Sony Icfcs15ip 30-Pin Ipod/Iphone Speaker Dock (Black) (Discontinued By Manufacturer)

Sony ICFCS15IP 30-Pin iPod/iPhone Speaker Dock (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

• Rich, clear sound stereo speakers deliver a robust and enjoyable listening experience with rich bass tones.
• Charge your iPod or iPhone while you listen while docked to help you avoid a drained battery.1
• Compatible with most iPod and iPhone models, including iPhone 4.
• Flexible dock connector that is designed for easy connectivity without the need for special adaptors, so you can just plug and play, even with your phone case attached.
• Sony Sound enhancements MEGA BASS mode enhances bass response while Mega Xpand expands your music sound field at the push of a button.

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Brand : Sony
Category : Electronics,Portable Audio & Video,Portable Speakers & Docks,Audio Docks
Rating : 4.3
Review Count : 717
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Sony ICFCS15IP 30-Pin iPod/iPhone Speaker Dock (Black) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)

• ...and the price one pays changes like Florida weather.I\'m not a big fan of Sony. Three products -- two clock radios and an expensive VHS recorder back in the day -- all left a lot to be desired. So why another Sony? Price, features and excellent reviews kept me coming back to this model. I looked at Yamaha, Geneva Sound, Sangean, iHome and Panasonic just to name a few. All had a lot of positives and some looked really great, but none were close to the price of this Sony when I bought it.Like the competition, this Sony model offers a slew of similar features, even if I don\'t own an i-device. So praises to Sony on the following:1. Preinstalled battery backup preset to EST and a preinstalled battery in the remote control. Setting the clock to my time zone took all of three clicks.2. Automatic Daylight Savings Time feature.3. Two separate alarms with 2-5-7 (weekend-weekday-daily) capability. While typical these days, I really like the location of the alarm functions -- the top left and top right of the clock display.4. Interfaces with older iPods and iPhones and may require an adapter for the newer models. It also may interface with the iPad, but Sony warns against it.5. Wake or sleep to radio or i-device, or wake to a buzzer. Again typical.6. Allows 20 preset FM stations and 10 AM stations.7. Large snooze bar centered on the top of the unit. One can add time in 10 minute increments to the snooze function by just tapping the snooze bar.8. Clock display dimming is also on the snooze bar and has four incremental settings for dimming, including shutting off the display. This dimmer actually dims.9. FM and AM Radio reception is fairly decent and better than my other Sony radios, which ranked from barely okay to horrible.10. Comes with an audio-in port for hooking up external equipment.Items that could be improved:1. Cheap display. The numbers show pale blue or white on a blue, gray, green, purple background. Yep, you can get any one of those background colors, even half & half, depending upon the angle one views the display. I normally see white on a grayish blue background. While this doesn\'t bother me, it may bother you.2. Doesn\'t come with the \"gentle\" wake function. Again, I\'m not bothered by this.3. The manual is one of those awful foldouts. Yeah, I\'m trying hard to come up with a few flaws and it isn\'t easy. At least it was fairly clear and the print was big enough to read without a magnifying glass.4. I guess my biggest complaint is that I think Sony should have added the capability to connect a separate FM antenna instead of offering just the 27-inch jacketed wire hanging out the back. Sony does supply a small loop antenna for AM reception. When talking about radio reception, especially stereo FM, a good external directional FM antenna can make a big difference.I\'ve owned this Sony for over two months now, and I feel this model does a lot of things and does them well. While it is fairly large in width (11-1/4\") and height (6-1/2\"), the depth is shallow (5\") so it won\'t take as much space on the table as it might seem. Still, it won\'t go unnoticed. As far as the learning curve goes, yes, one will need to read the manual and probably refer to it now and then.This is already a long review and you\'ve probably noticed that I haven\'t mentioned sound quality. I guess my question would be, what does one really expect the sound to be in an inexpensive clock radio in the first place? Sound quality, by its very nature, is highly subjective. Just look at these reviews that state with certainty that the sound coming from this clock radio is: complete junk, okay, adequate, average, good for its price, very good, great, excellent, awesome, amazing and extraordinary. Have I left any adjective out? All that matters is how YOU perceive the sound, not what I or anyone else may think. That being said, I found the FM stereo sound to be reasonably pleasant at lower volumes for this price range. The \"Mega Bass / Mega Xpand\" functions make the sound feel just a bit more open, but don\'t expect an \"Oh wow\" moment. The sound will be a little better if one uses an i-device (I tested it out on my son\'s iPod Touch) or whatever one plugs into the audio-in port, but a good source can only take you so far.People have to realize that high fidelity is not close to being achieved at this price point. If it were, audiophiles would be spending hundreds of dollars on their equipment instead of thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars. It\'s a simple law of speaker/amplifier/tuner/antenna physics. If one really wants reasonable high quality sound in