Lasonic and Rap-Up team for the Limited Edition i931 boombox
By Laura June 
posted December 11th 2008 2:59AM
posted December 11th 2008 2:59AM
Lasonic's iPod dock masquerading as a ghetto blaster is nothing we haven't seen before, but the new Limited Edition i931 with Rap-Up branding... well, it's so "fabulous" we couldn't resist. Weighing in at about 25 pounds, this behemoth boasts two 12-inch speakers, it docks and charges your iPod, and it's going to look semi-fly doing it, too. It's also got an AM/FM tuner, EQs, an alarm clock -- you know, the works. This hulking "high performance portable music system" is destined to make you nostalgic for a simpler time of miniscule MP3 players with teensy little earbuds. It's $189 and available now.
[Via Rap-Up]
[Via Rap-Up]
Ok. Seriously. WUUUUT is GOING ON.
I don't think I've _ever_ laughed harder at a non-modified product image on engadget.
Mah shpoon is too big... ;-D
But it doesn't play cassettes.... :(
How many D-cell batteries does it take?
D muthafucka, D!
We are condemned to useless iPod dock/boombox news. Welcome to the iCircle of Hell.
iight, if this is not a blatant stereotyping within a product then I dunno know what is.
Ugh.
First the retro DOS shirts then the huge cd player sales and now this...
I didn't get the memo we were taking it back to the 80's for 2009.
Now let me see where I threw those Adidas...
if u buy this, you do not deserve to live
I want one !!!!
how much to put spinners on it?
There was no spinners in the 80's. Just really cool looking hub caps.
Xzibit is pimping MP3 players now?
"Rap-Up is the first nationwide hip-hop and R&B magazine for Gen Y. Founded in 2001, the full-color, glossy publication has featured some of music's biggest stars including 50 Cent, Janet Jackson, T.I., Eve, Nelly, Beyoncé, Ludacris, Lil' Kim, Pharrell, Mary J. Blige, The Game, and Nicole Scherzinger. The design-oriented title is available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Safeway, Books-A-Million, B. Dalton, Bookstar, Hastings, Hudson News, and other newsstands/bookstores."
Gen Y, you should be pissed. Very.
In case you don't want to pay the Rap-Up tax:
http://www.meoestore.com/lasonic-i931-retro-ghetto-blaster-with-ipod-dock-p-1758.html
15Wx2 max (fresh!)
I'd certainly like to know how that managed to fit 12in drivers into 650 x 166 x 365 mm.
That's some engineering for that ass.
The Boombox Museum:
http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/boombox/
Word.
The ugliest radio and the worst photoshop job I've ever seen.
Preset EQ buttons? Real boomboxes don't use presets. They just didn't exist back then. If you wanted to tweak the EQ settings, you do it by hand.
These are boomboxes
http://unusuallife.com/wp-content/uploads2006/boombox.jpg
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/images/photoessay/bringthenoise/boom_box_final.jpg
http://stuporstars.com/a102205/boombox.jpg
Want! This would be phat for pumpin some LL Cool J.
That thing is FUNKY FRESH!!!
Suddenly I'm in the mood to BreakDance!!!
I, too, vote for a cassette deck. Really, I hope there is an option to power this thing on about 16 "D" cells. Without that, it's frontin'!
After looking at the 'gold necklaces'....
... this SO needs to be endorsed by Mr. T.
Damn. Beat me to it.
I hope it comes with cardboard and some friends that won't make fun of you. A shoulder pad wouldn't hurt either.
The enclosure would look better without the gold chains. Looks like Mr. T endorsed this.
This is sick-nasty. I have a bunch of friends who breakdance in Dupont Circle and other spots around D.C., and they would absolutely love this thing. I'd rather get the plain version that cwj linked to, though.
My Ah didas!!
And put some D's on it!
shopped
It should be noted that those are two 12W speakers, not two 12" speakers.