Lasonic and Rap-Up team for the Limited Edition i931 boombox

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]

[JerJer @ Dec 11th 2008 3:05AM]

Ok. Seriously. WUUUUT is GOING ON.

[Benson @ Dec 11th 2008 4:57AM]

I don't think I've _ever_ laughed harder at a non-modified product image on engadget.

[heffeque @ Dec 12th 2008 12:56PM]

Mah shpoon is too big... ;-D

[skoochy @ Dec 11th 2008 3:07AM]

But it doesn't play cassettes.... :(

[TJ @ Dec 11th 2008 10:51AM]

How many D-cell batteries does it take?

[sw @ Dec 11th 2008 6:00PM]

D muthafucka, D!

[who? @ Dec 11th 2008 3:08AM]

We are condemned to useless iPod dock/boombox news. Welcome to the iCircle of Hell.

[TheStupidOne @ Dec 11th 2008 3:17AM]

iight, if this is not a blatant stereotyping within a product then I dunno know what is.

[collide007 @ Dec 11th 2008 3:21AM]

Ugh.

[thedesolate1 @ Dec 11th 2008 3:25AM]

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...

[Brent1700 @ Dec 11th 2008 3:38AM]

if u buy this, you do not deserve to live

[JOCOMAN @ Dec 11th 2008 4:22AM]

I want one !!!!

[Colin Potter @ Dec 11th 2008 4:42AM]

how much to put spinners on it?

[BirdKid @ Dec 11th 2008 4:52AM]

There was no spinners in the 80's. Just really cool looking hub caps.

[Vianon @ Dec 11th 2008 6:25AM]

Xzibit is pimping MP3 players now?

[cwj @ Dec 11th 2008 6:44AM]

"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.

[cwj @ Dec 11th 2008 6:50AM]

The Boombox Museum:
http://www.pocketcalculatorshow.com/boombox/

Word.

[loocas @ Dec 11th 2008 7:23AM]

The ugliest radio and the worst photoshop job I've ever seen.

[fistpittingnork @ Dec 11th 2008 8:33AM]

Want! This would be phat for pumpin some LL Cool J.

[Brucie B @ Dec 11th 2008 8:40AM]

That thing is FUNKY FRESH!!!
Suddenly I'm in the mood to BreakDance!!!

[Jaroslav @ Dec 11th 2008 8:57AM]

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'!

[blueeyesm @ Dec 11th 2008 9:25AM]

After looking at the 'gold necklaces'....

... this SO needs to be endorsed by Mr. T.

[grabbydad @ Dec 11th 2008 9:39AM]

Damn. Beat me to it.

[grabbydad @ Dec 11th 2008 9:38AM]

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.

[Davin Black @ Dec 11th 2008 11:04AM]

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.

[Romequez @ Dec 11th 2008 2:12PM]

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

[Harrison66 @ Dec 11th 2008 3:02PM]

My Ah didas!!

[Harrison66 @ Dec 11th 2008 3:03PM]

And put some D's on it!

[ED @ Dec 11th 2008 5:02PM]

shopped

[crypt @ Dec 11th 2008 7:36PM]

It should be noted that those are two 12W speakers, not two 12" speakers.