Vers 1.5R alarm clock has retro-futuristic Mad Men styling
This rather charming alarm clock wins points with a great design: a monochrome display, a big tuning nob, some walnut panelling and a large frontal display, all equaling out to the kind of alarm clock you might see in an elderly Don Draper's bedroom. It'll do what most alarm clocks these days do, which is allow you to dock an iPod, connect an MP3 player or tune it to the radio. But what I like most about it is the name: the Vers 1.5R. I don't even know why: it just looks so divine.
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Beautiful. The modern-looking knob and logo thingy look great contrasted against the wood grain. I like it. $220 though? For an alarm clock? That gets a derisive harumph from me.
... what he said.
I love the aesthetics, I hate the price.
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure the leatherette & steel contrasted with wood grain conflicts with the modernist / Bauhaus style. In fact, I don't think there should be any wood at all; IIRC, the whole point was to use "synthetic" materials such as glass and steel which were extruded and machined to the extreme of what was possible at the time.
Even if I'm wrong about all that, the wood grain still looks tacky to me.
Early modern furniture and design uses a lot of wood, frequently darker woods with curves. Later modernism morphed into metal and glass and such.
I think the wood grain is nice on the sides and top, but the orientation of the grain on the front is bad. It should follow the curve of the housing. Like a bent plywood chair. (For an example, see the Eames Molded Plywood Chair.)
Bauhaus certainly employed wood. It simply depended on what was being built/designed where for whom.
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I purchased this for myself for Christmas and found it to be less than fantastic. Firstly, it’s not compatible with the iPhone nor an iPod Classic with any kind of case attached to it, it just won’t fit in the dock.
The worst part of this, however, is the sound. At about 1/2 volume (15-20) the sound really starts to compress and flatten out. Right when the bass starts to sound even a little present, the rest of the sound starts to sound terrible.
I would say this was a great idea, but it’s far from even close to being released at this price point. It would be a decent value for $49.
Love mine - better, richer sound then I expected from such a small system.... and it is small. The design fits well with my DCM lounge