there is a Audiophile company called klipsch they are very well known and respected, movie theaters love them! klipsch loves horns! this is no more bulky then one of those radio docks. I will bite the bullet and order one and let you know how it works thanks much for the link!
Please let us know how it works.
The fact that it is a horn is not what I am slamming. I have a Mobile DJ Set up that uses 4 horns for the tweeters and I really like them. There is some serious drivers behind the horn to propel the sound.
I don't know if people didn't catch that this thing uses No Power, No Wires, No Batteries!
From the web site
The Ampli-Phone® is simply a horn that is used to amplify the speaker that is built into the iPhone. The elegance comes from the careful and scientifically correct design of the horn, which provides a full frequency response and remarkable volume in a compact package.
You can enjoy room-filling volume from your iPhone or iPod Touch without wires, batteries or other encumberments.
You are using the built in speaker on your iphone for the driver of the horn. The built in speaker is not high fidelity and really can't be because of the small size it has to be. This device may make the sound a little louder from a distance since it is driving all the sound in one direction, but it is not going to give more fidelity than the built-in speaker. Grab your iphone, play some music via the built in speaker, and hold it a few feet from you head with the speaker aimed towards your ear. If you are happy with sound, then this gizmo might be for you. But for my taste, listening to music via the built in i-phone speaker sucks.
Plugging your iphone into a docking system that has built in speakers/amp is going to sound way better because it will have drivers that are much larger and a more powerful driving amplifier.
Something like this (which I bought for my wife and actually sounds decent)
http://www.ihomeaudio.com/products.asp?product_id=10273&dept_id=1007
is going to sound way better than a horn that simply tries to direct all the sound coming out of the little iphone speaker in a certain direction. Plus it is a lot smaller and more portable. Sure it uses batteries but also your iphone battery will last longer since it is not having to drive its own little iphone speaker.
This statement is kind of funny also
In addition, the bass response of the system will be enhanced via corner placement.
This would be true if you have a 12inch bass driver but you can't even get any Bass Frequencies from the iphone speaker.
If anybody actually has one of these devices, please review it for us and compare it to a small amplified unit like the iH13N that is shown above.
As you can see in the picture below, it just projects the built in iphone speaker through a horn.
