All of us preferred George over the Tivoli, though, to
used to George, the operations were smooth.
"table radio," I would not use a heavy table
ment of the unit and with that control in back of the
became harsh unless pushed to the absolute extreme
(by Andrew).
your shirt pocket. But it is handy. We had placed
"warmth" in its sound and
have separate speakers which we normally separate by
more-enveloping sound than anyone would expect from
uses), bass level adjustment (we turned ours down since
evaluation could be made. The two stereo speakers are
Newton, MA 02464; phone 617/618-1800; fax
be fair, George is a bit more expensive. The Tivoli does
ber of uncompressed files in Microsoft (wav) and Apple
George in a rather inconvenient to reach (but not to lis-
the quality of the audio files in the iPod. We had a num-
cloth due to the downward firing woofer.
First, because of its iPod capability, then because it has
Chestnut Hill Sound website (there was very good start-
quite good sound, and last, it has a very useful remote.
"large" and not a few people have pointed out that the
Initially, I thought the unit was rather bass heavy, but
on what is selected. That
loud and has more bass than you might expect. As with
Chestnut Hill Sound, 90 Oak St., P.O. Box 68,
00
the Tivoli radio we had been using. We received all of
never comes really cheap. I think it
Associated Equipment
addition to the radio and iPod function, George possess-
The stand has its own charger, so that the remote,
puts, which did not add anything in the way of noise or
which operates on supplied batteries, is always ready.
came out surprisingly well (listening to Haydn
The front panel (remember it doubles as the remote)
Incidentally, I did try out the audio and headphone out-
can take a minute or so. Once done, George can dis-
the stations we normally get from Boston, even the mar-
player can be loud! Fortunately, it sounds good even
's worth the price of
es an auxiliary input, headphone output, USB connec-
really placed too close together to provide much of a
sound. Indeed, as stated at the beginning of this article, I
were a few times when we got frustrated. Once we got
taste, but still, a very smooth sound which never
that the website is more helpful than most, both for
with your designated iPod playlist.
only band-less tuning system. It has no AM/FM button.
We had George set up fairly quickly. When you con-
enjoyed listening with headphones.
Radio reception was quite good, at least as good as
A large owner
open sound and delivers much more-surrounding,
's country station got
At $499, George isn
iPod Nano, Tivoli radio, Shure EC5 headphones,
ginal ones. Lamentably, even Jamie
other objectionable things to the sound. In fact, I
617/663-6158; e-mail thescoop@chilsound.com;
this can be noticed in male voices. Classical music
this was ameliorated with some adjustments in place-
As Andrew demonstrated on several occasions, this
Obviously, the sound quality will vary depending on
nect an iPod, it will synchronize with George and that
sounds since the display helps sort things out, but there
we would choose the George for several real reasons:
concerto). The midrange was nice and clear. High fre-
web site www.chillsound.com.
separate acrylic stand. In reality, it's not the kind of
soundstage, but they did give some directionality.
a couple of feet, giving a greater sense of Stereo. Still,
while it is a
unit. Still, George has a bit of
's
's not as complicated as it
number of buttons which change function depending
contains a large display, a multi-purpose knob and a
alarm and timer is available so that you could wake up
ously going to last a good many years, and good sound
's cello
't exactly cheap. But then, it's obvi-
had troubles identifying George from the other audio
will also charge itself while docked. A combination
it seemed to me would be helpful to any owner). In
remote you can easily carry around and perhaps put in
George (what sort of product is this?), $499.00.
remote is, indeed, large. Large enough to be provided a
tion (for firmware upgrades and other possible future
a system so small. It can fill a room with very credible
AM frequencies and back again.
any audio system, location can make a difference and
let you do that on its large display. Okay, I did write
NOTES
on its stand across the room in a very convenient place.
through. Incidentally, George is said to have the world
play all the content of the iPod. Any iPod connected
admission.
systems in the house when listening upstairs.
Philips SHE9850 in-ear headphones.
making a buying decision and for support.
Volume 13, Issue 1
ten to) area of the kitchen, and the remote was located
the radio is near a corner), a pre-amp output (yeah,
You can spin the front panel control knob from FM to
's manual can be downloaded from the
that's unusual and might be appreciated by audio-
philes), and connections for antennas. I should mention
lossless (M4A) formats available so that a reasonable
quencies were smooth with a roll-off a bit early for my
up information in the box, but not a full manual which
Like some other high-end radios, George has a wide,
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