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May 21, 2008

iLive Boombox

Filed under: Audio and Video — Laura Moncur @ 8:48 am

I just noticed that my iLive Boombox is REALLY cheap right now at Amazon and it reminded me that I never wrote a review for it. I have owned this boombox for over a year now. I bought it to work with my 1st generation Nano:

iLive with the 1st gen Nano by LauraMoncur from Flickr

I moved on to my 2nd generation Nano:

iLive with the 2nd gen Nano by LauraMoncur from Flickr

I have also used it with Mike’s 80GB iPod Video, a 160GB iPod (pictured here).

iLive with the 160GB iPod by LauraMoncur from Flickr

It works with my iPhone, even though it flashes the “not compatible” warning. You can just choose “no” and use it just like you normally would.

iLive with the iPhone by LauraMoncur from Flickr

It is a VERY versatile little guy!

If you want to carry it around on your shoulder, bothering people on the bus with it, you’ll need a ton of batteries: eight C batteries, to be exact.

You need a ton of batteries by LauraMoncur from Flickr

But if you usually use it at your desk or by your bed, then you can just keep the battery compartment empty. When you take it with you on a trip, you can conveniently pack the electrical cord in the battery compartment.

Pack the cord in the battery compartment by LauraMoncur from Flickr

I have used this boombox for over a year now and I’m very happy with it. I thought I was getting it for a great deal back then, but now it’s amazingly cheap at Amazon:

For years, I searched for the perfect little ghetto blaster to use with my iPod. I found some speakers that sounded good, but were inconvenient to use:

I found a compact and easy to use set, but the speakers were less than perfect and it only worked with my first generation iPod Nano:

I lamented about the problem:

When I finally found a boombox that sounded good, was inexpensive AND was easy to use, I was so happy that I used it for a year and totally forgot to write a review about it. So, if you are looking for a good ghetto blaster, you can’t do better than the iLive.

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