New Pure-fi Express Plus, a budget friendly dock from Logitech

With the advent of Apples portable music playback devices the music industry has undergone a complete overhaul. The conventional method of listening to music is via a pair of headphones. But if you want to play it loud for others to enjoy it as well then you better go for an audio dock.

There is a whole array of audio docks available for iPods and iPhones in the market. They come in all sizes and shapes but most of iDevice audio docks that offer good quality sound are expensive. If you are on a very tight budget and want a descent quality device that offers good value for your money then Logitech has an offering to make.

Logitech has launched the Pure-Fi Express Plus iDevice speaker system recently and this is a very serious contender in this segment.

Features and specifications of Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus:

Bold looking colours

Attractive design

Carrying handle

GSM shielded

Remote control

Music manipulation controls on the dock

Information display

Powered by six AA batteries that offers 10 hours of music play back

3.5 mm audio jack

Dimensions: 34 cm x 13 cm x 10cm

Weight: 1.5 kilograms

Even if the speaker system is designed to be in the budget segment, its design and build quality is very impressive. It can be considered as one of the most good looking speaker system in the market. The speaker grills are covered in very bold and good looking colours. The colour options include plain black, pink violet and even orange. The audio dock is situated at the top and the control buttons are present in the front portion.

The volume knob is large and has a silver metallic finish. It occupies a considerable amount of space in the front side. For ease of use a remote control is also provided. It has all the common audio manipulation buttons like pause/play, volume control and controls for skipping tracks forward and backward.

The speaker system is omni directional in type and has speakers at the front as well as at the back. For a budget speaker system this device sounds amazingly well. The bass range is good and the audio reproduction is handled by the system very efficiently.

Logitech Pure-Fi Express Plus comes with a price tag of about Rs. 6,000/-. Add in an equalizer application too with your idevice so that you can fine tune the acoustics to match to your liking.