Speakal iCrystal Stereo iPod Docking Station with 2 Speakers (White)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 11.6 x 5.3 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003PJ6G5Q
• Item model number: ICRYSTAL-WHT-01

By : Lanchiya Technology
Price : $79.99

Product Description

Color: White

Speakal iCrystal Stereo iPod Docking Station with 2 Speakers, elegant, Plays music from iPod with Dock Connector, MP3, MP4 (White). These units are not battery operated.

Technical Details

• Ambient Light
• Humanized Touch control for Volume and audio selection
• Plays music from all iPods with Dock connectors
• Connects to any device with 3.5 mm Headphone jack, such as iPod Shuffle, Zune, Gaming Devices, or other MP3/MP4
• Elegant bedside unit

Costumer Reviews

First, this is a beautiful piece, but for the price, it's missing some key features that would have made it worth the price.

Pros:

Great sound -- I had no issues with volume (we use it in a fairly large kitchen, fills up the room nicely)

Great style -- this probably isn't for everyone, but it works great for us, and the blue lights are a nice accent (but this is also a con, see below)

Size -- it's tiny, which is nice, and doesn't seem to sacrifice volume.

Cons:

No inserts for different iPod models -- this is somewhat of a pro, because you're pretty much guaranteed a fit with any case, but also dangerous, because the only thing holding up your iPod is the dock connector. Most speaker/dock combinations that I've looked at in this price range come with at least a few different inserts, this is a pretty obvious oversight.

Blue lights are always on -- you can turn them off by using the hard switch to swap to battery power with no batteries in the unit, but there's no way to turn them off via the remote control, or automatically when you're not playing music. It does manage to charge the iPod while plugged in with no batteries and the switch is on "USB" (which means wall power).

White remote control -- no matter which color you buy, you get a white remote control. Again, not a huge deal, but it would have been nice to have a color-coordinated remote control.

In the end, I'll be keeping it, but wouldn't buy another one. Also, not that these are particularly complicated, but the user manual is about two pages long (multiplied by five or six for the warnings and multiple languages).

I imported these to the uk because they looked so cool and I wasn't disappointed.They look and work great.I use them with my IPhone 4.The remote is really useful and by using an ordinary plug adaptor they work fine on uk voltage, just plug and play!