If you are a music buff, you might have experienced this unusual situation when you are out of station and missing out on listening to music. Sometimes, you do have earphones, but if you like listening to music for several hours, there is a probability that you exhaust your ears. You might have thought about a compact speaker that would lighten up your musical world and slake your musical thirst. You are right, we are going to talk about one such product brought to you by iceTECH, USA. IceTECH is a renowned company from USA, working in the electronic appliances. The company is into many things including solar batteries, solar battery chargers, solar iPhone chargers, computer speakers, digital vibration acoustic speakers, etc. The company has almost 10 years of experience in this field. iceKUBE speaker (IT-20) is a unique speaker that utilizes vibration transduction technology.

 

This speaker works on digital vibration acoustic technology. It makes use of a surface to produce a great sound. The speaker can turn almost any solid surface into a part of speaker mechanism. This tiny speaker which looks like an ice cube, produces the mechanical vibrations and sends them to the surface. It works best on a glass or wooden surface. It comes with a remote and you can adjust the treble and the bass according to your needs. This is a sturdy and compact speaker that can be used with laptops and mp3 players.

Specifications

1.The Model name is IT-20

2.The power required is 20 W

3.Frequency of the speaker is about 200 Hz to 15 KHz

4.Sound sensitivity is about 91 db

5.The impedance of this speaker is 8 ohm

6.It comes in a standard size of 63X63X53 mm

7.The weight of the speaker is 650 g

8.It has a USB port

Other Features

1.This speaker has a built-in TF card reader

2.It also has built-in Li-Ion battery inside

3.The speaker comes with a remote control with many functions

4.It has a volume memory

5.The speaker has an integrated digital amplifier

6.It also has a standard headphone output

This product, along with all these accessories comes with a manual. The reviews are terrific and the company is renowned. The product seems like catching the young mind's imagination with some awesome output. If used on good surfaces and learned the art of controlling the sound attributes on remote, this  will surely give you the pleasure of smooth listening experience. Laptops usually do not have a great sound. The focus is always on other factors like speed and memory. There is always a need of an external speaker for the laptops. These little speakers can be really useful as far as laptops are concerned. They do not take much space and we can even carry them in a bag. Headphones and earphones are useful but that too up to certain extent. You may feel air-headed after few hours if you listen through your headphones. These speakers are ear-friendly and won't wear you out.

The current scenario of electronics industry looks very promising. With such technologies, we are stepping forward into a new era of an information age. This tiny little speaker exemplifies the above statement. This technology will run long for sure. We can now expect some great innovations coming from different companies too. For now, iceKUBE speaker seems to have touched all the benchmarks and cleared all the tests with flying colors.

Dock speakers are specially designed for iPod and are in great demand. In this article we are going to discuss some of the top rated iLuv Speaker Docs.

iLuv provides free applications to be used with the speaker dock. Such application includes weather forecast, alarm clock and internet radio tuner. iLuv Speaker Doc range is under $100 that sounds good if they contain all the basic features that one Dock Speaker should have.

iLuv iMM288 Stereo Speaker Dock: such dock speakers has very less functions, buttons and connections. It would cost you around $90 but I am sure that this much of investment in good quality dock speaker is worth. This doc speaker manages to give satisfying sound from its twin drivers. This speaker does not have remote, so you may find it difficult to operate this model of iLuv Speaker Doc. With just little investment, this speaker is a good choice if you want to put the music loud. iLuv iMM288 speaker weighs 1.4 and is just 5 by 9 by y inches in dimension. Being light in weight, I would not recommend this speaker as it is not very robust. It has no display and all it has is a power light and 3 buttons to power up and to control the volume.  IMM288 Dock Speaker has two inputs: one is for power and other is 3.5mm jack. There is also one port you can say through which your iPod connect with Doc Speaker.

