LG FA163DAB iDock iPod Micro Audio System with Touch Sensitive Controls [Tuned by Mark Levinson]

If we had a category reserved for items we've added to our lengthy
shopping list then this LG FA163DAB iDock iPod Micro Audio System would
undoubtedly slot neatly into is as, from first sight, we've totally
fallen in love with it and that's even before we browsed the FA163DAB's
specifications or read about its touch sensitive controls (which only
served to underpin our desire to avail ourselves of one). There's no
doubt about it, LG's FA163DAB as a minimalistic beauty.Coming with a
vertically mounted slot style CD player complete with CD ripping to MP3
via USB as well as integrated DAB radio with 50 station presets, LG's
frankly gorgeous FA163DAB offers a total of 160 watts of output courtesy
of left and right channels with built in dual subwoofers and will accept
all docking style iPods - which can subsequently be controlled via
either the main unit's touch sensitive controls or the supplied remote.
The unit also offers connectivity with other DAPs via a standard line in
connection.One slight fly in the ointment is the fact that (perhaps it's
just us) we find the product specs rather confusing to follow. By way of
an example, the FA163DAB is officially titled as being the LG DVD 160W
iDock Micro System but a brief perusal of the FA163DAB's spec sheet
would appear to indicate that the device does not actually offer DVD
compatibility (something that other sites who have featured the FA163DAB
appear either not to have picked up on or wholly ignored). Then again,
we could be wrong - the point is that it's extremely hard to fathom
quite what is on offer here. We assume that everything marked with a
bold dot applies to the FA163DAB which means there's no tape deck (which
certainly appears to be the case) but, if you then apply that across the
board, that also means that DVD, in not being marked accordingly, is
also off the agenda. And, to make matters all the more confusing, the
unit is detailed separately in a brochure as being the 'FA163DAB Hi-Fi
Micro System' (no mention of DVD) and, indeed, the key features also
fail to detail DVD compatibility as being included. So why the title LG
DVD 160W iDock Micro System? DVD or not DVD. Frankly you could throw a
dice and run with it or LG could consider offering a little
insight.Frankly, it's all extremely confusing and, as a prospective
customer, I would like LG to make it a little more clear as to what the
FA163DAB offers and what it does not (plain and simple - and not exactly
too much to ask for).

Come on LG. You can do better than this.

Either ways, there is no doubt that the LG DVD 160W iDock Micro System/
FA163DAB Hi-Fi Micro System (whichever it actually is) is a particularly
fine looking device and with a price point set around a purported pound
sterling200 when its release later this month its fairly keenly priced
(even based on the possible lower end specifications).

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