OK, I ordered one of these from eBay a few weeks ago from seller ming0120_0:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230159851169
While I was waiting, his eBay account was apparently suspended -- don't know why. After waiting a couple weeks, I emailed him to make sure it had been shipped, and got no reply. Well it finally arrived and I was relieved. It looked nice & appeared well made.
After a bit of listening I noticed that some things didn't sound right. Soundstage was terrible Sounded like super-crossfeed was enabled. I thought it must be my amp or a loose connection. Checked everything out & put a new battery in the amp. Still no soundstage. Then I tried plugging my headphones directly into the iPod. This happened to be a track with a wide stereo mix, and the soundstage was back! Went back to the amp and soundstage was gone again. I thought the amp was the problem. Finally I tried running a mini-mini from the ipod headphone jack to the amp and things sounded as they should again. Finally I realized it was the dock!
Short version of the story: Apparently this dock cable was mis-wired or has a short in it and both channels are getting mixed together. I have contacted the seller but have not heard back. Of course he doesn't fear negative feedback as his account is closed (I can't even leave feedback). So I have opened a dispute with PayPal and if that doesn't go anywhere will do the same with my CC company.
Thought I would warn others to avoid this seller if he reappears -- and if you have one of his cables, you might want to check it out to make sure it really works as it should!
John
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230159851169
While I was waiting, his eBay account was apparently suspended -- don't know why. After waiting a couple weeks, I emailed him to make sure it had been shipped, and got no reply. Well it finally arrived and I was relieved. It looked nice & appeared well made.
After a bit of listening I noticed that some things didn't sound right. Soundstage was terrible Sounded like super-crossfeed was enabled. I thought it must be my amp or a loose connection. Checked everything out & put a new battery in the amp. Still no soundstage. Then I tried plugging my headphones directly into the iPod. This happened to be a track with a wide stereo mix, and the soundstage was back! Went back to the amp and soundstage was gone again. I thought the amp was the problem. Finally I tried running a mini-mini from the ipod headphone jack to the amp and things sounded as they should again. Finally I realized it was the dock!
Short version of the story: Apparently this dock cable was mis-wired or has a short in it and both channels are getting mixed together. I have contacted the seller but have not heard back. Of course he doesn't fear negative feedback as his account is closed (I can't even leave feedback). So I have opened a dispute with PayPal and if that doesn't go anywhere will do the same with my CC company.
Thought I would warn others to avoid this seller if he reappears -- and if you have one of his cables, you might want to check it out to make sure it really works as it should!
John
