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Accessory Advice: SRS iWOW 3D

Accessory Advice: SRS iWOW 3D

February 1, 2011
We all listen to all kinds of audio on our iOS device whether it’s music, videos, or games. Imagine if the sound coming from your iOS device was improved to deliver a surround sound audio experience like in an IMAX movie theater just with a dongle you plug into the 30 pin connector. The SRS iWow 3D intends to do just that in a little tiny package that works with any set of headphones. When you first pick up the little plastic dongle, you think to yourself how much of a difference could this possible make? Then you plug it into your iOS device which provokes pop up for the SRS app to download. You plug in your headphones to the iWow system, press the button to turn it on, and load up a song, and your mouth literally drops open. You can't believe the fantastic sound piping through your headphones is actually coming from your iOS device that you've come accustomed to listening to. You press the button on the dongle to turn it off, and the contrast is like night and day or standard definition to high definition video. It really is amazing how bad the audio sounds without the dongle so that you can't imagine listening to audio on your iOS device without it. When you’re listening to a song you hear tones and beats you’ve never heard before, and there's so much detail you never knew existed in the song. Not only that, but you can hear the surround sound shift between the headphones, and it's like listening to a brand new song. Not only does it work for the songs in your iPod, but it works for third party music apps like Pandora, and last.fm. The dongle also has the same stark contrast for movies whether it's the stock video app or a streaming video app. You’ll hear new sounds you’ve never heard before, and it offers immersion in a movie like you couldn't imagine on your iOS device. The app doesn't just make everything louder, but rather a depth so you notice the differences even when on a third of audio power. Game audio is also amazingly improved so you hear the bouncing soundtrack, explosions, and crazy sound effects so much better. The dongle is able to reinvent audio on your iOS device comparable to IMAX movie theater sound or a top of the line home entertainment system. If you like any kind of audio whether through music, videos, and/or games on your iOS device the SRS iWow 3D system is such a worthwhile accessory. The SRS iWow 3D accessory lives up to its name, and truly makes you say Wow when listening. You don't know what you’re missing by never listening to it, but once you hear the difference you can never go back to listening without it. A great aspect is that it sounds great whether using the Apple stock headphones or more deluxe hundreds of dollar headphones. The SRS iWow 3D retails for $49.99, and is available starting February 2nd. It works for all generation iPhones, iPod Touches, iPads as well as the iPod Classic, and the four most recent generations of iPod Nano. There is also a $59.99 version that comes with face plates, and ear buds on top of just the dongle for $49.99. Details follow at SRS' site: http://www.srslabs.com/store/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=43&idCat=60

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SRS iWOW App
SRS iWOW App
SRS Labs, Inc.

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