GENEVA XL iPod dock review

Money no object? Then the Geneva XL is for you.

If you've always been a bit dubious about high-end hi-fi , finding it a bit overly clean and wussy, the XL will make you think again.

It's like having the Ministry of Sound in your front room. It's hard to overstate the sheer, balls-out power of this 30-kilo, 600W sonic behemoth. It's capable of incredible sweetness and precision at lower volume, but buying this and keeping it down is ike buying a very fast car and then not breaking the speed limit.

Push it to its super-macho "100" max volume and you feel its force pounding your chest, shaking the room and summoning the police, if you live in a built-up area. Egged on by equally incredible stereo depth from practically anywhere we cared to sit, we played Manowar's Violence and Bloodshed through our one, and died happy when our neighbour subsequently turned up with a hammer.