Sound quality: iHome's IBT91 had fair overall sound quality. What little bass there is has little impact is subdued and deep bass is lacking. Midrange grainy, and somewhat thin and constricted. Treble is subdued, somewhat smeared and upper treble is muted. Doesn't do a good job of recovering room ambience, lacks fine detail and sounds somewhat congested. The speaker is monophonic. Bluetooth and wired sound quality are similar. Provides a decent volume level in a small to medium sized room.
Ease of use: We found the iHome IBT91 ease of use to be very good overall. Bluetooth pairing requires a press of a low contrast labeled multifunction button and then the selection of the unit from Bluetooth selection list on source device; the unit provides an obvious indication that the unit is in pairing mode as well as when pairing has actually occurred. The volume controls are prominant yet low contrast, there is nothing to indicate that it is a volume control except + and - symbols, it provides a non persistant graphical of volume level. Works with line in and Bluetooth inputs. Switching sources: The Bluetooth has priority over line input while line input is connected. Unambiguous.