iLuv i189 Speaker System having 3D Sound and Dock for iPod: This Dock Speaker consist of auxiliary stereo input jack that can get connected to any CD player, MP3 player, computer system or any other music device. Now this Doc Speaker is portable as you can charge its battery from the AC powered unit. The structure of this speaker is so perfect that it holds your iPod securely at its place, so no need to worry about your iPod while partying with your friends. You can charge and play your iPod on this Doc Speaker together. iLuv i189 speaker is compatible with all kind of iPods including those with 3G facilities. Some of the iPod range includes: iPod touch, iPod video, iPod Nano, iPod photo, iPod mini and iPod shuffle etc. Apart from its stylish and compact design, this iLuv Speaker is also know for its impressive sound quality. It has got surround sound features that is rare to find in Dock Speaker range. You can turn on the 3D surround sound by switching on the button.

iLuv iMM747: The first thing that you are going to notice about this iLuv Speaker Doc is its lightweight and sleek design. It is made up of plastic along with iPad’s glass and aluminum. You can see some nice features of it like self-adjusting dock stand that can securely hold your audio player. Not only, you can also connect audio player of different kind and size to it. If you see the front portion of this Doc Speaker, you will find five glossy and shiny buttons in a row that offers some basic operations like play/pause, volume, skip etc. There is a power button available at the front side of the speaker along with a blue LED light. Don’t expect too much of features like Bluetooth, alarm, remote, radio in it as it has nothing from this list of features.

You can find many other iLuv Doc Speakers available in the market but overall you have to apply your music skills in order to judge the right one that matches your taste and pocket both.

Gadgets are becoming increasingly compact and surprisingly better from one generation to another. It is also the case of Verbatim Audio Cube, a portable speaker, compatible with both mobile phone and music player and laptop or notebook.

The size is not the quality that makes this gadget different, but rather the Bluetooth connection that lets the user to attach the device to other gadgets without the need for wires. Verbatim Audio Cube is compact, being a device with 70 mm sides. The housing of this model is made of mat plastic with foam appearance that protects the device of any scratches. The model has two speakers placed on both sides, and each speaker has a power of 2 W. The upper part is equipped with Play / Stop / Skip / Pause and Volume control keys, while the bottom shows a special place where the batteries sit. Verbatim Audio Cube requires four AA batteries to function.

However, in case you do not want to supply it through, you can choose to attach the device via USB to your PC or laptop. Verbatim Audio Cube is equipped with both USB slot and a slot for 3.5 mm jack. Also, the package comes with both cables. The user will also have a set of four batteries. Normally they will hold up to six hours of playback. Verbatim Audio Cube is a perfect gadget for when the user wants to share music with those around him. The sound is played quite loud, but not bothering. When it comes to Bluetooth synchronization with the mobile phone or music player, this is done very quickly. It activates by pressing and holding the key speaker ON / Play and Bluetooth connectivity of the phone or player and it is automatically detected and synchronized. Once Verbatim Audio Cube is "linked" to a phone or music player, music control can be made both by phone and the keys on the device surface. However, in case the user wants to increase the sound intensity, it will be possible only through the Audio Cube speaker. The control of music through buttons with Verbatim Audio Cube is relatively easy but sometimes when songs are changed, the Skip key must be pressed stronger or multiple times, so that the Bluetooth interface to register the command. Normally Verbatim Audio Cube keeps contact with the device that was "connected” to a distance of eight meters. On the other hand, when Cube Verbatim Audio is synchronized with the music player or laptop / netbook with the cable with 3.5mm plug, you cannot control music via loudspeaker placed keys, but only from the player or laptop which is pretty uncomfortable.

Another detail to be given is the case in which Cube Verbatim Audio is synchronized to a mobile phone and the user is called. In this case, the device will stop playing music by applying a fade effect to leave space for the call. After the call ends, the music will be played automatically and it does not need resynchronization. Small, compact and helpful, this is Verbatim Audio Cube. The device is a gadget as it may be useful for those who need music in camping or in any other place.