Comments on: Griffin AirCurve Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ben http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-102975 Ben Tue, 31 May 2011 16:25:20 +0000 #comment-102975 Do you know if the 4th gen ipod touch will work with it? Do you know if the 4th gen ipod touch will work with it?

]]> By: Can you hear me now? — The Gadgeteer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-87650 Can you hear me now? — The Gadgeteer Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:30:08 +0000 #comment-87650 [...] come to Verizon yet… It’s the iPhone Horn Stand Acoustic Amplifier from Vat19. Remember Griffin’s AirCurve? Same basic concept, but in a much smaller form factor. The silicone horn routes the sound from the [...] [...] come to Verizon yet… It’s the iPhone Horn Stand Acoustic Amplifier from Vat19. Remember Griffin’s AirCurve? Same basic concept, but in a much smaller form factor. The silicone horn routes the sound from the [...]

]]> By: CJ http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-44435 CJ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:27:18 +0000 #comment-44435 Technical nit-pick on the review in the last paragraph. If the AirCurve doubles the volume, that's a 100% increase, not a 50% increase. ;-) Regarding the last comment, the Apple USB cable most certainly DOES fit. You just drop it down from above through the hole. Use the included spacer if you want to make a more permanent connection. Technical nit-pick on the review in the last paragraph. If the AirCurve doubles the volume, that’s a 100% increase, not a 50% increase. ;-)

Regarding the last comment, the Apple USB cable most certainly DOES fit. You just drop it down from above through the hole. Use the included spacer if you want to make a more permanent connection.

]]> By: Peter http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-41241 Peter Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:47:19 +0000 #comment-41241 the Apple USB cable does not fit!!! the Apple USB cable does not fit!!!

]]> By: bas.o http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-41063 bas.o Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:13:26 +0000 #comment-41063 I just bought this this aircurve @ walmart instead of an actual dock- and I love it! I guess Griffin did a little update, because mine also came with a dock well spacer, which helps the usb wire stay in place. I just bought this this aircurve @ walmart instead of an actual dock- and I love it! I guess Griffin did a little update, because mine also came with a dock well spacer, which helps the usb wire stay in place.

]]> By: kenny Pham http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-39809 kenny Pham Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:34:55 +0000 #comment-39809 go to walmart buy phillips speaker don't need any power. they use head phone jack (easy to dock the phone) . the sound a lot better go to walmart buy phillips speaker don’t need any power. they use head phone jack (easy to dock the phone) . the sound a lot better

]]> By: Arby http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-39649 Arby Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:18:51 +0000 #comment-39649 It does NOT work with Ipod Touch (I have the 2G version). No worky! I wasted mah cash. It does NOT work with Ipod Touch (I have the 2G version).
No worky! I wasted mah cash.

]]> By: Spotlight Gadget - SoundClip — The Gadgeteer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-29592 Spotlight Gadget - SoundClip — The Gadgeteer Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:17:21 +0000 #comment-29592 [...] the same lines as the Griffin AirCurve, the SoundClip from Ten One Design is supposed to direct the sound from the speaker to increase [...] [...] the same lines as the Griffin AirCurve, the SoundClip from Ten One Design is supposed to direct the sound from the speaker to increase [...]

]]> By: Jeff Friedman http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25349 Jeff Friedman Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:08:18 +0000 #comment-25349 <p>Pictures sent!</p> <p>Here are jpgs of my office horn speakers, the "Radio" one is for the radio (duh), the "Computer" one is attached to the computer soundcard our-jack (I use a preamp on the radio output since the tuner output is way low). I do all my "soldering" with duct tape as I am new to this and mostly avoiding electronics.<br/> But I am already, under the guidance and encouragement of other phono nuts, learning to disassemble and service wind-up machines (well, not the spring motors yet, those are tricky, but reproducers and carrage arms).</p> <p><a href="http://the-gadgeteer.com/assets/griffin-aircurve-11.jpg">Radio</a></p> <p><a href="http://the-gadgeteer.com/assets/griffin-aircurve-12.jpg">Computer</a></p> Pictures sent!

Here are jpgs of my office horn speakers, the “Radio” one is for the radio (duh),
the “Computer” one is attached to the computer soundcard our-jack (I use
a preamp on the radio output since the tuner output is way low). I do all my
“soldering” with duct tape as I am new to this and mostly avoiding electronics.
But I am already, under the guidance and encouragement of other phono nuts,
learning to disassemble and service wind-up machines (well, not the spring
motors yet, those are tricky, but reproducers and carrage arms).

