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Spent some time at the Apple store listening to the Bose sounddock, the Klipsch iGroove and the Altec Lansing iM7. Although I wanted to like the Klipsch the best, I thought the Altec Lansing was by far the best of the three. Klipsch was better than the Bose. Much brighter, Bose sounded mumbly, muddy and dark. Bose wasn't terrible, Klipsch a little better than the Bose, but Altec Lansing was the best of the three by a noticeable margin.

Bought an iFi today and hooked it up immediately. Before using my ipod, I hooked up my computer to the sub using the aux input. Unfortunately, the volume on the PC was maxed. No sound at first, then I hit the Mute/Standby bottom, and super high volume. The speakers gave a burst of sound then were just outputting scratchy distortion. I turned the system off, restarted it and it appears to work OK, but of course I have nothing with which to compare it. The bass seems light, and the sub doesn't give anything when you put your hand up to it. I guess my question is did I blow the speakers or sub, or did it clip off with protection and is OK? Any thoughts appreciated.