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| Date Reviewed: 02/28/2005 |
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 An online store recently had a free after rebate o ... Strengths: Portable
Weaknesses: Sounds like the AM radio in my 1970 Oldsmobile
Summary: An online store recently had a free after rebate offer on the Podwave, version 2. Well, almost free. Shipping was a little over $8. As the owner of three iPods I figured why not give it a try.
My PodWave came in no time and I quickly broke open the package, inserted the included battery, and put it on my iPod mini. Anticipation set in as I flipped to a song with a wide range. And then I pressed "play," and a sound I had not heard since the 1970s poured out. I was depressed I even spend $8 on the PodWave.
The sound was weak and tinny. Honestly, my headphones sitting on my desk, and pumped up on high volume fill up a room and sound better. I was flabbergasted that something this expensive (it does retail for $30) could sound so terrible, so I decided the battery had to be near death. I put in a fresh battery, and it was a little louder, but just as wimpy. Next I thought, maybe it will work better with my iPod photo. So I removed the PodWave from my mini and put it on my photo. The difference was nil. I switched to high bitrate encoded songs and still only sounds a tone deaf dog could appreciate.
I tried my hardest to find out a legitimate reason the PodWave sounded so miserable. But despite all of my problem solving, the result was the same: terrible sound. So my recommendation is don't buy these at any price, even free.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/20/2005 |
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 The ipod is beautiful, but the portable iPod stere ... Strengths: Portable
Weaknesses: Low volume
Summary: The ipod is beautiful, but the portable iPod stereo speaker is not enough volume for it to be of any use. You need sacrifice sound quality for portability.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/20/2005 |
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 If you're looking for something compact that match ... Strengths: Compact
Weaknesses: Low Volume
Summary: If you're looking for something compact that matches your ipod and is very portable, this may be the option for you. Just be prepared to sacrifice sound quality for portability.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/11/2006 |
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Exactly as Expected
Strengths: Provides a very small, very portable speaker mechanism for iPod
Weaknesses: Tinny sound
Summary: The product functions as described. Nothing more, nothing less. Only those customers who have a solid understanding of electronic components should purchase this tiny speaker system. The decibel level is low as should be expected from a component that runs on a single AA battery. Purchase this item for personal use only; it's an excellent substitute for earpieces which I dislike and cannot use. It is not meant to provide stereo quality sound for a roomful of people!
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| Date Reviewed: 09/30/2007 |
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A speaker that does its job.
Strengths: Good for studying, etc. where you don't need wires tangling up your music experience.
Weaknesses: Batteries die slowly. It starts at a low buzz and then deteriorates to nothing. Easy to accidentally leave it on.
Summary: 2007-09-30 17:20:09 The Podware is good. It's just a pair of speakers, and there's not much else it can do besides output sound. Gets the job done: it lets you listen to whatever you want without wires.
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| Date Reviewed: 08/11/2007 |
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Strengths: Size, relative integrity of sound.
Weaknesses: Size, volume limitations.
Summary: The portable stereo speakers have been a great way to listen to my iPod in the office and home office (since the stereo is in another room). I usually have to turn the volume almost all the way to hear it, but once I have, I often can hear it from the other room! So it functions as a stereo for a small room.
The battery life is also longer than advertised, I find, although I haven't actually checked if I've been using it for 8 hours.
A good buy for someone looking for a cost-effective, simple way to ditch the headphones and play music out loud :)
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| Date Reviewed: 08/20/2006 |
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Strengths: Portability and easy on "gas" (batteries).
Weaknesses: Somewhat cheezy sound for the price.
Summary: I don't like headphones and I like earbuds even less (uncomfortable and hard on the ol' auditory nerves). This little item enables me to get speakers just about anywhere including my portable mp3 player and even a portable radio and old portable cassette player. They are plastic but seem good and sturdy.
The sound is a little too "tinny" for most peoples music tastes. Fine for a ballgame or other talk audio (see caveat below). Music do-able but not the greatest. What do you expect for 28 bucks? At least it frees you up from headphones. Fine for my purposes.
I would buy this again but only if something better were not available (I am not aware of anything better out there in this price range yet). I think the price is a bit high for the sound quality.
Seems to be well built and easy on battery power. It doesn't have an auto shut-off (and I wouldn't expect it to) and the kids left it on overnight. The speakers were still running fine the next day so that impressed me (perhaps I'm easy to impress but I expected the battery to be dead).
Don't buy these if all you are going to use them for is AM radio as they do cause some interference with the AM radio signals. FM radio and mp3 is just fine though (other than a little tinny as I said above).
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| Date Reviewed: 02/17/2005 |
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Strengths: Decent Quality Sound and Cheap
Weaknesses: Good quality for the size but you cant expect alot from speakers this small.
Summary: I got it for free after rebates so this is an excellent deal (obviuosly). I wouldn;t pay a whole lot for this but it's worth close to the price.
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