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The Jive Box has been designed to set the benchmark in ultra compact audio system performance. Whilst turning heads with its stylish design, the Jive Box has been acoustically engineered to deliver an output of 70Watts RMS. Patented technology including an external ClassHDTM Amplifier and a Hi-X Woofer has made it possible to achieve its very high acoustic output and deep bass from such a small enclosure. The Jive box boasts connectivity for iPod and other audio devices, LED Light guide, DSP Technology and a multi functional remote control to make it the complete sound solution.

Revolutionary Technology
Achieving such high performance from a small cube of only 18 cm square requires a bold new approach to compact audio design that utilizes several new technologies in amplification, transduction and signal processing. These new technologies are all incorporated within the Jive Box.

ClassHDTM Amplifier
Rated at 70 Watts, the ClassHDTM amp is not only the most powerful in its class but also the most efficient. The key benefits are; greater volume, less distortion, and the overall size of the amplifier is allot smaller. Thanks to Logic3's technical wizardry the ClassHDTM AMP has been incorporated within the power supply and therefore does not impact on the size of the Jive Box.

130 mm Hi-X Woofer
The Jive box incorporates a patented Hi-X woofer which produces deeper bass sounds and lower levels of distortion. This revolutionary woofer accomplishes this as it has twice the excursion of a non Hi-X woofer of the same size, also thanks to an underhung magnet assembly usually only seen on professional studio monitors, the woofers structure is kept robustly centred and keeps the voice coil immersed in a constant magnetic field. The major benefits being lower distortion levels and the capability to deliver deeper bass sounds from a more compact subwoofer.

Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
The Jive Box also incorporates a Digital Signal Processor which manages the crossover technology between the satellites, the subwoofer, the equalization (EQ) tasks and all of the driver & system protection protocols. The optimization scheme is a powerful integrated 28 bit DSP + DAC + ADC processor. Using a DSP in such a device is essential to deliver precise control of the many electronic elements featured. The DSP can even match human perceived loudness curves, so that the Jive Box can deliver fuller sound even at very low volume levels.

2.1 Sound System
The Jive Box includes a combination of speakers including 2 Neodymium midrange drivers, 2 tweeters, and a Hi-X woofer and passive bass radiator. The Jive Box has been arranged in a 2.1 system configuration, with two satellites and a subwoofer. Middle and high frequencies are divided between two stereo channels each with a 75 mm Neodymium midrange driver and two 25 mm tweeters. Second order Butterworth filters divide the mid and the higher ranges. Additional bass is produced by a tuned Passive Radiator that also utilises the full Hi-X suspension technology. The 130 mm Hi-X woofer works in conjunction with the Passive Radiator to produce low frequency responses to 50 Hz.An ingenious feature of the Jive Box is the location of the two tweeters positioned on the top/front corners of the cube, this has proved to be ideal in creating spatial awareness and preserving the tonal balance whether one is seated in front of or standing above the Jive Box.

LED Light Guide
The Jive box provides stylish visual effects via an angled LED light guide which divides the top half of the Jive Box from the bottom. Red, green or blue LED's can be activated by the remote control and can be dimmed to each user's preference to create the desired ambience.

IR Remote Control
The Jive Box comes complete with a multi functional IR remote control. You can control volume, bass, treble, songs, albums and adjust the decorative LED's colour and brightness from the comfort of your chair at the touch of a button.

Connectivity
The Jive Box is a stereo audio system featuring the iPod universal dock and with a 3.5mm audio input for MP3, CD and most other music players. Outputs are provided for iPod synchronization with your computer, and a composite video connector allowing you to play videos or pictures from your iPod or iPhone on your TV.

via:Ipod accessories

Some scammer out there has a sense of humor (and a shrink wrap machine), because when Greg opened his apparently "new" copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, he found a used copy of "Boys N Da Hood.

It's sort of old news by now, but I had pre ordered Grand Theft Auto 4 (for Xbox 360) and left a $8 deposit well over a year ago at the GameStop in Hicksville NY. When I arrived at the store on Thursday 5/1/08, just 2 days after the release of the game (4/29/08), I was told that they were sold out of the game. "But I reserved a copy." I said. I was told by the goofy teenage employee that "It is GameStop policy to only hold reserved games for 48 hours." So I immediately went into "Where is your manager mode". After explaining that his manager wouldn't be in for another another hour, the employee got nervous and after what can only be described as divine intervention, found "the last copy" of the game under the counter. I said great, thanked him and left with my game.

When I opened the package minutes later, untampered security seal and all, I found that the original game was replaced with a used and worn gangster rap CD. (see image attached). I quickly brought it back to the store, and after the kid giddily took a few pics with his camera phone ("Dude, holy shit, I've never seen anything like that."), I was told again that I had received the last copy of the game and that he was in no position to issue me a refund. If I hadn't foreseen this becoming a huge pain in my ass, I would had thought it was pretty damn funny - my friends certainly did! Boyz N Da Hood, really?

Now a LONG story made somewhat shorter - I made several phone calls to Take 2 Interactive, the manufacturer of the game, while I waited for the GameStop manager to arrive. While dealing with Take 2 I was given a 2 hour royal runaround, however almost everyone I spoke to had a very pleasant British accent. After speaking with everyone from the shipping department to a frustrated Scotsman in the Technical Support department, I realized this could only end with an abrupt and unsatisfying dead end. Eventually I gathered that I would have to take it up with the retailer.

After speaking with the store manager, who was no help, he told me I need to take it up with the manufacturer. Already tried that! I asked for his corporate number and his district manager's phone number as well. I tried the corporate number first where I was told that they could do nothing for me, and I would have to get in touch with the DM. After leaving a few messages with the District Manger over several days, I finally got a hold of him. I have to say, when I did finally get a hold of him he was begrudgingly willing to get me a new copy of the game. Can't say that he believed my story at all, but none the less I was happily carjacking on my TV later that night!

Thanks for your time, hope this is useful for your site, which I love!
~Greg

via:consumerist

Portable Bill Counter/Detector

If you need to count money on the go, consider the innovative AB300 bill counter with integrated rechargeable battery. This money counter checks banknote authenticity using UV verification, magnetic ink testing and bill width detection while the unit counts at a blazing speed of 800 bills/ min. Its space saving design makes it the ideal portable tool for protecting your business against counterfeit losses.

10"W x 7"D x 5 1/2"H

via:iguzz