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Coby CS-MP165 Digital Boombox for iPod

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By Jeremy Horwitz

Editor-in-Chief, iLounge
Published: Friday, September 5, 2008
Category: Speakers - Clock Radios

Ah, 2006 and 2007, we remember you well. You were the years when six percent of China's population was assembling cheap and often senseless iPod speakers, all of which seemed to wind up in our offices. We did not shed a tear when you left us, and since then, we've never looked back wistfully on those days. And yet, when the Coby CS-MP165 Digital Boombox for iPod ($100) appeared, we remembered you, your confusingly huge multi-button remote controls, your random USB ports for connecting flash players, and your juxtapositions of oh so many features -- say, a boombox with dual alarm clocks and a motorized iPod dock -- in one enclosure, even when they didn't make sense together. That's when we rejoiced, as we realized that the holiday season was upon us, and that our old love affair might well be rekindled again.