Wooo hooo!!! Been wanting to get a portable speaker for my klutziPod for a long time. Finally....!! Just got my hands on the JBL OnStage Micro Portable Music Dock for iPod yesterday. It's a gift oohh... hehehe...

Unboxing of the Dock

Size

The dock is pretty small. As you can see, its width is smaller than a RM50 note, so pretty good to be carried around.

Features

The dock comes with a infrared remote control. Basically it provides you all the options to control the iPod. Most of the controls are OK, except the up-down scroll buttons, pretty slow. Unlike using the wheel control, it takes ages to reach 1 end of the list to the other. The dock charges your iPod as well (of course...)

(The pic looks a bit like the mask of Dark Vader) At the back there's a power button and 4 ports. The Audio In port allows you to connect other music device to the dock using a 3.5mm jack. The USB port allows you to connect it to the computer and sync with your iPod. Quite disappointed 'cause the USB cable is not provided. The Audio Out port allows you to connect the dock to another JBL speaker. People says that you can't connect it to an amp or something, but I haven't tried that out. Lastly is of course the power port.

Others

The package includes a soft carrying cas, which could fit the dock, iPod, remote control and the power adapter. Like this. Quite handy for you to bring the whole thing around.

It also comes with 8 dock adapters, which allows it to basically fit all the iPods in the market, except iPod Shuffle. For that, you need to use the 3.5mm jack to connect it to the Audio In port.

Quality

To be honest, I'm quite satisfied with the sound quality. I've tried it out before in Machines, MidValley, but I wasn't quite satisfied that time. It didn't sound that good, maybe it's because of the noise in the mall, and that's a display unit. Now that I get my hands on this, it actually sounds quite good. Given the size of the speakers, you can't expect too much bass from it obviously, and you can't expect to use it in your living room. Using it my room is pretty good. Worth considering.

Price

Well, I've tried to look around in KL but I couldn't find any store selling it. The only store with it was the Machines in MidValley, but even that, they only have 1 display unit left. According to the guy, it's RM400++. In U.S, they are selling it at USD 99.

Overall, if this wasn't a gift, I will definitely not spend money on it. RM400++ for a speaker? Nah.... but now that I have it, it's actually quite satisfying. It's totally up to you

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