Bose SoundDock 10 Digital Music System

by Bose

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 17 x 9.1 inches ; 18.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 23 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002KY1HXS
• Item model number: 309505-1300
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Bose® SoundDock 10 Digital Music System

• Lifelike performance you simply have to hear to believe
• Deeper low notes from a newly designed woofer enhanced by Bose® waveguide speaker technology
• Auxiliary input for connecting your music phone, MP3 player or other audio device
• Compatible with all iPhone™ and most iPod® models
• Optional Bluetooth® dock for playing music from you smart phone, tablet of other Bluetooth® device.

Experience Lifelike, Powerful Sound

Powerful enough to fill even a large, spacious room with your iPod music--in lifelike Bose sound.

Brace yourself for the best-sounding Bose system for your iPod. The SoundDock 10 delivers performance so powerful and lifelike, it could easily become your home's main music system. It's ideal for parties, gatherings, or your personal listening. You've probably never heard your iPod sound this good.

You'll experience a vast tonal range, from the deep lows of a bass line to the soaring highs of a vocalist--thanks to advanced Bose waveguide speaker technology coupled with a highly efficient, one-of-a-kind new woofer.

The waveguide, a long tube intricately folded inside the system, strengthens sound from the woofer to deliver deeper, stronger low notes you'll notice right away.

Enhance Your iPod with Waveguide Speaker Technology

Simple to Use, Easy to Enjoy

Though complex on the inside, the SoundDock 10 system is delightfully easy to use, with an equally uncomplicated exterior design. Just place your iPod or iPhone into the dock and play. The system's clean, elegant look complements any living area.

Enjoy Other Sources, Too

You can easily enjoy an additional sound source--such as an MP3 or DVD player--by connecting it to the system's auxiliary input. The SoundDock 10 system remote can switch back and forth between your iPod and the connected source, and will navigate an iPod playlist as well. There's even an output for watching iPod video on your TV while listening to it on the system. Have a Bluetooth stereo music phone? Listen wirelessly with the optional Bluetooth music dock.

Hear the best-performing digital music system from Bose just once, and you'll agree: There's nothing like it.

Compatibility

The SoundDock 10 digital music system is Apple-certified and compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and any iPod featuring a click wheel, including all nano, mini, photo, video, and classic models.

SoundDock 10 Digital Music System Highlights

• Advanced waveguide speaker technology--only from Bose--enables full-bodied sound, especially in lower registers, for more natural-sounding bass and percussion instruments.

Remote control handles power, volume, track seek and iPod playlist navigation from almost anywhere in the room.
• Newly designed woofer has a larger magnet than conventional woofers - for powerful performance, with low notes you can feel.
• Bose digital signal processing circuitry enables finer control over the sound for more consistent, lifelike music reproduction even at low volume levels.
• The SoundDock 10 digital music system is Apple-certified and compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPod nano, iPod classic and any iPod featuring a click wheel.
• Video output lets you watch iPod/iPhone video on your TV while listening on your SoundDock 10 system.
• Auxiliary input allows you to play an MP3 player, CD/DVD player, or TV through the system.
• Remote control handles power, volume, track seek, and iPod playlists from almost anywhere in the room.
• Docked iPod/iPhone charges, even while playing, as long as the system is plugged in.

Product Details

Product Dimensions:	11.3 x 17 x 9.1 inches ; 18.5 pounds
Shipping Weight:	23 lbs

What's in the box

• SoundDock 10 digital music system
• AC power cord
• Remote control

SoundDock 10 Digital Music System Accessories

Bose® SoundDock 10 Bluetooth Dock -- This custom dock lets you easily play your stereo Bluetooth music phone through your SoundDock 10 system. You'll likely experience a whole new level in sound quality from your stored music. Just snap the dock into place. Bluetooth wireless technology lets you keep your phone with you as you listen.

Similar Bose Products to Consider

Bose® SoundDock® Series II digital music system -- Small size. Proven performance. Sleek design. The SoundDock® Series ll digital music system delivers unexpected sound quality from compact speakers for your iPod®. Plays other sound sources, too. Remote now also controls iPod playlist navigation.

Bose® SoundDock music-to-go package -- The Bose music-to-go package features a Gloss Black SoundDock Portable digital music system, a custom travel bag and spare battery in one economical bundle. It provides Bose quality sound for your iPod or iPhone wherever you like, plus system protection during travel and more playing time when you arrive.

Bose® SoundDock Portable Digital Music System -- Enjoy all the benefits of the classic Bose SoundDock system, plus portability. Play your iPod out loud almost anywhere, indoors or out. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery (included) provides more power and longer playing time than most rechargeable batteries. The rotating iPod docking station disappears for storage and protection during transit. And a molded handle makes it easy to carry the system from place to place. Take your iPod listening to exciting new places with the SoundDock Portable digital music system.

