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Customer Reviews for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Model: DS8500/37
SKU: 3792704
UPC: 609585188808
This Philips Fidelio DS8500/37 docking speaker for Apple iPod and iPhone features PureDigital sound processing technology and 30W total system power for clear digital audio. The proximity sensor automatically responds when you approach for ease of use.
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
out of 5
(16 Reviews) 16
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88% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Review 1 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Nice Sound, Poor App
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
4.0
I use this to play all of my music in my apartment. It has big, clear sound. The only issue is the poor app. It does not work well with my iPhone. Otherwise, it's a great product.
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 2 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great docking speaker!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Sound, style
What's not so great: Price, if you don't get it on sale.
I got this docking speaker at a good price and it sounds great! Bass is crisp and you can play it pretty loud without it having noise. The style of the speaker is cool too...very sleek. Overall a solid, great sounding docking speaker.
This product has... Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
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Review 3 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great sound and style, but it has some issues.
Customer Rating
2.0
Value for Price
1.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Ease of Use
2.0
Features
1.0
What's great about it: It's stylish and produces a good sound.
What's not so great: Charging function and Phillips app.
I bought this to replace a bedroom clock radio. First I want to say that the style is great and the sound is great too. But I had an issue with it charging my iPhone. Actually I should say an issue with it NOT charging my iPhone. The first night I had left the case on my phone (a pretty thin one) and I woke up to my phone battery at 7%. The next two nights, I tried it without that case at all, and woke up to an uncharged phone. My next issue is with the weird Phillips app that you have to use for this to work as an alarm clock. You have to be very careful of the volume setting on the speaker AND the setting on the iPhone. If you're only going to use this as a speaker and you're not concerned with the time telling or alarm capabilities, then it's great. I returned this and bought the Phillips DC291/37 Alarm Clock Radio, and I've been very happy with the swap.
This product has... Stylish
About me... Avid listener
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 4 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great sound system for $99
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: everything
What's not so great: nothing
bought this on sale for 1/2 price. Love it. Easy to use; works with my iPod and my iPhone and charges them. Sound is great. Easy to use and it looks good. Don't know if I would have paid $200, but for $99 you can't beat it. I highly recommend it
This product has... Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 5 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Excellent for sound and quality.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Robean
from Corinth, VT
on 03/01/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Sound quality
What's not so great: Can't think of anything
The music fills the room just like my Bose! Very full sound and reasonably priced, too.
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Casual listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Casual listener
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
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Review 6 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great for anyone - ipod/iphone not needed!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Easy set up
What's not so great: N/A
This was something I was a little skeptical about buying because I didn't have an iPhone, but I was able to use my own phone and any other device that I wanted. The set up was as easy as plug in and hit play. It's got great sound quality as well.
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Budget Conscious, Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Price
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
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Review 7 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
sound is impressiave
Customer Rating
4.0
What's great about it: good sound
What's not so great: the color
this thing has amazing sound for being mp3 files i was very pleased with the purchase and wish i had bought 2 wish it was black that's why the 4 stars.
This product has... Powerful bass
About me... Budget Conscious, Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Less than once a week
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Review 8 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
excellent sound and looks sharp
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: the look and the sound
What's not so great: haven't found anything yet
After searching for awhile, when this item showed up on sale, I jumped on it immediately. It lived up to my expectations. Looks beautiful in my newly renovated kitchen and the sound is phenomenal. I can listen to music from anywhere in the house and the sound is not distorted when it's full volume. Really sharp looking.
This product has... Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Budget Conscious, Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 9 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Small package big sound
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Spawn179
on 02/16/2012
Small unit plays awesome sound nice bass and awesome acoustics worth the buy if u catch the right price
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Rivals my (expensive) 5.1 theater system!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Goldlemon1
from Boston, MA
on 02/05/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Value
What's not so great: Remote has basic functions
I never thought I'd get an iPhone dock but the recent BB "DEAL OF THE DAY" price at $100 intrigued me and I bit. What a stroke of luck! I've had it 2 days and can't stop using it. I even compared it with Pandora on my 5.1 sound system and other than the obvious separation issue from such a small unit, the sound spectrum was unbelievable: clean , crisp and with a superb Bass response.
The bonus is the Philips app package that came with it and for a buck, I downloaded "tunein". Along with Pandora, I'm in heaven....just be sure you program your phone before you drop it in to avoid a default Philips app, Caution: incoming calls alerts will blow your ears if the volume is up too.high.
Also worthy of note: I have an Otterbox cover on my iPhone 4 and the connection socket handles it with no problem.
