We got a chance to experience Geneva’s new Model S iPod/iPhone audio system today. It’s sublime. The best part? You can actually afford it (probably).
Geneva has been combining killer industrial design with solid audio quality for awhile now but their new Model S marks their first foray in to the mainstream (read: relatively inexpensive) audio market. It’s pretty clear that Geneva paid attention to details with the Model S. When not in use the dock is protected inside the cabinet and only flips up when needed. If Geneva made any compromises in the manufacturing process from their high end lines, I couldn’t really detect them.
I’ve never been a fan of touch-sensitive buttons, but they work on the Model S. To activate the alarm’s snooze all users have to do is touch, or in my case slap, any one of the controls. The system will retail for $US299 at Apple Stores later this month.
I was able to chat with Geneva’s Managing Director, George Emerson, who said the goal of the Model S was to “bring HiFi to the iPod clock radio”. They succeeded.
• Two 3″ full range speakers
• Two bass ports with dynamic loudness
• Two Class D digital amplifiers – extremely efficient, low consumption
• Digital radio
• Digital clock with alarm program
• EmbracingSound DSP restores and improves compressed music files
• PowerDock for iPod/iPhone connection and protection
•TouchLight controls – backlit, touch-sensitive
• Line-in jack for external audio
candy
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 8:56 AMWe just purchased the beautiful looking Geneva sound system S, but can’t get the iPhone to work through it…can anyone help? We’ve put in the adaptor provided. It doesn’t seem to recognize the phone, which is the latest iPhone.
Marky Mark
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 4:03 PMHi Candy – We had the same problem, but with our new iTouch. We were told that the software within the Geneva had become corrupt (for some reason) and it needed to be re-installed. ONce they did this, we’ve had no issues since and just love it.