Philips DS8550

Something was lost when music moved to a digital format. Not to MP3, but CDs. The move from cassette players to CD players practically killed the boombox. Sony's disc Walkman put headphones in our ears, and since then the only place we share music is...

Boasting the same looks as the bigger DS9000 the DS8550 hopes to win you round by offering up a more portable product but still keeping those design cues, what you're left with is all round iPad and iPhone docking goodnes

This dock packs a serious, sonic punch and offers Bluetooth connectivity

alaTest has collected and analysed 15 user reviews of the Philips DS8550 from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other iPod Docking Speakers on Amazon.co.uk.

Originally went to one of the big electrical shops & they recommended it and also demo'd it - blown away and even happier when i checked on my argos app to find it was £60 cheaper! Sounds great & looks great - Also lasts ages on the rechargable battery...

Bought this as I couldn't afford the D9000 and I'm not disappointed. Sure the sound wouldn't be quite the same but it's half the price. Air Play works great with iPad and it DOES charge iPad2 when docked. Not tried it on the internal battery for long...

It's small, but powerful, it works so well. Definately recommend to anyone. AND IT'S BLUETOOTH, WHAT A PLUS!

Fantastic sound quality from speaker, much louder than expected, bluetooth facility and Charges the IPad 2.

Before i get to the annoying habits/faults the first thing i noticed when i switched the dock on was the sound quality and i really don't think it's that great. I can hear a great deal of hissing and popping noises on a lot of songs (something that's...

A lovely speaker sound and looks great - the actually connection point to dock the ipad feels quite flimsy but with care it all worked and everything was going fine until we realised that the ipad 2 was not charging when docked in the unit. I have...