Product Details
- Color: Black
- Brand: Philips
- Model: DS9800W/37
- Released on: 2011-12-25
- Dimensions: 30.10" h x
13.40" w x
19.30" l,
Features
- Compatible with: iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4
- Fullsound to bring your CD listening experience to life
- Real hand-crafted wood speaker enclosure for fidelity sound
- Stream music with AirPlay wireless technology
- Remote control complements speaker design and finishing
Philips DS9800W/37 Fidelio SoundSphere Docking Speaker with AirPlay
Product Description
Bring life back into music with deep, natural audio delivered by acoustic SoundSphere technologies. Equipped with AirPlay, these elegant speakers let you stream songs directly from iPod touch, iPhone, iPad and also iTunes. AirPlay lets you stream your entire iTunes music collection to your Fidelio docking stations. It plays wirelessly from the iTunes program on your computer, iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch - to any AirPlay-enabled speaker in your home. All you have to do is ensure your speakers are connected to your Wi-Fi network. AirPlay also lets you play simultaneously on every speaker in every room. Get your favorite tunes to follow you whichever room you go. Philips' innovative Full Sound technology faithfully restores sonic details to compressed music, dramatically enriching and enhancing it, so you can experience CD music without any distortion. Based on an audio post-processing algorithm, Full Sound combines Philips' renowned expertise in music reproduction with the power of the latest generation Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The result is fuller bass with more depth and impact, boosted voice and instrument clarity, and rich detail. Rediscover your compressed music in true-to-life sound that will touch your soul and move your feet. The free Philips Fidelio app brings lots of cool exclusive features to your Fidelio. You can listen to your favorite radio shows, discover new music with thousands of Internet radio stations worldwide, browse through your music collection and share what you're listening to with friends via Facebook and Twitter. With a press of a button, the detail song information is available for any music file, or song broadcasting by radio stations instantly. In Clock mode, it lets you set multiple customized music alarms and gives updated weather reports. Download it from App Store and find out more.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By C. Torrillo
Here was my situation - I moved and didn't feel like putting in the effort to wiring the entire house for speakers, amp, IR control, etc... And the cost to do all that can be hundreds. So I set out trying to get an AirPlay speaker even if it was to hold us over for a year. Well two months of trying different units I ended up here. And before the first song was done playing I was hooked.First - iHome's WL1 - I liked the mobility and battery life but HORRIBLE sound quality, sounds like a pillow was on it, it tries to over emphasize the bass to the point where it flopped the speakers at 1/2 volume.. went back in 2 days. (also went back because if iPhone 4S issues of dropout which later was identified as an Apple defect that's still not fixed, so note that the 4S is not compatible with ANY, AirPlay devices at all... not until they release iOS 5.1 some time in Feb 2012 or beyond)Second - Bose - OK sound but weak and not real AirPlay (didn't realize when I purchased) - went strait backThird - Philips sound ring - far better sounding then the iHome, but battery life was short 1-2 hours depending on volume, much less then iHome, and the bass was awkward...Fourth - Philips 8800 sound curve - I gave up on battery power and decided that I needed a plugin and focus more on sound quality. I was extremely happy with this unit, it had great sound, look, and fit in all the places I wanted to put it... I planned on keeping this unit and most people may want to stop here... it's a fantastic speaker.Fifth - However, Amazon had a huge 30% discount on this 9800 & 6800 units, so I couldn't resist and ordered both... well the 9800's arrived first, plugged in and placed the speakers about 16 feet apart, setup the airplay which is super easy and began playing parts of songs to test the quality, I started with high quality acoustic & vocals like Jack Johnson, Paula Fuga, Nora.... VERY rich and clean, the right tones that I expected, well balanced... I then moved to more blues and instruments like Amos Lee, Matt Costa, Beck, Beastie boys instrumentals... Perfect sound reproduction to my ears, I couldn't find fault in what I was hearing. Lastly I wanted to test out the lows and volume and played LMFAO (kids current favorite), Citizen Cope, G Love and even some heavy stuff like Tool and it took it all without stress. The lows were deep, enough to feel it and hear it on another floor of the house and at high volume it never flopped out... the High's hung in and stayed crisp. These are fantastic. I didn't bother to test the smaller 6800's.So in the end, I have to say they are amazing in sound quality, AirPlay is great, it's somewhat portable as you only need a single speaker so I just disconnect the 2nd and I can move the primary speaker outside or to another room in seconds. I was hesitant to get the Philips brand because of historical quality and I do notice significant different between base consumer products like philips/sony/pioneer and the good stuff Onkyo, Denon, HK... but these make a great showing and there really is no competition... I did not try the Zeppelin Air, it gets good reviews but I was not a fan of the look.Yes these are expensive, but they are fantastic and won't disappoint. And volume wise, these fill a 32 x 26 room with ease at 1/2 volume, any higher and people start to have to yell over.. it does have a true 50W RMS (equal to Sony's 1200watt receivers)
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
By K. Shulman
