My Star Rating: 5 starts out of 5 = I Love It
My Summary Statement: Easy and Convenient Portable Audio System for iPad (and Can Use in Limited Ways with Kindle Fire) but Not for Everyday Carrying Case Use for Me
This is a hard plastic case that fits on the iPad1 and iPad2 with portable speakers. The two doors open outward to reveal a right and left stereo speaker with the device oriented horizontally. There is a separate plastic folding system to use to prop it up on a table or desk. The iPads fit into it perfectly. The sliding mechanism to open the doors is hard to operate. My eleven year old really struggled to open it.
This weighs two pounds. I am not complaining of the weight as a problem of design, common sense says that a speaker system has components that will weigh a certain amount. I mention this as heaviness may not be convenient for everyday use. Also I don’t like the outward door speakers for everyday use of the iPad2. If you used this as a daily protective case and wanted to use the iPad in a vertical position the speakers would orient up and down, and are in my way. If you want your iPad to be lightweight and slim for everyday carrying around, I’d recommend a neoprene sleeve protective case. So, you may choose to buy both of those two things for two different uses.
The speakers are fine at mid-range. At the upper half of the range they vibrated and the sound distorted. However that was too loud for my liking when sitting close enough to have a good view of the screen. In other words this does not convert your iPad into a home theatre with top quality volume at blasting volume levels. But who wants that anyway since when sitting at a distance you can’t see the screen! I played music at the mid-range volume and could hear it crisp and clear from thirty feet away in my home. Using it in that manner allows me to use this device in place of a home docking station speaker system. (It would be nice if we didn’t HAVE to buy every single type of accessory for these devices, especially if we own multiple devices! I’m trying to combine these to have more than one use.)
I am pleased with the quality of sound for the volumes that our family uses. It is convenient to have the speakers as a case system instead of freestanding speakers that are inconvenient to carry around. Because we don’t need to use this everywhere and every day we are using a neoprene sleeve case for everyday and using this when we know we want to a louder and higher quality sound system.
(The Kindle Fire has the same jack so you can actually use this on the Kindle Fire, when the unit is on a table or desk. Since it was not designed for the smaller Kindle Fire it doesn’t fit snugly and it wouldn’t work as a carrying case for it. However if you own both devices (as my family does) you can “make do” with this for stable tabletop surface use.)
I rate this 5 stars = I Love It because I feel the quality is high and it is great for watching movies and video clips with sound and also is a good enough for me speakers system to play music into a room with.
Disclosure: I received this product for review from the Amazon.com Vine program. I was not under obligation to blog this review. For my blog's full disclosure statement see the link near the top of my blog's sidebar.
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