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145 of 147 humans found the following review helpful.
service is excellent!
By Drew Johnson
I received a Zune for Christmas, which is what I wanted (I’m not an ‘Apple’ person), and purchased this to use my mp3 player at work. Essentially, the unit sounds and looks good, but it doesn’t connect 100% to the Zune and has to be plugged and replugged until it works. The most discouraging and hindering thing is that the remote only works when it chooses to, which is when it comes to half the time! I put a new battery into it, hoping to alleviate the problem, but it didn’t. Now, I merely don’t use the remote; I get too frustrated marveling whether or not it’s going to work this time!
The sound quality is good. I use it in an office, so I don’t have it cranked up to maximum, but it does what I purchased it for. I just wish they hadn’t even included a remote it the darn thing wasn’t dependable.
WELL, (Jan. 30) it’s been sent back to the company for a week now. It is completely unusable. If the unit is repaired or substituted and sent back to me in a timely manner, I will raise my rating to a five, because costumer service counts for something. If I don’t get a response or satisfaction, I’ll drop the rating to a 1 for the little solace that will provide. At least it will serve as a warning to others. We’ll see what they do.
OKAY! I received a NEW Zlive Speaker System to replace the malfunctioning one I returned and this one works precisely as I hoped! It’s a very nice system! I might’ve gotten a lemon the original time around, but I’m impressed with how this thing functions now that I have a good one! The remote is simple to use (don’t put a Pepsi may among it and the system) and works each time. The sound is not gigantic, fill-the-room-with-wall-to-wall-music bold, but it’s plainly perfective for the office environs in which I use it. I tried to modify the rating from 3 stars to 5 because of the prompt, courteous service the company exhibited in making things right, but it won’t let me. In any case, even with my untrue start, I commend the Zline.
105 of 109 persons found the following review helpful.
Good value, decent sound
By Derrick B. Smith
Zlive’s firstborn speaker, the NS108B is actually a Zune version of the iLive IS208B ipod/touch speaker dock tailored, of course for Zune devices. I purchased this from Amazon.com for $59.99, presumably retail, seeing as it’s not available anywhere, not even on Amazon for 1-2 months or on the Zlive website. The ipod version maxes out at $51.99 (average $40).
Unboxing: Nice package, all the standards. Just plugging it in lights up the clock display.
What’s included: Clips for dissimilar Zune sizes, the remote (with button battery already installed), warranty and manual.
Operation: Pretty simple, plug it in, clip in your clip for your Zune device and slide in your Zune to get started playing.
Sound quality: Given it is size, the Zlive NS108B gets very good volume giving careful consideration to it’s size. It’s not a full sound and sounds kind of confined, or rather restrained in the bass division and even a bit in the highs; but it’s not meant to be a boombox (we’re waiting on Zlive’s 2nd entry for that). It has an EQ but it’s not documented what the settings are – use your own ear for the best setting. Even at what I deemed the flat setting, which is how it starts, the sound is clear and never distorts even at max volume – which is beauteous nice. It seems as even though the mid range gets the most boost.
Treble – ok and clear; mid-range – good, clear;bass – present, not powerful.
The dock likewise has an aux in for other devices, an aux out and a video out (assuming your device may send video out) – beauteous standard; the video out worked without a hitch.
Also, it’s worth noting the remote is just great. Not only is there a back button (finally), but likewise a Menu button, which jumps straight to the menu – neat. You may do everything from the remote you would be competent to on the device/speaker dock except fast-forward/rewind songs. Cool.
Pros: Even altho the ipod version is for less by $20 on average, it’s still the next to most inexpensive Zune speaker dock on the market, (iHome’s firstborn Zune dock has that honor @ $49.99 retail) and the least costly 2 speaker stereo portable dock with a clock. Great remote control.
Cons: Although there is a clock, it isn’t an alarm clock – not in truth a con. It’s small, but constrained to AC power; there’s a panel for 2 AAA batteries, but it’s genuinely for backup and not for real playing. Strangely enough, as I’m writing this review the sound in the right speaker goes out. I’ll have to return it – dang! This t could just be a bad unit – it happens sometimes.
Ratings:
Price – 4.0/5.0 (Could be $50, which would still be $10 more than the ipod version, but still be a good value)
Quality (hardware) – 3.0/5.0 (I scaled down my score from a 4.5 because my right speaker just went dead 20 minutes into steady use – what the hey?)
Quality (sound) – 4.0/5.0 – Not high end sound, but you must suppose that from a little form portable dock like this. It could be better, because the mid-range is so nice.
Others – 4.5/5.0 – Excellent remote, intuitive design, ease to use
Overall 4/5 – Recommended
29 of 29 humans found the following review helpful.
Zune Dock w/Speaks – Small, but Mighty
By D. Ashton
After looking all over for a Docking Station for the new Zunes I just purchased my two girls for Christmas, I in the long run found this through Amazon (everything is for I-Pods … oyyyy). I did find another type of docking station at Best Buy, which was $99, but read bad reviews on the Internet. I was enjoyably astonished at the sound and volume for such a little box. As other persons have mentioned, it is not a Bose stereo that you will use for a big party, but definately will serve your intent for a kitchen or bedroom. My girls utterly loved them. I genuinely salaried $59.99 right before Christmas, but now see they are $47.99, which I am bummed since I can’t return since they are open, being used and would spend the divergence of savings on shipping back. However, I think they are worth the price – $59.99 or $47.99.
Good luck and Happy New Year!
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