Philips DS3880W AirPlay Speaker
Philips DS3880W AirPlay Speaker
Product Information
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Overview
The DS3880W AirPlay Speaker fills your room with outstanding sound. Four high-definition speaker drivers—two front-firing and two side-firing—and a built-in bass sound pipe combine to create an immersive, natural listening experience that you can enjoy from anywhere in the room.
Compact and portable
Take your music wherever you want, thanks to the compact, 360-degree design, and built-in rechargeable battery. Just set the speaker on the charging base, and enjoy up to three hours of music in AirPlay mode, or up to 6-hours via the Aux-In or USB port.
AirPlay wireless streaming
AirPlay lets you stream your entire iTunes music collection to your DS3880W AirPlay Speaker using your existing wi-fi network. It plays wirelessly from the iTunes program on your computer, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to any AirPlay enabled speaker, and even lets you play your music simultaneously on multiple AirPlay speakers, allowing you to enjoy your music throughout your home.
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Highlights
- AirPlay technology lets you stream songs from your iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, or directly from your computer on your existing wi-fi network
- Portable and compact, this wireless rechargeable speaker fills the room with great sounding audio
- Built-in rechargeable battery or AC power option for music enjoyment anywhere
- Play and charge your iPod, iPhone or iPad via the USB connector port
- Aux-in jack for easy connection to other audio devices
- 16W RMS total output power
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Did you notice?
You can use this portable wireless speaker simultaneously with other AirPlay enabled speakers throughout your home. -
Apple Recommends For
Filling any room with the rich sound from your iPod touch, iPhone or iPad wirelessly via AirPlay. -
What's in the Box?
- DS3880W AirPlay Speaker
- Charging base
- 3.5mm Aux-in cable
- Power adapter
- Quick start guide
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Tech Specs
- Speaker Configurations : Stereo
- Height : 21.08 cm
- Width : 19.68 cm
- Weight : 1.68 kg
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Manufacturer Information
Part Number
- Mfr. Part Number : DS3881W/37
- UPC or EAN No. : 8712581610951
Warranty
- Note : Apple's One-Year Limited Warranty does not apply to products that are not Apple-branded, even if packaged or sold with Apple products. Non-Apple-branded products may have the benefit of a manufacturer's warranty provided by the product manufacturer — please see your product box and literature for details. Benefits under the manufacturer's warranty are in addition to rights provided by consumer law. For details, click here.
Compatibility
iPhone models
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iPhone 3GS
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iPhone 4
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iPhone 4S
iPad models
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iPad (1st generation)
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iPad 2 (2nd generation)
iPod models
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iPod touch 2nd Generation
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iPod touch 3rd Generation
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iPod touch 4th Generation
Ratings & Reviews
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Nice speaker - not without issues though
Great look, great sound. Sadly, if your Wi'Fi signal strength isn't great you do get quite frequent drop outs. Using an iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and AirPlay from the iMac it still has trouble connecting and drops the signal quite frequently. I'd recommend making sure you have a good signal strength where you want to use it before purchase. …
- Written by Tom M from Gloucestershire
68 of 73 people found this useful
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donut live without one of these !
Awesome sound quality, taking stereo sound to a top notch level. love the effect of filling the room with different sounds from d ifferent sides of the room
A work of art, stylish and portable ! 10/10 …- Written by Andrew T from LONDON
63 of 67 people found this useful
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Nice design
It's design is a rare oiece of beuty. That's about the onlye positive thing there is to say. The manual is counter-intuative, it c alls the ipad ipod and ipod iphone and so on. Unless you place your router, the speaker and your unit of choice close togehter you wont get any sound at all. …
- Written by Michael Torp T from Køge
3 of 3 people found this useful
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Looks great, sounds good, drops connection daily
We got this back when the choices of AirPlay speakers were pretty thin on the ground. It's a truly lovely thing to behold - always inviting positive comments from visitors - and the fact it's got a rechargeable battery means you can wander the house with it, listening from room to room.
For a speaker this size I'd say the sound quality is as expected. Occasionally I do wish it would go a little bit louder, especially as we have it in the kitchen, where it competes with various other sounds. But all in all it's fine - a clean sound with adequate bass.
Unfortunately it does have one fairly major drawback and that's its connectivity. It's not so much that it drops the connection during playback, as it disconnects itself from the wireless network in between uses. I'd say 3 times out of 5 when I come to it, or choose a speaker from the Airplay list on my iDevice… it's gone. This means a 1.5 minute pause in proceedings until it's finished going through its reconnect process.
Not only this, but even when it *is* connected, sometimes its not possible to get the iDevice to play anything through it… necessitating another reset-button push and couple of minutes wait.
These issues are clearly affected by its positioning in the house: the microwave is in line of sight, and using the two together is always touch and go. (Wifi reception in the kitchen is fine.) I'm considering getting an alternative for the kitchen and moving this upstairs. Don't get me wrong - we love this speaker! It's just maybe not the best choice for a kitchen. …- Written by Giles C from Abergavenny
1 of 1 people found this useful
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Sound Quality
WOW what can i say, its awesome the sound is fab, very helpful in the Exeter Apple store excellent customer service. Go and buy th is speaker !!!! …
- Written by Martin S from Exeter
1 of 1 people found this useful
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Excellent quality sound for this price
Great quality product for such a cheap price. I see others have complained about the sound dropping out but haven't experienced th is at all (we have a small apartment and the signal doesn't drop out anywhere).
The Apple price isn't very competitive but the fact it's certified by Apple lets you buy with confidence. Haven't had to use it on battery power for a long period so can't comment on battery life but it's very good at everything else. …- Written by Alastair M from Ashton-under-Lyne
Questions & Answers
Answers from the community
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Can I stream to multiple Philips DS3880W AirPlay speakers and Apple TV at the same time?
- Asked by Kevin H
- 10-May-2012
Best Answer
On iOS, you can only stream to one airplay-enabled device at once.
If you're streaming from iTune s however, you can stream to as many devices as you wish. …- Answered by Iestyn W
- 24-May-2012
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I intend buying an ipad mini - will this speaker play radio 2 via my ipad mini? Eve F 2nd November 2012
- Asked by Eve F
- 02-Nov-2012
No answers yet
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Can I use AirPlay to listen to any content from my iPad? For example, music streaming websites which include video?
- Asked by Robert S
- 24-May-2012
Answer
Only Apple stuff plays wirelesly.
However it plays anything if you connect it to your device via th e Apple lead. …- Answered by Francis K
- 26-May-2012