iSymphony Micro System w/built-in iPod Dock

List Price: ~~$149.99~~
Discount Price: $54.99

Brand: iSymphony

Features:

50 watts output power
Front loading CD player with CD, CD-R/RW compatibility
MP3 and WMA playback supporting ID3 title display
Built-in SD? and MMC card slots
Play music from USB flash memory devices including iPod® shuffle

Customer Reviews:

You get what you pay for [Posted on 2008-03-25]
This unit replaced an equally mediocre iLuv Ipod mini system. My daughter has had it for about a year already and surprisingly everything is still working. The sound from the included speakers is muddy but OK for background listening. Ipods are already a compromise in sound quality, adding a system such as this to the mix does nothing to enhance it. If you are looking for a system that delivers good quality sound and only offers a few options you are better off opting for Altec Lansing, Bose, Klipsch or Logitech. If multiple playback options is your cup of tea then this system may be worth a glance. Shop around you can get this unit for much less than what is advertised.

Good citizen day! [Posted on 2008-05-18]
OK, I purchased this with 103. of my tax rebate money. I put the rest of it towards credit card balances (sorry, Geo.). I purchased this from Radio Shack on sale without reading a thing about it, which I normally would never do.

It is worth about 99 dollars, if that. Had 25 extra watts compared to one the same price at Best Buy and some extra functions too.

I seriously doubt any audiophiles would even glance at this thing. It is what it is. An affordable little stereo. I mainly wanted it to listen to NPR in the mornings- works for that, but thank goodness for instructions- was about to pack it up and return because two of my favorite radio stations would not come in without static- but read in the book that if that happens, there is a button on the remote to help that problem. It worked.

Alert the press: I do not own an ipod. Can't tell you anything about that, but it did play the SD card (with mp3s). It also played my palm pilot, which I find to be so much better than mp3 players- wireless internet radio, internet, etc.

Anyhoo. After reading a couple of reviews on here, I will not toss the packing materials for a couple of weeks.

Bottom line: Don't pay more that around a hundred bucks for it. Don't purchase it if you want exceptional sound. It is ok for me, though.

EDITING TO SAY: The display has already lost sections of letters after only 4 days ownership. Wish I could lower stars.

Avoid [Posted on 2008-07-14]
Bought this item at Radio Shack. Less than a year later, after very gentle usage, the display just stopped working. It still lights up blue but you cannot see any description. Impossible to tune the radio. Very annoying. After reading the pain that customer service has been, we decided just to chuck the unit and replace it. Audio quality was only ok.

OK...if it would work [Posted on 2008-07-15]
I purchased the M110 which is very similar to this model less than six months ago. It has been a big disappointment and has stopped working completely. Put your money on a better system from another mfg.

Crapped out in the 6th month of ownership. [Posted on 2008-08-15]
I feel like I'm echoing the sentiment of a lot of the other reviewers, but this little guy did alright for half a year...then just sadly stopped working. And I wasn't runnin' it very hard either. Sigh.

It was a gift so I didn't have the paperwork to process a return, but it sounds like the other reviewers didn't get much satisfaction in that department either. Lame.

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