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This a very good product. The only thing that needs to be addressed is the display is way too bright on the lowest setting. I have put red-tinted plastic wrap over the display and its still too bright.
I went to a retail store with my friend (who has an iphone) and put his iphone in every dockable clock radio to listen to the sound. The most important thing I was looking for was the surpression of GSM buzz. The Sony was the best by far. Although the user interface is a little awkward, and the remote is kind of superfluous unless you use this as a your music box during the day, the sound really makes it. This device does a pretty good job. My last clock radio was so buzzy, that my wife had to keep her iphone in another room or it would make the clock radio buzz loudly several times a night.
Obviously this is not a full size stereo that is going to throw out a ton of sound but it definitely a good unit for an alarm clock and just around-the-house sound. I was nervous about buying something like this without being able to test out the speakers first to see how the sound quality stacked up against other units but I've seen iHome units that friends have and read enough reviews to feel confident in this purchase.
My big concern was sound quality and the brightness of the screen. I am more than pleased with both.
I read a ton of reviews and compared 6 or 7 different models before making my selection. I love the remote and the ability to control my iPod or radio from across the room.
The sound quality on this unit is incredible, especially for its size. There are 3 settings for the brightness of the screen and even on the brightest setting it was not too bright at all.
Even my husband was surprised/impressed at the sound quality and it takes a lot to impress him. I am more than happy with this purchase.
Their customer service is pretty poor as well. The min.
At first I loved it as it was very easy to use and the sound quality was decent. I bought the Sony ICF a few months ago for my daughers room to play my ipod.
I found out that the warranty covers you up to a year but the warranty only covers "parts". It also has a remote control which is really handy.
However, within a 8-9 months, the ipod docking station just stopped working. charge is $29 (not including shipping the item to them) and they will either fix it (charges vary) or give you a refurbished one.
I find incredible that I have to pay any costs (shipping would be reasonable) since the product is only a few months old and already defective.Buy something else or you might have to pay for it again.
I feel with electronics you get what you pay for and Sony has not failed us yet. I was looking for a christmas gift for my fiance who had a really cheap clock radio.Since he had a nice ipod I went looking online for a nice clock radio/docking station.He is very fussy about brand name electronics as am I and I decided to stick with the Sony brand that he loves.On Christmas day his eyes lit up as he opened this and got it all set up. He loves the remote that came with it and sound quality is great as always with Sony. Everything is compatible, ipod charges, remote works, easy to read alarm clock with a simple alarm that we use.I also like that the ipod has the speakers behind it to protect it as opposed to some that just have the ipodsticking straight out of it with no support. (we have 3 cats) So I never have to worry about the ipod being bumped or knocked out of the docking station.Pros - remote control for ipod, good sound quality, reasonably priced.
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