If you’re familiar with the many, tiny, toy-like iPod-compatible powered speaker systems available in big retail chains, then you need to understand from the outset the i-deck is really not very much like any of them — and that’s a good thing. The i-deck may be playful, but it is certainly no toy; instead, it’s more accurate to think of the i-deck as a miniature high-end audio system that’s been built on the compact scale of the iPod, itself. I realize it probably seems wacky to suggest that a $349 audio system has any “high-end” qualities at all, but the i-deck actually does.