Emerson iTone Clock Radio for iPod (Black) Review

This has to be one of the lousiest products I have ever used. This was given to me as a gift, and I will just be taking it right to the goodwill store. The clock does not set itself as advertised. The buttons are really plasticky. The on-off button doesn't seem to work. But the worst problem is the sound quality.

This is meant to be an iPod speaker dock. It docks, and it plays through the speakers, but it sounds like you are holding a very fluffy pillow over the speakers. Just to be sure there wasn't something wrong with the amplifier, I connected a set of external speakers via the headphone jack, and it sounded fine that way. So its not the amplifier, or the ipod connection at all. Just the speakers. I didn't expect a Bose experience or anything, but the sound was just horrible and unlistenable. Half of the music was inaudible. Worthless.

This is from Emerson- that bastion of mid-80's woodgrained crappy clock radios and cheap walkmans that you could find at the CVS, but now they have the word "Research" attached to their name. Right. Just because it has an ipod dock doesn't mean it sounds good.

Do not purchase this item. It is crap.

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