Radio

Computer

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25348 Julie Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:52:00 +0000 #comment-25348 <p>Jeff:</p> <p>You're a crazy man :o) We all need to see a picture of your office radio... Please :o)</p> Jeff:

You’re a crazy man :o ) We all need to see a picture of your office radio… Please :o )

]]> By: Jeff Friedman http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25347 Jeff Friedman Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:23:47 +0000 #comment-25347 <p>As a devotee of retro, I love the idea behind this, it's the same as the Hammacher-Schlemmer Phonofone but $480 cheaper and smaller. But to be truly retro, buy a nice 1920s radio horn with a good driver on eBay and a cheap ($3) Radio Shack audio output transformer, wire the transformer backwards to take a modern iPod/computer audio output to the high impedence old-time-radio standard. The fidelity ain't great (hell, it ain't GOOD) but nothing beats having your PC output its audio through a honking big black metal horn. (I have my office radio hooked up to composite woodgrained horn).</p> <p>Jeff</p> As a devotee of retro, I love the idea behind this, it’s the same as the Hammacher-Schlemmer Phonofone but $480 cheaper and smaller. But to be truly retro, buy a nice 1920s radio horn with a good driver on eBay and a cheap ($3) Radio Shack audio output transformer, wire the transformer backwards to take a modern iPod/computer audio output to the high impedence old-time-radio standard. The fidelity ain’t great (hell, it ain’t GOOD) but nothing beats having your PC output its audio through a honking big black metal horn. (I have my office radio hooked up to composite woodgrained horn).

Jeff

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25346 Julie Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:42:09 +0000 #comment-25346 <p>Tyler:</p> <p>Thanks for the info... I've not even seen the newer touch yet. :o)</p> Tyler:

Thanks for the info… I’ve not even seen the newer touch yet. :o )

]]> By: Tyler Puckett http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25345 Tyler Puckett Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:23:31 +0000 #comment-25345 <p>It wouldn't work well for the 2nd gen iTouch because the speaker doesn't have any holes on the bottom of the device. The speaker is somewhere on the back of the iTouch.</p> It wouldn’t work well for the 2nd gen iTouch because the speaker doesn’t have any holes on the bottom of the device. The speaker is somewhere on the back of the iTouch.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25344 Julie Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:49:48 +0000 #comment-25344 <p>Yeah, it doesn't work well while in a speaker phone call.</p> <p>As for the 2nd generation Touch, I'm not sure as I don't have one to test. Does it have speakers at the bottom just like the iPhone? If so, it will probably work just fine (as long as one of the speakers line up with the hole in the dock adapter.</p> Yeah, it doesn’t work well while in a speaker phone call.

As for the 2nd generation Touch, I’m not sure as I don’t have one to test. Does it have speakers at the bottom just like the iPhone? If so, it will probably work just fine (as long as one of the speakers line up with the hole in the dock adapter.

]]> By: Nilay Shah http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25343 Nilay Shah Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:31:32 +0000 #comment-25343 <p>I tried it as a speakerphone and it didn't really work well. It amplifies the bottom speaker's volume, and when I had the iPhone docked in the AirCurve, my friend said he got so much echo back of his own voice it was unuseable in that way. </p> I tried it as a speakerphone and it didn’t really work well. It amplifies the bottom speaker’s volume, and when I had the iPhone docked in the AirCurve, my friend said he got so much echo back of his own voice it was unuseable in that way.

]]> By: Jake Tongue http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25342 Jake Tongue Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:08:44 +0000 #comment-25342 <p>i wonder if you can use it with the 2nd generation ipod touch</p> i wonder if you can use it with the 2nd generation ipod touch

]]> By: terryw http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25341 terryw Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:07:51 +0000 #comment-25341 <p>sounds like a nice solution for the poor volume on the iPhone 3G. question, does it also increase the volume for speaker phone input?</p> sounds like a nice solution for the poor volume on the iPhone 3G.
question, does it also increase the volume for speaker phone input?

]]> By: Tyler Puckett http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25340 Tyler Puckett Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:38:19 +0000 #comment-25340 <p>Great idea for a product!</p> <p>Would definitely be worth it if I owned an iPhone.</p> Great idea for a product!

Would definitely be worth it if I owned an iPhone.

]]> By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25339 Julie Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:51:16 +0000 #comment-25339 <p>Nilay:</p> <p>I haven't noticed any tinniness to the music when I listen through the AirCurve. At times it might sound a little harsh though... especially if I have the volume too high -before- placing it in the AirCurve.</p> <p>Podcast listening is a good use for this product :o)</p> Nilay:

I haven’t noticed any tinniness to the music when I listen through the AirCurve. At times it might sound a little harsh though… especially if I have the volume too high -before- placing it in the AirCurve.

Podcast listening is a good use for this product :o )

]]> By: Nilay Shah http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/10/30/griffin_aircurve_review/comment-page-1/#comment-25338 Nilay Shah Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:48:18 +0000 #comment-25338 <p>I bought one as well, and really like it. I find its most useful for listening to many podcasts - with regards to music, for some reason (despite the testing shown above) - music sounded a little "tinny" to me. Maybe because it just increases volume, and cannot in anyway actually increase the bass. </p> <p>Overall - really a nice gadget, thanks for the great review!</p> I bought one as well, and really like it. I find its most useful for listening to many podcasts – with regards to music, for some reason (despite the testing shown above) – music sounded a little “tinny” to me. Maybe because it just increases volume, and cannot in anyway actually increase the bass.

Overall – really a nice gadget, thanks for the great review!

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