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SendStation iPod Pocket Dock Line-Out Mini-USB
For Use with HeadRoom Headphone Amps. iPhone Connection Instructions Provided!
Getting your iPod (or iPhone) to sound its very best begins with this little 'tank'. The SendStation PocketDock Line-Out adapter with the mini-USB port is the easiest way to deliver superior quality performance from your Apple iPod into any headphone amp, stereo power amp, or computer of your choice. Superior performance to similar, but more expensive Belkin line-out products!
Please, no HeadRoom returns/exchanges allowed on this item!!
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Product Features:
- Vast Improvement for iPod Sound Quality
- Compatible with Any Headphone Amp
- Easy Sync & Charge Feature via Mini-USB Port Connection
What's In The Box:
- 6 Foot Mini-to-Mini Cable
- 3.5mm / RCA Termination Adapters
Applications:
Apple iPhone Connection Instructions Provided!
Getting your iPod (or iPhone) to sound its very best begins with this little 'tank'. The SendStation PocketDock Line-Out adapter with the mini-USB port is the easiest way to deliver superior quality performance from your Apple iPod into any headphone amp, stereo power amp, or computer of your choice.
The PocketDock with Line-Out mini-USB lets you connect the iPod's bottom docking pin-port to a standard 5-pin 'mini-B' USB cable. No need to carry some special docking cable; the tiny PocketDock tank easily stores away and is instantly ready for snap-on use so you'll never miss a beat again.
When you're on the road with your iPod / iPhone, you may want to connect to a Mac or PC. When you need it most, you'll probably find the special iPod docking cable is still at home connected to your computer. Since you can find 'mini-B' termination USB cables almost anywhere by unplugging a camera, peripheral, PDA, or printer/scanner, the SendStation PocketDock Line-Out Dock with mini-USB port lets you get connected anytime, anyplace you need your tunes.
Please keep in mind the SendStation dock can not convert the iPod's line-out into a DIGITAL signal; the iPod audio output remains an analog signal with robust "line-level" strength perfect for connectivity into any headphone amplifier of your choice.
But what about connecting iPods to external headphone amplifiers or a stereo system? It still meant carrying the bulky Apple Dock or compromising on sound quality by using the iPod's headphone jack into an adapted connection of some sort. The new PocketDock Line Out with mini-USB connection offers an industry-standard 3.5mm (1/8") stereo jack right next to the mini-USB port that connects directly to the iPod's line-level output circuitry -- just like other much more expensive iPod docks, but in a tiny, easy-to-carry, high-performance package that even fits in your wallet. This convenience makes the new SendStation PocketDock with 3.5mm line-out and mini-USB port an ideal accessory for professional DJ's, Hi-Fi enthusiasts, and anyone else who would like to take the iPod's great sound quality to its full potential anywhere without interference and distortion from the player's internal headphone equalizer/amplifier circuitry.
Detailed step-by-step instructions for SendStation dock use with Apple iPhones is included. Also works with Apple iTouch players. Package includes 6ft mini-to-mini interconnect cable and 6ft length of mini-to-RCA interconnect cable. Black color.
NOTE: Please, NO Returns/Exchanges on the SendStation iPod dock unless defective upon receipt!
Average Rating
Posted by Symes from Raleigh, NC on 2011-11-08
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Good sound, can now chg iPhone from mini USB output
Cons: Poor fit - keeps dropping one channel unless you hold the cables in really tight - temperamental
It does a great job and allows the phone to be charged simultaneously (a negative with the other product I refer to here). This is no trivial thing, because now with one tiny plug in device I can borrow anyones mini-USB output charger if I don't have my apple 32 pin cable handy...
The sound is clear and concise and if that is all I had heard, but then I tried the Fiio L3 cable (less than $9) and it blows the SendStation away sound wise - much richer and full while not being tiring at all.
On a final note, the SendStation fit seems a little fussy - for a while I only had one channel until I wriggled the 1/8" jack a little, but then it would drop again, and even taken out and in seemed to be a little temperamental and touchy.
The question is this - if I were not driving revealing headphones but going into a good car hi-fi that used an Aux-in - which would I use. Here, for a long journey, clearly the SendStation would be a winner due to the ability to charge the phone. But, I'd still be tempted to try out the Fiio too power or not, the sound is just so good.
Awesome little product though!
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Posted by Eirepaul from Madison, WI on 2011-10-20
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: works pretty well
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Posted by x320 from Saskatchewan, Canada. on 2011-10-01
Recommend Product: No
Pros: none, i wasted 30$, along with a cost of time and energy and happiness.
Cons: no returns/exchanges, possibly defective, not to be used on the go, didn't really hear a diff.
the only way it would ever give me volume from both ears if the headphone jack was pulled out 1/5th of the way, at which point i could also hear background interference that would alternate between a buzz and a high pitched siren, and i didnt test it like that for very long, it being extremely annoying, as well as what i felt to be risky for the rest of my electronics (but im paranoid like that when it comes to 400$ equip vs 30$ junk)
the mini usb port might be in fine working order, but until i get off my ass and buy or borrow a cord to test it with, this thing is gonna be (figuratively speaking) collecting dust,
being an item that you dock your ipod on, i thought it would be sturdier. it does way too much wiggling up and down (none side to side) that i thought i would damage my ipod if i were to do anything more than sit still while using it. im betting that you have one good downward motion on the thing and it bends or snaps off with the core of the ipods inner dock connector!
id have preferred it locking on solidly, but i dont know how well that would work around an ipod case, since that would probably involve it being bigger or with some kind of clunky plastic container-case thing to lock around it as well as the ipod? coming with a case for the entire ipod? i don't know how this problem could be solved. ill just say its impractical at best if you're moving around, or are accident prone(, unless you're rich and can afford a new ipod / to have it repaired )
did i ever try to contact headroom about this item being faulty from the get go? no. partially because i thought it was my fault at first, like i wasn't doing something properly, or that the issue was with a different part of my equipment or something.. and got so busy with work and nightclasses that i missed the warranty window, and also because i dont think 30$ is worth the stress of fighting with folks over the phone and potential additional shipping/customs fees (I live in Canada) and all around extra bullshit that i would rather not have to stress over.
im only writing this review to caution the wishy-washy customers (like me) who think it won't hurt to drop the penny on something that could potentially improve their whole music listening experience.
so sure, pick it up if you know exactly what you're getting and have a solid reason for doing so, but otherwise, just move along.
(and actually i feel 30$ is overpriced for what it is and what its supposed to do, but i bought it because in comparison to my other purchases price tags, 30$ was chump change, and also because i was seduced by all the other good reviews. Such is life. Live and learn. And its better to learn from other peoples mistakes.)
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