First off, the K-box from kerchoonz.com (a Scotland-based music website with a strong focus on social networking) isn’t a speaker per se, but it does turn surfaces into sound. Yes, the K-box does produce sound all by itself, but it is tinny and crappy. However, once you place its base on a solid surface (and the more enclosed hollow space beneath said surface, the better), the K-box produces a surprising amount of volume with an equally surprising amount of rich and full bass. It’s unbelievable, but you wouldn’t have believed that Hugh Jackman could sing or dance either, at least, not until you saw him do it when he hosted the Academy Awards.
Why would you want such a device as the K-box? For one, you might not have an iPod to place in an iPod dock, which makes the K-box ideal for Zune owners or anyone with a cell phone that stores music and has a 3.5 mm port. Also, this thing is portable, much more portable than clunky or crappy sounding desktop speakers that most laptop users plug into their computers. And portable gamers will appreciate the added bass.Undressing the K-box
Undressing the K-box
When you unbox the K-box, you’ll find a USB charging cable, a cable with 3.5 mm jacks on both ends, and, the most important component, a brick that’s about the size of an iPhone (only it’s a considerable three to four times as thick). The brick, or the K-box if you like, is solid in hand and when you place its base on a surface you can feel it grab on, almost as if it were a magnet. When it grabs, you’re feeling the patented gel-audio technology at work, details of which are elusive. At any rate, place the K-box on a table, against a wall, up on a window, or anywhere else you think it might work, and it’ll produce 40-20KHz of bass response. A full charge via USB will provide 20 hours of play and the damn thing is so simple to use kerchoonz didn’t even bother including directions.
This is a great buy for roughly $75.