These Speakers are simply fantastic. Audiophiles with undoubtable find something to criticize, but for their size and price these speakers really have remarkable presence and dynamic range. I have them in a large living room and they are just excellent.Setting them up was much easier that I thought using Airplay. I have a sync button on my router which speeds up the process quite a bit. 1. Hit the sync button on router 2. Hit sync button on speaker. 3. Hit Airplay button on iPad (Music Icon) and select the speakers. That was it.Streaming Pandora One works very well. I changed the Pandora setting to stream higher quality. I am using a 1st Gen iPad and iPhone 4s. Volume works by using the physical volume controls.The only flaw so far is the included remote which doesn't work unless you are very close, but you don't need it since you can control everything from your mobile device. The included docking station is elegant and charges your iPad/Phone (it doesn't have a physical connection, but you don't need one).I am very impressed. After doing quite a bit of research, I was going to by the Klipsch G-17 Air's but they delayed the ship date. I am really glad, because it is going to be hard to beat the sound on these. I was a bit hesitant because Philips does not specialize in Audio. I have to hand it to them, they did a first rate job with these speakers.I was also a bit concerned about Airplay being glitchy, but the Philips speakers has it working flawlessly. These speakers are the way it should be! I control all my music around the house using my iPhone!I will definitely buy another pair and would recommend them.I also bought the DS3881 SoundRing for the bathroom. It is rechargeable so you can bring it around with you in the smaller rooms. I hope they work as well as these.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
By oluv
Soundwise no complaints, though I prefer them with active "Full audio" which is available through the Fidelio-App. Without "Full audio" they might sound a bit recessed, especially at lower volume levels. Also be careful how you position them. Near a wall bass becomes enhanced, in the middle of a room they might sound quite "light" in bass department. Apart from that they sound very natural and very brilliant outplaying all other docks i have ever owned in detail reproduction, particularly because they are really capable of a wide stereofield, unlike most other single-box dockingstations.When comparing them to the already very good sounding Audyssey South of Market Dock that i also own, the Soundsphere sound clearer and more distinct with better definition in the mids, the Audyssey having a slightly deeper reaching bass which is surprising as the Audyssey is considerably smaller. Altogether the Audyssey just cannot compete soundwise, because the sound seems to come from a single point, while the Soundsphere do really create a three-dimensional soundscape.Unfortunately only one of the Soundsphere speakers has an amplifier built in, the other is acting as slave, meaning they both need to be interconnected with a wire. This is a pity, because 2 independent speakers would make positioning even more flexible, you would just need a connection for power supply. Of course this would mean even higher costs, as the used components seem to be of high quality, because in fact you can hear a relay from the amplifier inside when turning them on.I like the design and material quality is top notch. They are heavy and seem pretty robust. But i would like some additional colors to choose from like white, red etc. maybe. I am sure other colors would be very popular as well.When successfully paired with your network which wasn't a big deal even when setup manually, they always need some time (10-20 seconds) to become active after turning them on. Unfortunately you don't really know if they are on or off as the LED is at the back and cannot be seen. I had some short hick-ups during playback through airplay, but this might be related to my router and interference with my airport-express as well. Most of the time streaming was without any issues.There is only one master volume level available, which is a good thing because like this the amplifier always works at an adequate level. If you control volume through the remote the volume-slider of your i-device will be controlled at the same time, so no dual volume-levels anymore that interfere one with each other like with many other wireless and bluetooth systems.The included dock only acts as a simple charging-station, although it has some nice light at the base, it has no other functions. This is a pity, because you cannot really use non-Airplay devices with the Soundsphere except through the auxilary-in, though you will always lose quality like this because of additional digital/analogue conversion. The dock would be perfect if it acted as an airplay-transmitter on its own. This way you could dock your Ipod Classic and transmit 160GB full of music wirelessly to the Soundsphere without any quality-loss. I really hope Philips might add such an active Airplay-dock once as an accessory.Although the dock can also charge an Ipad, it is quite a hassle to fit an Ipad inside and sometimes i even got a message that the Ipad wouldn't be charged and had to redock it several times in order to make it work.If you can warm to the Soundsphere's looks you will definitely like them overall as the speakers produce spectacular sound that rivals all single-box speakers i have ever heard. I only miss an optical input to be able to attach other digital sources so that the Soundsphere could indeed substitute my complete stereo system, soundwise they already do!PS: If you want to stream through Airplay from your PC without the need of iTunes, just install Airfoil. Airfoil allows every single program to transmit to any available Airplay-speaker, even several simultanously, although they are not perfectly in sync, but i really recommend it.
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