I was expecting to hear a "Deep Rich Sound", like the add suggest but when I plugged in my brand new Ipod, the sound was anything but. The bass, was almost non existent and many of the songs played sounded like they where about to blow the speakers. The lyrics are clear but for $200, I expected to hear a much better quality of sound than I and my wife experienced. I have heard smaller Ipod speaker systems that cost around the same and are much smaller but sound much better, than the itower. Overall, very disappointed and I will be taking mine back and purchasing something else.