Kanto SYD 5 – Hands-On Video Review

March 18, 2010 By Digital Trends Staff

We check out the Kanto SYD 5 iPod dock, one of the best sounding iPod speaker systems we’ve tested.

The Kanto SYD 5 iPod speaker dock is capable of offering fantastic sound from a variety of sources. It excellent build quality, great connectivity and thoughtful controls make it a very versatile piece of equipment. At $359 the SYD 5 is spendy for an iPod dock, but we think its excellent sound capability make it worth looking at for those who want true audiophile-grade sound quality.

For more information, read Digital Trends’ Kanto SYD 5 Review.

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MichaelD at 4:40am 28th July 2010 I recently purchased a Kanto SYD 5 system but I've returned it already because of one feature I'm surprised no one else has mentioned - the Power ON or initial volume when you first turn the Power switch on (the rear) and play music from an iPod (in my case an iPod version 4). The initial volume is 'by design' VERY LOUD! It's great quality and that's okay if you want to crank it up, but don't expect to get your children to bed then sit down to listen to your iPod via the Kanto SYD 5 system, and NOT wake the whole household. I couldn't live with this problem, so hopefully this basic concept of 'remembering' the volume setting from one session to the next is 'fixed' (if you switch the unit off to save power and the environment). Please Kanto fix this volume problem!