TDK Sound Cube Puts the ?Boom? in ?Boombox?

Boom! TDK's Sound Cube will rock your outdoor party -- if you can afford the batteries

TDK?s portable boombox line continues to grow, and joining the rather more traditionally styled, giant-cassette-deck-shaped two and three speaker ?Boomboxes? is this cheaper and more compact Sound Cube.

Like those Boomboxes, the cube looks amazing, with big metal knobs and jumping readouts on its retro-styled glowing display. It has two speakers to kick out some big bass and you can hook it up to pretty much any music source via line-in or USB. And music on USB devices (including iDevices) can be controlled directly from the Cube?s front panel. Buskers may like it too, as you can mix a mic or musical instrument input with the music.

Also like its bigger brothers, the Sound Cube requires a mountain of D-cell batteries to work ? 12 in this case.

Battery-powered speakers are a lot of fun. I went for a bike ride with friends recently and we cruised around town beaming music to the Bluetooth Jambox speaker from Jawbone. Passersby seemed to dig on our all-Bee Gees playlist, but it would have been a lot cooler with a giant bass bin like this.

The TDK Sound Cube is available now, for $300.

Sound Cube product page [TDK via Uncrate]

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Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/05/tdk-sound-cube-puts-the-boom-in-boombox/

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