a clock radio / iPod dock and aren\'t shy about an equally high price tag, look at systems like the Yamaha Restio or the L or XL from Geneva Sound. These are all large pedestal-mount systems that range in price from 500 bucks to over two grand. Even at those prices, good radio reception is not a given. For the ultimate in a table clock radio system with superior high fidelity sound and solid radio capabilities, the Meridian M80 at three grand made many audiophiles smile (it\'s been discontinued, so you might be able to pick one up for under two grand after the new one comes out). Getting back to reality, if one is just looking for sound that can be at least pleasant, this Sony should fit the bill.Finally, how do I rate this Sony? I feel this model is an excellent value and I like it ... a lot. So, between 1 and 10 this model rates a strong 8, or the high end of a 4-star rating, which is excellent indeed. However, this rating is based upon the price I paid, which was 48 bucks. It is a price point where this Sony really shines. When the price point approaches 100 bucks, it places it in the midst of some steep competition, so it would be more in the middle of the pack instead of leader of the pack. At around 100 bucks, I\'d rate this a marginal 6 out of 10 (3 stars minus, or just above average). If you can get this model for 48 bucks, I\'d recommend you try it out. I feel at 55 or even 60 bucks, it\'s still a pretty good value. Any more than that, then the value dips accordingly. And no, I would never have purchased this near the 100 buck mark.
• I\'ve had this for awhile now but hesitant on writing a review because of so many aspects I can comment on. But here goes:The sound quality is pretty good from a radio alarm. I usually keep the \'mega bass\' and \'mega xpand\' on. Although the bass is still lacking, its a radio alarm so you can\'t expect much. The bass is there, but more importantly it doesn\'t distort at all which is very nice. The Xpand mode is impressive in that it really creates a bigger soundstage, very open and dimensional that I can almost hear surround effects. If you are sensitive to high frequencies it may be too much on the bright side, but again, it\'s a radio alarm and its quite nice for one. Most will find it as a clearer/cleaner sound as oppose of ear-bleeding unless you are ultra sensitive. I personally like it. The mids, well, it\'s a set of small speakers, so you can\'t expect any of that here. Acoustic guitars sound thin with zero warmth. But when it comes to vocals, its very pleasing and really comes alive, not too thin as you would expect from a radio, it\'s actually well balanced. Overall the listening experience is not fatiguing, and I\'m pretty impressed with its big soundstage. The sound is definitely leagues above other competitor for its price range. Well I picked this up for about 45 bucks.The layout of the buttons are pretty well thought out, I never really have to fondle around for find what I\'m looking for, like you would know instinctively where the \'play\' and \'volume\' buttons are, the center snooze is very hard to miss. But if you press it once too many, it will dim your clock\'s brightness which does happen sometimes.I underrated the remote, I find myself using it 90% of the time. Very nice touch and works to control your iPod for browsing through your songs and artist, albums, etc. Also they give you a 3.5mm aux input for whatever else you want to plug in which is a bonus.Some things that you might want to know about it\'s operation. The Daylight savings is automatically programmed into the radio so you never have to adjust your clock, once it hits the date and time that it is known for a daylight savings, it will adjust itself. This feature can be turned on or off. You can repeatedly hit the snooze bottom to increase the snooze time by increments of 10 minutes each. Sometimes I find myself hitting twice to put 20 minutes on it. If you have the alarm set to playback on your iPod and you forget to dock your iPod that night, it will sound a beep that gradually goes faster. It\'s slightly louder than what I set my alarm volume at so it shouldn\'t be a issue if you are afraid that you won\'t be able to hear it. Let\'s say you are on vacation and forgot to turn off your alarm. Your alarm will sound and shut itself off after an hour. You can set two independent alarm settings, one for the weekdays, and another for the weekends. Installing the app allows for more customization, but I haven\'t tried it yet...Here\'s why:Upon docking your iPod, it will ask you to install the app. If you are using the 1st generation iPod touch, then you are SOL. I believe with each app revision, it\'s now a requirement to have iOS 5. Sucks because 1st generation iPod touch can only go up to 3.1.3, so it will tell me that I can\'t install it because my firmware is no good. However if you can ignore the installation prompt, your iPod still works and the radio should perform as advertise. But it\'s annoying to see that prompt everytime.Now the final reason why I can\'t give this a 5 star. I actually like the iHome radio that when the alarm hits, it gradually gets louder until it hits the peak of the volume that you set. This one doesn\'t and it\'s very unpleasant to hear a song come on at it\'s full volume peak out of no where and in the middle of the current playing song. It\'s almost like using the buzzer alarm that it\'s so intrusive, but I can live with this. A moment after when I realize what song is playing, I find myself listening more to the music I like than sleeping. Which is the only reason why I got this, so I can listen to the music I like to wake up to every morning!

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