Review Quotes and Snippets
Mail on Sunday, Live Magazine October 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock Carbon Edition
Fatman's blend of old-school valve technology and iPod dock ooks amazing – and sounds even better.
- 5 Star Review.
Evening Standard 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
This sounds stunning.. looks great.
Verdict: Fatman's iTube - stunning and affordable.
What H iFi Awards, 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
Fatman iTube ValveDock has just won 2007 'Product of The Year' in the PC & MP3 Accessories category.
What Hi-fi? Sound and Vision, August 2007
Product: iTube 182 with ValveDock
This amplifier is good enough to expose those who use low bit rates
Old meets new in yet another knockout iPod dock-and-valve-amp one-two combination from Fatman
5 stars
What Hi-Fi May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
Individual, and stylish looks; massages the knots from uptight compressed MP3 music files.
The Independent, May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock with Speakers
Best Luxury Buy!
SmartLife International, May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock with Speakers
Possibly the sexiest iPod partner product ever devised.
Paul Connolly, Daily Mail, May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock Carbon Edition
This 4kg hunk of audio heaven takes your iPod and, with its warm full-sounding old-fashioned vacuum tube amplifier, does a very good job of making your digital music sound almost as rich as vinyl, which is quite some trick
SmartLife International
Product: FatBoys
They make a most excellent racket!
T3, August 2007
Product: FatBoys
You can crank things up loud, but thanks to Fatman’s pro audio heritage, clarity never gets lost in the din
What Hi-fi? Sound and Vision, April 2007
Product: FatBoys
‘The midrange is sweet and communicative, with instruments well separated from the musical mix’
4 stars
What Hi-fi? Sound and Vision, May 2007
Product: iTube 252 with ValveDock
Well built, originally styled and fine-sounding valve amplification, with an iPod twist
4 stars
What Hi-fi? Sound and Vision Ultimate Guides, February 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
Vocals sound lovely, with surprising detail and body, and there’s no shortage of attack, delivering rock and dance with attitude
5 stars
Patrick Cleasby, Hi-fi World, June 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
The Fatman sang out my lossless tracks
4 globes
T3, May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
With some decent speakers wired up, the iTube gives it some smooth, with vocals sounding especially good
5 Stars
Stuff - June 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock Carbon Edition
Buy it as a package with the matching speakers and you’ve got the best-sounding dock around
Daily Mail, May 2007
Product: iTube ValveDock
Now you can have the best of both worlds, with an iPod dock that combines digital technology with retro speakers