Logitech Pure-Fi Elite Premium iPod Speaker System
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The Logitech Pure-Fi Elite stereo system creates a full-functioning stereo from your iPod, filling any room with high-performance digital sound. Charge your iPod while you enjoy favorite tunes from selected playlists or from the built-in AM/FM radio–and control it all from across the room with the included backlit remote. The remote also provides easy one-touch access to shuffle and repeat functions, and even allows instant access to preset iPod playlists without navigating menus on your iPod.
The Pure-Fi Elite immerses users in high-quality acoustics. The system features two 1-inch high-definition soft-dome tweeters to ensure precision and clarity from even the highest notes. The two 4-inch high-power long-throw woofers are capable of filling the room with deep, powerful bass. Meanwhile, DSP-controlled, dynamic, digital EQ, and advanced filtering features minimize distortion to create true-to-life sound. Also included is a bi-amplified transducer design with digital electronic crossover for studio-quality audio that plays louder and sounds better. The onboard StereoXL technology dramatically widens stereo image, creating an immersive audio experience.
Composite and S-Video output jacks are included for when you want to view iPod video files on a big screen while enjoying outstanding audio pumped through the Pure-Fi Elite.
Features
- 1-inch high-definition, soft-dome tweeters: Get precision and clarity from even the highest notes.
- 4-inch high-power, long-throw woofers: Fill the room with deep, powerful bass.
- DSP-controlled, dynamic, digital EQ and filtering: Minimizes distortion to create true-to-life sound.
- Bi-amplified transducer design with digital electronic crossover: Enjoy studio-quality audio that plays louder and sounds better.
- StereoXL technology: Dramatically widens stereo image, creating an immersive audio experience.
- Digital AM/FM radio: Increases your musical choices while giving you a complete stereo solution.
- Digital clock: Watch where the time goes.
- Charges your iPod: Doubles as an iPod charger.
- Backlighted wireless remote: Control and browse your iPod from anywhere in the room with a remote that’s backlighted for use in the dark. Enjoy one-touch access to Shuffle and Repeat.
- Presets for iPod playlists: Enjoy instant access to your favorite music, without having to navigate menus on your iPod.
Suggested Price
$299.99
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The Logitech Pure Fi Elite is the updated version of the Logitech AudioStation iPod Speaker System. I have used 6 or 7 ipod speaker systems, including the Audiostation, and this system definitely sounds the best. best of all, it fixes some of the main problems the Audiostation had, and the reasons why that system was so awful. The Pure Fi Elite is not designed to be portable. It is heavy, and designed to be used in place of a home stereo in one of your rooms. The power cable is pretty massive (about the size and weight of a brick), and once you have the FM and AM antennas, power cable, and auxiliary lines set up, it’s not really going anywhere. It’s lack of mobility works out however, since I would have no problem replacing any of my stereos (with the exception of a home theater system) with this unit.
The sound quality is great. Very clear treble and clean bass, and has a lot of power for such a small unit. If you’ve been using the Logitech Portable mm50, you will notice a huge difference in the quality of the sound (even though the mm50 is designed for portability and much cheaper). Each speaker has a 1″ tweeter and 4″ woofer. Because of the size of the unit compared to portable systems, it can deliver much richer sound. Even after turning up the volume to 90% (which will wake the neighbors), I didn’t notice any crackling or static, and it still sounded great. When I put the Eite side by side with my old Audiostation, I could easily notice the difference in sound, especially with increased volume.
The Pure Fi Elite has some great accessories as well. The remote is very nice. Just the right size, it is backlit, and the corners are rounded. I could get good reception from 40 feet away. The buttons on the remote contain only the needed functionality that a remote should have and nothing superfluous, which Logitech has been guilty of in the past. The unit comes with 9 different adapters to ensure that regardless of what type of ipod you have, it will fit in the unit. It has a video out port on the back of the unit, ideally so you can run it to your TV and play your ipod videos on a larger monitor. I couldn’t get this to work at all, and it was only later that I found out Apple has currently locked this feature on most of their ipod models (it should work with the ipod color 4G and 5G).