Would I recommend it to friends? I already have but they won't bite at the $200 ticket price.
The bonus is the Philips app package that came with it and for a buck, I downloaded "tunein". Along with Pandora, I'm in heaven....just be sure you program your phone before you drop it in to avoid a default Philips app, Caution: incoming calls alerts will blow your ears if the volume is up too.high.
Also worthy of note: I have an Otterbox cover on my iPhone 4 and the connection socket handles it with no problem.
Would I recommend it to friends? I already have but they won't bite at the $200 ticket price.
This product has... Powerful bass
About me... Budget Conscious, Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Price
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 11 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Pleasantly surprised! Great product!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Great sound, easy to use, compact size, nice features
What's not so great: Nothing so far
Picked this up as a "Deal of the Day" for a sweet $99.00. I was expecting a decent product and average sound quality. I was pleasantly surprised. It sounds much better than I thought it would, it's easy to use, and the features work well with my iPhone 4S. It is also small enough that it would make for a great portable/ travel player. Not sure that I would buy it at full price, but at the $99.00 price point its a fantastic deal!! I would definately recommend this product and plan to check out the other docking speakers that Phillips offers for other rooms in the house.
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Casual listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Casual listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
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Review 12 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great Product
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
3.0
What's great about it: Sound and Price
Small and sounds great. Works great with my iPhone 4s. Would recommend to all.
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish
About me... Casual listener, Frequent traveler
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Casual listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:1-2 times a week
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Review 13 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Half off made this a great buy
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
3.0
What's great about it: Great price, easy to use, great sound
What's not so great: no concerns other than the irritating Phillips app that won't go away.
This Phillips model had plenty of great reviews, but I couldn't see spending $200 for it. When Best Buy offered it for $100 I snapped it up, and am glad I did. Sound is great, style is great, price was fantastic. Looks great out on a kitchen counter all day long, and it is a handy place to charge your iPhone while listening to the iPod or Pandora music. Do wish they would give it up with the annoying Phillips App that won't stop trying to load. Don't need it, don't want it. would like a simple treble-midrange-bass adjustment button, but that is the only shortcoming at all. Overall, a great player at $100, probably not worth more than $150 tops
This product has... Powerful bass
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Price
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 14 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
At the retail price. I would look elsewhere
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
2.0
Sound Quality
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Sounds good and charges my iPod
What's not so great: The price
I bought this when it went on sale during the holidays. It was $100 off, so I figured I would buy it without listening to it.
BB didn't and still doesn't have a whole lot of reviews for this, so I went to amazon to see what others thought.
The majority of reviews were either 4 or 5, so I went ahead and bought it through BB @ $99 and used my rewards points to get it even cheaper.
The majority of reviews were either 4 or 5, so I went ahead and bought it through BB @ $99 and used my rewards points to get it even cheaper.
The unit is definitely nice looking and well made. The sound is also very good. Nice clean, crisp highs and mids. The bass is also good, but and not too booming.
The price is a little high for the unit, but then again so is the Bose SoundDock. Overall. I'm happy that I got it for less than $99, but I would be hesitant to shell out the $199.99 price (before tax).
This product has... Stylish
About me... Budget Conscious, Avid listener
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
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Review 15 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Fantasic sound
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Awesome sound, deep bass
What's not so great: You don't have one yet which is why you're reading this!
Got a great deal on this product from Best Buy. It puts out awesome sound and I was really impressed with deep bass for such a small unit. Fits on a shelf out of the way and fills the house with music. I use an IPhone 4 with it and it works perfectly. Love it!
This product has... Perfect fit, Stylish, Powerful bass
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
Most Important to Purchase:Sound quality
How Often Used:Daily
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Review 16 for Philips Fidelio Docking Speaker for Apple® iPod® and iPhone®
Great sounding speakers
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: jamieh192
from Gheens, La.
on 01/06/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Sound Quality
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Great sound, Easy to use, Awesome price (got it during Black Friday for 1/2 off)
What's not so great: Wish it ran by batteries also so it could be used portably
I love these speakers. I got them about 2 months ago and I use them all the time. They are very clear sounding, have great bass, and is really loud! I love that it charges my Iphone while it's playing or just idel. I also love the remote control. I can change the song playing from across the room if I'm busy doing something else. I Love, Love, Love my speakers!
This product has... Powerful bass
About me... Avid listener
I would recommend this to a friend!
Type of Listener:Avid listener
How Often Used:3-5 times a week
+3points
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