These were on sale for $109 at our local area all-in-one shopping center... Bought one of these, and also found a JBL On Stage II for a substantial discount. The JBL looks like a much higher end item, the iRhythm system looks very "plastic", but does match nicely with black ipods.
The Sound: The iRhythms system has a LOT more low end (you can actually FEEL the bass), but is lacking on the top end. You can change your EQ on the ipod to boost the treble, or use an acoustic setting and get a pretty good sound.
Whereas the JBL sounds very clear and crisp, but no matter what settings you use on your ipod, you will never get bass like the iRhythm system.
Music Style: It all depends on the type of music you are wanting to listen to. But if you can find one of these for less than $120 and you like to listen to pop, rock, or things where you want to actually feel the bass thump, you can hardly beat this for a smaller system. If you like acoustic, classic, very crisp stuff, the JBL is hard to beat.
Rating: If it were the full price, I would rate it as a 3.5 stars... for comparable 109 dollar systems, it gets 4.5 stars...
Durability: I have no idea how it will hold up over time as we've only had it for about a week so far.
Go listen to one in a store, bring your own ipod, adjust the EQ to boost the upper end a bit and see if you don't agree that it sounds pretty darn good for the money (if the money is less than $120). If it's full price, then the Altec IM7 should get the nod, especially at amazon's great price of $149.
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