griffin Evolve Wireless System. My first disappointment came with the placing the speakes only about fifty feet away in an adjacent room. The sound quality was very poor.

    After using them in a closer situation, my second situation was finding that if any time lapsed after an I-pod selection, the speakers would not function. Supposedly, there was a button I could press to “power up” the speakers, but this did not work. I would have to return them to their stand, start the I-pod after the green light indicator reappeared, and then move them again.

    Now one speaker appears not to hold a charge. I purchased this machine at a price that was above the Bose System, thinking that the wireless option would work well.
    Obviously, this is not the case.

    My purchase date was March 29, 2008. I called Best Buy. They told me to contact the manufacturer, because they don’t deal with any problems after 30 days–a good thing to know in the future. In other words, I refuse to do business with them in the future. If the product is not a reflection of what I have experienced, Best Buy basically makes the deal sour.

    My recommendation to get around any 30 day limit is to go back to the store where you bought them get another pair and put your bad ones in the box and return them with a current reciept ;)

    This works as long as it’s a current product and is available on the shelf, and remember don’t limit yourself to your original store there are others that sell the same product and it works just as well ;)

    The Fixer


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