Tag archive: Tony Ostrom

Apple's now-iconic iPods might be all the rage in portable music players, but they don't offer any built-in capability to pump your music out into the real air. So a mega-industry of iPod peripherals has sprung up, including a number of speaker systems (even one from Apple itself!) designed to convert a iPod into a 21st century boombox. However, many of these speaker systems are bulky, heavy, and take up a heap of space—if… Read More

Klipsch Audio Technologies is revamping its curvy iGroove bookshelf speaker system for iPods and other MP3 players as the iGroove HG, where “HG” stands for “high gloss” black. Expected to be available in July, the iGroove HG features dual 2.5-inch woofers and dual MicroTractrix horn-loaded tweeters (separated by a 2.9 KHz crossover), with low-end response aided by a low-turbulence cabinet design, and a Class D amp… Read More