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Abstract
The intent was to make the world's best iPhone/iPod music system. (Let's add this asterisk: at less than $1,000.) The obvious target is the current diva speaker dock, Bowers & Wilkins' Zeppelin Air, and its dramatic dirigible-shaped design. NAD, in fact, just dropped the Viso 1's price $100, to $600 (nadelectronics .com), matching the Zeppelin Air.
Still, the [NAD Viso] sounded so good with a basic-Bluetooth-connected iPod Touch that the greatest limitation might be Bluetooth's range: Sound sputtered almost as soon as the Touch left the room. The Viso 1 never even connected with a MacBook in another part of the house. That won't happen with AirPlay.
The Viso 1, a beauty by NAD standards, still looks like the Zeppelin's slightly pudgy little brother. So the Zeppelin Air gets the chicks, but the Viso 1 wins the science fair, hands down. What's more important in a speaker dock?