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Any reviews of the irock?
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Hi all,
I was in the Palisades Apple Store today and while chatting with one of the salesman, I brought up the new iPod and said that I'd get one, but I have a CD player and no input jacks. He brought me to the peripherals section to show me the irock. You plug it into your iPod's headphone jack, and tune the car stereo to 88.9 or something. Thoughts? Reviews?
Mike
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I haven't tried it (iRock) yet, but I have read it has a longer range than my SoundFeeder SF121. Esthetically, I also like iRock's appearance a bit more. That said, I am very, very pleased with my SoundFeeder SF121 performance in this FM station dense area of So CA in use with my iPods. My issue with iRock is that it has ONLY 4 preset frequency selections, and of those 4 preset frequencies all have strong FM signals broadcast in my area so I would be a bit worried about interference from same. My SoundFeeder SF121, on the other hand, can be "fine" tuned anywhere between 88-95 Mhz.
I would be interested to know other's reviews on the iRock or SoundFeeder as well.
[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: RWoelk ]
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Originally posted by RWoelk:
<STRONG> That said, I am very, very pleased with my SoundFeeder SF121 performance in this FM station dense area of So CA in use with my iPods.
[ 03-30-2002: Message edited by: RWoelk ]</STRONG>
Does that mean that you have plural iPods? if so you are a luck man, but Why do you need two?
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I GOT WASTED WITH PHIL SHERRY!!!
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3 to be exact, but the other two were gifts within the family.
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you must be god, I am in aw of your superiority.
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I GOT WASTED WITH PHIL SHERRY!!!
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I read the review of the iRock listed above, and its a pretty fair assessment of the device, although I think to some extent it depends on how big of an audiofile you are. If you're looking for pristine CD quality sound, you aren't going to get it with the iRock... there is always some low level noise... but... its extremely portable and I've found it will work even in a major metropolitian area (Chicago)... so for me the fact that the iRock only tunes into 4 stations is not an issue. Without an external input or tape player in your car, it certainly is a viable option... the noise is more noticeable for me between songs than during and I certainly didn't have to contort my body holding it to get a decent signal! I use it more at work than in my car (I use a cassette adapter in my car), but I have used it in my car as well. I had an early version of the SoundFeeder device (probably close to 10 years ago) that you could tune-in to a wide range of radio stations, my major complaint with that one was that there was noticeable drift in the signal that I was constantly adjusting for. In this device the drift is much less (of course that could just be 10 years of technology advancement). The iRock is certainly a much more elegant solution than a cassette adapter... many less cords to deal with, but I've found that overall the sound quality (and in my case the volume of the signal) isn't as good as the cassette adapter. Hope this helps.
Chris
Chris
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