Who has the jamo dock (using it on the IFI) and what do you think?

[Pauw]

I'm using it on my ifi, and overall I'd say i'm pleased. Who else has the jamo?[*-)]

Thanks for your input [H]

[dbert]

Interesting.. Does it work out of the box? Same connector and everything? They look too similar. Especially the remote.

Ah, wait, jamo = © 2009 Klipsch Group, Inc

i300 is discontinued also.

Let us know if it continues to function as an iFi controller.

[Pauw]

Here's a bit of a review I did...

I have the jamo i300 dock...

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I
spoke with a representative from klipsch, and purchased the replacement
dock. They in effect, sent me the jamo dock and notified me that they'd
also send the ifi dock when available. After having used the jamo dock
on the ifi extensively, here are my findings:

(My critique of the ijamo300 done on a 1-10 point scale)

1. DESIGN

~The
jamo i300 dock is sort of like the successor to the ifi dock, the dial
is much more ergonomic, more sensitive, is larger, better looking, the
blue LED light is more pleasing than the ifis original orange, it's
heavier and it will stand its ground. Overall design: Great improvement
over the ifis (has a "line-in" by the way just like the ifi, so it
will work on computer, ect...)

Jamo dock design- 8 VS. Original ifi dock design- 6

2. SOUND

~
Here is where you can tell the docks are made for different speakers.
Perhaps others have a different impression, but the i300 jamo dock
pushes the IFI beyond its limits. When the dial is turned as far as it
will go (i.e. the blue LED light fills up the entire bar just like the
original dock), the sound emanating from my ifi satellites are
significantly louder than with the original dock. I can describe the
result as having a "strained" sound at max volume. With the original
dock, I can remember turning the dial to max with the speakers sounding
great. The ijamo dock should have the volume dial turned to no more
than 3/4 the max LED setting on the dock (achieving a similar sound to
the original ifi dock's max volume settings). Having said that, the
sound is great with no distortion up to the aforementioned threshold,
though I must nitpick a bit again, the bass of the ifi subwoofer just
seems louder with this new dock. The jamo dock works just like the
ifi's, and when the subwoofer setting is set at the 1/2 way LED point,
the subwoofer seems a bit overpowering for my tastes, I turn it lower,
(On some songs having to resort to "bass reducer" eq setting on ipod)
but overall the jamo dock gets the job done, i'm curious to see who
else has the jamo dock and what they think of it ?

Jamo dock
sound- 7-9 (varies, requires more "tinkering" on certain songs to avoid
that "strained" distortion sound, and balance subwoofer) Ifi dock
sound- 10

My verdict:

The
jamo will certainly get the job done and I love having the ifi fill my
living room with rich sound once more. The dock is much better designed
ergonomicaly, and will match the ifi dock in sound (though it will
require you to spend more time "fiddling" with the dock than the
original) I hope it doesn't fail over time, (like what i've heard
happens to the original ifi dock, I haphazardly broke the prongs on the
original ) though I feel that it's certainly worth spending $50 to
resurrect my discontinued $400 ifi