Logic3 Valve80 iPod Dock

By Nick Mokey Published June 18, 2018

Leave it to the British to nonsensically blend old-school analog audio equipment with cutting-edge digital players… and wrap it all up in a package so attractive you might actually want one. Like the Dice Electronics iTPA-220 before it, the Logic3 Valve80 is an iPod dock that harnesses a tube amp to attempt to deliver that characteristic “warm” sound of classic equipment from a cold and heartless stream of bits and bytes.

Logic3 Valve80 iPod Dock

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Whether or not it pulls it off, we’ll leave for the audiophile community to decide. But if nothing else, the Valve80 is an elegant interpretation of old and new. A polished stainless steel base forms a clean slate for both the iPod and its tube complements, which deliver a combined 80 watts of stereo surround, hence the name. Logic3 even throws in a pair of black lacquer-finish speakers to complete the package, and if you’re looking to drive anything besides an iPod, you’ll find dual RCA jacks to do the job. Yes, analog – but that’s the point.

Though the company claims the Valve80 will add “real warmth, enriched harmonics and a new dimension to your music’s characteristics, which is priceless,” as it turns out, £299.99 is the real cost of such properties. More information can be found on Logic3’s Web site.

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