I got this as a christmas present last year, I use my iphone in the docking station to listen to music. The volume was really good and I found it easy to use and to set up the time and date on the cube. I then found after a couple of weeks that it wouldnt play my iphone anymore. IT was maybe because the iphone was to heavy for the docking station and bent it back. I was really annoyed at this since i thought because of the price it wouldn't brake so easily on me. Although that was broken i could still use my alarm clock and radio. The radio was also easy to set up and easy to tune to a station with the dials on the side of the cube. If anyone was to buy this, i wouldnt recommend it if your going to use an iphone. I would use an ipod for the docking station since it isnt as heavy as the iphone can actually be.