Review: Logic 3 JiveBox iPod dock |
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| Written by Stephen Ebert | ||||
| Monday, 18 February 2008 | ||||
Page 1 of 2  It’s hard to imagine a time when we’d never even heard of iPods. Now they’ve taken over the world, prompting audio manufacturers to jump onto the ‘poddy bandwagon with their iPod-compatible gear. We tried out one of the latest – the deceptively punchy JiveBox from Logic3.
Looking at Logic3’s JiveBox, it would be easy to misjudge it. At first glance it’s nothing more than a small black box with a few buttons and a slot to dock your ‘Pod. The unit’s design is rather minimalist: with one button for turning the power on and two for volume control, most of the functions are taken care of by way of the skinny remote supplied. It’s a solidly-built speaker system, though, and once placed onto a surface it grips it with rubber feet. It’s not a bad looking system either – even if it will attract more than its fair share of fingerprints from touchy onlookers thanks to the shiny exterior. The JiveBox also has an LED stripe running around the unit, which can be customised to a colour of your choice, providing you choose from red, green or blue. Or you could turn it off if you like. Compatible iPods include: iPod mini, fourth and fifth generation iPods, first second and third-generation iPod nano’s and the iPod classic and the iPod touch. It also comes equipped with a 3.5mm jack, so other MP3 players can spin their tunes too. Sound is provided by two 75mm drivers, a pair of 25mm tweeters and a 130mm subwoofer, which takes care of the rather thunderous bass. So how does it sound, you ask? Pretty good, actually. (Continued on next page)
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