 

Product Description

Brace yourself for the best-sounding Bose system for your iPod. The SoundDock 10 delivers performance so powerful and lifelike, it could easily become your home's main music system. It's ideal for parties, gatherings, or your personal listening. You've probably never heard your iPod sound this good.You'll experience a vast tonal range, from the deep lows of a bass line to the soaring highs of a vocalist thanks to advanced Bose waveguide speaker technology coupled with a highly efficient, one-of-a-kind new woofer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

290 of 311 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bose SoundDock 10 vs B&W zepplin, June 4, 2010

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M. Lisi "Music Nut" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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I began this comparison as a totally neutral party. My goal was to find a one piece music system that provided the very best sound. I researched different options for several months and narrowed my choices to the Bose SoundDock 10 and the B&W Zeppelin. These were both "high-end" systems, but I knew it would take a good system to serve as a suitable replacement for high quality separate components. To begin my evaluation I made a playlist including 50 songs encoded in apple lossless format from my CD collection. Then I critically listened to portions of each of those songs on my home reference system which is a pair of Dynaudio Contour 1.8MkII towers, NAD amplification, NAD preamp, and Marantz CD player with Crystal DAC. I made sure that I listened at a volume that was comparable to the volume that I would be using during evaluation of the two systems. I played pink noise through each system for 50 hours to break everything in and then I level matched the systems for volume using a pink noise track and SPL meter. Then I listened to portions of all 50 songs on both systems. Then I had my wife listen to 5 of her favorite songs through both the Sound dock 10 and the Zeppelin. I made sure that she was unable to determine which system was playing. She doesn't care about sound systems in the least and she did not know anything about either system, so I knew that she would be a relatively unbiased reviewer. After my listening tests three things were apparent, 1) The Bose system could go louder, 2) The Bose could produce more and slightly deeper bass, 3)The Bose sounded hollow, unbalanced, and anemic, compared to the refined and absolutely musical performance of the B&W. Even where the bass was less pronounced it was musical, tight, and tonally correct. The Bose was loud and "boomy", but fell flat at producing real MUSIC. I was amazed at how every single song sounded better on the B&W, Some songs more than others. Acoustic instruments, synth, classical, pop, vocals, bass guitar, big band and dance all sounded better, more accurate, and more dynamic on the B&W. Not once did the Bose sound better to my ears, but perhaps my wife, who was under the impression that B&W made cars, will like the Bose sound that so many people flock to. So...how did my wife feel about these two systems? Without the benefit of her eyes to bias her, she picked the B&W as sounding far better every single time. I finally threw in a Jack Johnson track that I thought really brought out the best in the Bose and created a little low frequency resonance in the B&W, but even then the B&W resolved his voice and guitar licks so fluidly that we preferred the Zeppelin version. Her exact words were "it is rich, and the instruments sound like they are in the room. In fact they remind me of your big speakers." Enough said!!! In some cerebral way, the B&W was likened to an $8,000 stereo. In its defense the Bose SoundDock 10 has some characteristics that may make it the right choice for you. It is quite a bit louder than the Zeppelin, and doesn't sweat a bit when the volume is up. It just doesn't sound as good at any of the volumes that the B&W can attain. The B&W is loud enough for me. Needless to say the SoundDock is going back to Bose today, and the B&W will be staying right where it is! I hope this help the folks out there that were struggling with the same decision that I was. Thanks!

65 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bose actually aces one!, October 8, 2009

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Mark A. Shallcross - See all my reviews
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This is a very, very nice piece of hardware indeed. I had one of their 5-piece floor speaker systems from the mid 1990's, and frankly, this sounds better than that. Not cheap, of course, and if you want detectable stereo separation stick with headphones. There are no controls on the unit itself - everything is done through the iPod menu, making it immediately familiar, either by twiddling the iPod itself or through a supplied remote.

Be nice if you could access more of the iPod menu tree from the remote rather than the primary emphasis on nexting thu playlists, not albums. You may next WITHIN an album though, but not within an artist. Oh well, time to hack together a bunch more lists. With 4500 tracks on the pod, I tend to go thru Music/Artists, and never spent a lot of time putting together lists other than a few I downloaded. Being middle-aged, I grew up listening to albums at a time, just my background I suppose. Cueing LP's had overhead!

I now carry the iPhone around with me, making this the perfect resting place for my previously retired iPod classic. It does pack a decent punch, by the way - they do not publish output wattage but will draw a max of 150 watts input, whatever that translates to for output. Fills a cathedral-ceiling lr/dr nicely, with pretty kick-butt bass for it's size.

52 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the real Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) of Ipod docks..., September 29, 2009

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Anthony Edwards - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose SoundDock 10 Digital Music System (Electronics)

I have owned several high end speaker/dock units including GenevaSound's L, B&W's Zeppelin, Jamo's i300 , as well as several Altecs, Logitecs, Bose SoundDock I, II, and Portable, and Soundmatters excellent FoxL mini speaker ($200.00) and many many more.
This is Bose at its very best. No balance, treble, bass, or surround control to dilute it's audio signal. It is like hearing my Shure SE530 earphones for the first time...Pure Magic! I really think the SoundDock 10 even sounds better than the $600.00 asking price. One thing I've noticed, when you change iPods, the EQ setting goes back to off on which ever iPod you have just docked.