Thread: Jbl On Stage IV

The JBL On Stage IV sports a completely different and funky des from its predecessors, Unfortunate this is where the dissimilarity ends. TheOn Stage IV is a tad heavier and houses thesaf!" 25mm, 10 watt Odyssey drivers. four olther to be precise - albeit with a slightly narrowe' frequency response, The spiral-overlap pattern, which JBLrefe ma to as its 'weave' design, is definitely an eye ter catcher, Two speaker drivers, angled upwards on either side of the dock, create a wider sound stage, The dock gobbles six AAs lor twelve hours of portable entertainment and an IR remote offers basic control. Plus points include mini-USB to sync with a PC, a line·in and its ability to charge the iDevice.



A plastic holder and rubber cushionings need to be fitted in before placing an iPod! iPhone (4G and later) in the dock, Also, a bright white light glows all the while it's on, which might be annoying to some. We played a range of tunes from our iPod - hip hop, rock, blues, electronica, folk - only to be left a little disappointed. The speakers create a slightly wider envelope and have the ability to be really loud but it is (understandably) weak on the lows and not very clear at lower volume levels, This means this dock gets typecasted as a player that's only decent with the mids. The price does not justify the basic feature set and average performance,