Old School Style High Performance Portable Music System with Ipod Slot
by Lasonic
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Manufacturer: LasonicBrand: Lasonic
Edition: Electronics
Publisher: Lasonic
Studio: Lasonic
Music Label: Lasonic
Product features:
- Supported USB flash disk and SD/MMC card to playback MP3 files
- Enjoy your iPod without earphone
- FM 20 preset stations and AM 20 preset stations
- Separate bass and treble controls
- Powerful speaker sound system (12W x 2)
- Full function remote control
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Customer Review: Not bad
Summary: 4 Stars
Sound quality:
So so. It sounds like a mediocre box from the '80s ( although better than most things that are available today)..not bad, but nothing to write home about. It does not hold up to the better boxes of the past, but that shouldn't be surprising. The treble frequencies are reproduced clearly with little or no harshness, the same for the midrange. Bass response seems to roll off at about 100-120Hz.
The good news is that it has separate bass and treble (-7 to +7 Db) controls, so your not limited to (often useless) pre-set eq settings.
Radio:
AM reception is so awful that I thought something was wrong with it. All I could pull in were the strongest local stations and not very well. After talking a look inside (I wasn't about to send it back over poor AM reception, and I have a background in electronics) I noticed one of the most minanal AM circuits I've ever seen, and a VERY small coil bar. Replacing the tiny ferrite bar brought reception up to less than average instead of almost deaf.
If you are planning to listen to the AM band be repaired to be disappointed.
FM overload city. One station (100KW that's about 8 miles away) over more than half of the dial covering over most weak signals. However medium and strong signals come though just fine. A FM mono switch helps clean up fringe signals.
MP3:
The USB port reads your PMP/MP3 player like a disc (you can't use the controls on your player), and also charges the device (you may not want to do this if you are running "D" cells as it will drain them). The card slot works as it should (I have not tried a card that's over 2G, so I don't know if it will read HC cards).
Navigating is done by browsing though folders (F01 F02 ect.) and by clicking though ff (next) and rewind (back) just like a CD player. There is no menu or way scrolling through a list of files available. Holding down the FF or REW button will scroll though the file at a very slow 2x or maybe 3x normal speed making long files such as podcasts or audio books very difficult to navigate through. There is no resume feature.
Formats are limited to MP3, WMA, and WAV/PCM.
IMHO you're better off running your PMP/MP3 player though the AUX port
iPod docking:
I haven't tried this feature because I don't own an iPod. After trying and owning several other players that I found to be superior to an iPod I'm simply not interested in them.
EDIT/UPDATE:
I've tried it with an iPod and it does an ok job. It can even navigate though the iPod's menus. My only complaint is that the controls are not exactly user friendly, but on the other hand I find the scroll wheel type iPod user interface bit odd too. I mean "menu" is back instead of << and the center button is forward instead of >>?! That's one of the reasons why I don't own one. The other one is their lack of drag and drop compatibility.
The sound quality is just a touch better though the card reader and USB port. As odd as it may sound it seems the Lasonic has a better D to A converter. Go figure.
Now please don't get me wrong as I don't dislike it at all. It does have it's limitations, but for what it is it does it's job just fine. If something should happen to this one I'd gladly order another one.
I do however really wish they would make a model with a Sansa or some other dock for those of us who would rather not deal with the limitations of an iPod, but with the AUX in and (although limited) USB port the issue is minimal.
Description of Old School Style High Performance Portable Music System with Ipod Slot
The beautiful Lasonic i931 is a portable music system in true retro ghetto blaster style. The i931 features playback of MP3s via an iPod dock, usb port, or SD/MMC card slot. In addition, the i931 has AM/FM radio, remote, mic input, and bass and treble EQ controls. The system is capable of blasting out 15 watts per channel through separate woofers and tweeters. Headphone jack output Radio function (AM/ FM) Large text display on LCD Full function remote controls Separate bass and treble controls Many adjustable features in menu Accurately real time clock display Volume level indication (LED) Powerful Audio Output USB slot compatible Support USB flash drive and SD/MMC card to playback MP3 files iPod control available for playback, charging and interaction Mic Mix with /ECHO VOL Max power 15W x 2 Dimension (mm):650 x 166 x 365Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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