My one problem I did have with the unit is that it’s still not the prettiest thing to look at. I think Logitech could have rounded the corners some and given it a bit of a softer look, as well as tried to reduce the size of the power brick. I wanted to put it on my mantle, however that won’t work since the power brick is so huge and hangs down the size of my fireplace. I can’t complain about the sound quality though. If you already own the Logitech Audiostation, it is not worth the price to upgrade to this unit. However if you’re looking for a complete ipod solution for your den or living room and want the best sound possible, you can’t go wrong with it.
I bought one of these for my daughter to use at work. She loves it. It provides the quality of sound she likes and it keeps her iPod charged. The remote provides a great deal of control for her AND she just likes the way it looks. Her old man finally bought something cool.
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Right out of the box, you realize there’s nothing flimsy about the Pure-Fi Elite. The unit is heavy relative to size. It’s a sleek, solid black. The display pictures show it without the speaker covers. You don’t see the woofer and tweeter when you’re looking at the actual unit. The front of the base is at a 30 degree angle, which makes it easy to see the controls and the display screen. The display is large enough to see comfortably with either white on black or black on white, depending on your angle.
The Pure-Fi Elite is a docking station with some nice features and a few gaps. When the iPOD is in the docking station the base charges the iPOD. To hear your music, use the iPOD’s menu to select the songs you want to hear and press play. The Pure-Fi Elite will turn on the iPOD, switch to iPOD input, and start playing music. Navigation buttons on the base or the remote control will let you move through your playlist. You can also make six of your playlists into presets. There is a video pass through feature to connect a video output jack (not included) from the back of the base to a TV to display photos or video from the iPOD, too.
The base has a Universal Dock and comes with nine separate adapters, so you can use it with 4th and 5th generation iPODS. There is a chart that shows you which adapter fits your model. If you have a 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation iPOD you’ll need to use the aux input connector on the back of the base. (1st and 2nd generation do not have a dock connector. 3rd generation are not supported by the Universal Dock.)
The remote control uses two AA batteries (included). The remote is slim and fits into a holder that can be snapped onto the back of the docking station. I found it much easier to program this from the remote than from the control panel on the front of the unit. You can set the time with either a 12 or 24 hour clock. There is a sleep timer, but no clock/radio or clock/iPOD wake up feature. Radio and iPOD navigation is easy with the remote. You can also adjust the bass, treble, or Stereo XL for your own sound preferences.
The base has AM/FM radio, which is easy to navigate and external radio antennas are included. There are six presets each for AM and FM. If your FM station utilizes RDS, you can see the station’s call letters and slogan as well as the dial number. With the external antennas in place, one or two FM stations came in beautifully. Other local FM stations didn’t come in very well at all, although they sound fine on other radios around the house. None of the AM stations came in very well. The radio isn’t the main attraction of this unit, but since it’s included it would be nice if it picked up the stations better.
I played the Pure-Fi Elite at full volume and it did fill the room without sound distortion. At full volume on the Pure-Fi Elite doesn’t seem as loud as it does on other units I’ve owned, although it beats ear buds hands down.
The unit comes with a power cord, power supply, and wall cord. It’s an awkward arrangement that I’ve come to accept on laptops, but I was surprised to find it on a small stereo unit. The power supply seems unnecessarily large and heavy - it’s only slightly smaller than a brick. I unplug devices when they aren’t in use; when I plugged the base back into the wall outlet a day later, I found it had lost the time and other presets.
The Pure-Fi Elite would have been perfect if the radio came in better, if it also functioned as a clock/radio, or if it didn’t lose the time and presets when unplugged. I think it’s a three and a half star unit, but since we don’t have the half star option, I’d round it up rather than down. Overall, this is a solid piece of equipment. It’s easy to set up, and music from the iPOD fills the room with good sound.