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Summary: Great 1st impression!!!
Review: Just got ours in the mail. Based on user reviews and the product literature it definitely has exceeded my expecations so far. My wife ordered it and after reading up on it I thought I would probably be sending it back because I didn't get the impression that it supported the iPod mini (other than using the line out jack). I was very pleasantly surpised to find that there is a cradle adapter in the box for my wife's iPod mini and I can just as easily put in my good old 30GB iPod.
It's a snap to set-up... about 2 minutes from box to sound. This is a small device, so I wasn't expecting incredible sound. It's not the type of thing you're going to use for blasting tunes at a party, but it's perfect for incidental listening in a small room (bathroom, office, hotel room). It looks like a great travel companion too! It folds up into the size of a small book... perfect for taking on trips.
Given the chance to weigh in with my opinion, I probably would have waited for the most recent model (IM3)... it sounds like it has a few more bells and whistles (next generation speakers, remote, etc.) but at this point I'm pretty happy and don't see the need to eat the return shipping plus pay another ~$80+ to upgrade.
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Summary: Very cool idea and great sound for its size, but...
Review: just one addition to the comments so far. The case of the speakers is vibrating very strong. The iPod leans against this case and therefore is also vibrating. This sometimes produces loud unwanted noise and I am not sure how this affects the lifetime of the internal hard disk.
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Summary: Road Warriors Dream
Review: Sure, we love to listen to our iPods on the plane, especially with noise cancelling headphones, but do you really want to be that isolated in your hotel room? These speakers have great sound considering their size and portability, run on 4 AA batteries, and look great with the iPod attached. If you travel with a laptop with decent speakers, this wouldn't be an item you need (you could just us iTunes to play your iPod), but you still may want these speakers to take the the beach, etc.Only complaints: why is the supplied power cord so ugly? The bundled power cord is the standard black cord with a AC converter attached to the plug. You can use your iPod Firewire cord and AC adapter with these speakers, but oddly enough, this will only charge the iPod and not provide power to the speakers. So far, I've gotten about the 24 hours on the AA batteries as claimed. I also have to take off my iSkin to use this, but I guess that's my problem!
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Summary: Great compact speakers for travelling
Review: The balance of size, weight, and sound quality makes these speakers a traveler's dream, whether or not you own an iPod. But do not expect the sound quality to compare to that produced by large floor or bookshelf speakers. My side-by-side comparisons indicated that the sound quality of these speakers was also inferior to similarly priced "2.1" satellite speakers with powered subwoofer that are designed for computers. However, given the size of these inMotion speakers, the sound quality is very impressive (as long as the volume of the sound output to the speakers is set correctly: see below). I recently used the speakers every day during a three-week business trip to the Balkans. I like to travel light and prefer not to check luggage. These speakers are extremely small and light weight and fit into my carry-on bag without any problem. The speakers come with a universal power adapter (110V to 220V) that is usable in Europe. But I left the adapter at home, brought a small battery charger, and ran the speakers on rechargeable NiMH batteries. The speakers ran about 8 hours on one set of these batteries (4 X AA 1.2V 2300mAh NiMH). The volume of the speakers was more than enough to fill my hotel room. In fact, I never felt like playing the speakers at full volume. The speakers do not seem to distort at the highest volumes. The speakers faithfully reproduced a wide range of music including hip hop, rock, folk, blues, funk, jazz, and classical. The bass response is impressive for such small speakers. I can clearly hear the bass tracks of blues CDs (Eric Clapton's latest) and Rap albums (Snoop Dogg). However, the speakers do not produce the heavy bass feel you get from a powered subwoofer. That means you do not feel the bass pounding in your chest. But this is actually a good thing in hotels. Powered low frequencies travel unimpeded throughout a building, whereas the frequencies produced by these speakers are quickly absorbed by walls. This means that I was able to play the speakers relatively loud late at night without disturbing the people in the next room. A second advantage is that it takes much less energy to drive these speakers than larger speakers or a subwoofer. This allowed me to play the speakers for 8 hours on four AA batteries. I do not own an iPod and always played the speakers directly from my computer. I connected the earphones-out plug from my computer to the auxiliary jack on the iPod speakers. An extended cord is needed for this connection; the cord that comes with the speakers is too short. This worked well and allowed me to play new CDs I bought while traveling. But through experimentation, I discovered that if the volume setting on my computer was too low or too high it severely affected the sound quality of the speakers. Since the speakers have their own volume control, I can set the sound volume however I want, regardless of the volume output of my computer. However, when the volume on my computer was set too low, the speakers produced an inferior muffled sound. And when the volume on my computer was set too high, the speakers occasionally produced distorted sound. I eventually learned to adjust my computer volume to a medium level before connecting the speakers. Unfortunately, different CDs and MP3s are set with different default volume levels, so I had to reset my computer volume every time I switched albums.
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Summary: gadget nut
Review: these speakers are light, small and provide adequate sound. Bose acoutic wave they are NOT.
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Summary: Amazing device for the Ipod
Review: This is a great product for the Ipod. Not only is the sound simply brilliant for such a small package, but the convenience and portability is fantastic. It's simply a must have for any Ipod user.
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Summary: not that great
Review: This is a very cute package and an innovative design, but I find the sound quality to be very sub-par. It's a shame too because I had really high hopes for this product! I own several sets of Altec Lansing speakers and I am a huge fan of their stuff, but these are truly disappointing :( Spend about eighty dollars less and buy the Altec Lansing VS2120's- they're not as cute or easy to travel with, but they sound 110% better!!
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Summary: Altec Lansing Is A Good Brand
Review: This is a very nice portable speaker system with my iPod. I have a 20GB iPod which fits really nice into this. When I'm on the road and I don't want to use my headphones I can just put my iPod in this and I can nicely listen to my playlists. The sound is pretty good but once when I had the volume on max it sounded like it wasn't on at all. Then I let it rest and the next day it was still kind of screwed up but when I waited for a few more days it got better and the sound got better too. It's not the greatest sound in the world but for portable speakers this is the best you can find!
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Summary: Makes my iPod quiver with delight
Review: This speaker set is soooo great--the sound quality, volume, portability, AC/DC capability to go anywhere and hear your iPod without headphones. I took it to Brazil last month and played music on the beach for 8-10 hours a stretch. Awesome.
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Summary: Wonderful Sound, and Portability!
Review: When I opened the box, I was concerned with the size of this thing! It is tiny! No way this is going to sound good. Was I wrong! Extremely compact design, easy to use, and awesome sound make this the best product for ipod I have seen. Well worth the price!
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