Nyne Multimedia NH-5500

The flexible NYNE NH-5000 speaker dock offers iOS docking and wireless Bluetooth audio at a nice price, but it has some design flaws and sound quality is only average.

Attractive, solid-feeling design. Punchy bass response. Gets pretty loud for its size. Supports wireless Bluetooth stereo in addition to its iOS dock.

Distorts heavily on deep bass tracks at high volumes. Limited remote control. Older 30-pin docking connector. Docking station doesn't retract. Strange EQ settings.

Performance and Conclusions The internal stereo amplifier outputs 25 watts per channel, and features digital signal processing to sculpt the sound. This is a vented enclosure; two bass ports on the back panel, above the extra inputs and outputs, fire...