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As far as sound goes, the Tango Studio measures well against other iPod speakers in its price class. However, as you might expect from a unit this size, it's not endowed with a great deal of bass. Like other tabletop stereo speaker systems that have their two speakers essentially side by side, there's very little in the way of stereo separation. As a result, this little guy sounds best from about three feet away. After that, you're basically listening to a sound coming from a glorified clock radio. Again, it's not terrible, and we can see how this might work just fine in an office, a teenager's bedroom or a dorm room (it may not exactly fill a small room with sound, but you can hear it throughout the room).
For this price, we don't expect such features as a video output for displaying iPod video on a TV, but we would have liked a few presets for the radio. As it is, you have to manually scan until you hit a station (you can use the remote or the tuning button on top of the unit), and it should be noted that we did have some trouble pulling in less powerful radio stations. Also missing from the Tango Studio is any sort of clock or alarm system.
Notably, step-up iPod speaker models in XtremeMac's line address some of the shortcomings of the Tango Studio. The $120 Luna X2 adds an alarm clock, as well as an FM and AM radio with 8 presets. The Tango X2 improves on the bass-heavy dedicated subwoofer of the original Tango by adding a 6-preset AM/FM radio.
In the end, the lack of radio presets is really the only major complaint we had on this model. For the price, the Tango Studio isn't a bad deal. If you're willing to pay a little more than $100, you'll find a wider selection of options with better sound--and potentially a few more features. However, if a basic unit with OK sound is all you're really looking for, the XtremeMac Tango Studio fits the bill.
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