Lasonic i931 Ghetto Blaster with iPod Dock | 
 enlarge | Brand: Lasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $299.99
Buy New: $109.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Dimensions (in): 25 x 14.5 x 6.5
MPN: I931
Model: I931
UPC: 940356739394
EAN: 0940356739394
ASIN: B0025MGJ2E
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Features playback of MP3s via an iPod dock, usb port, or SD/MMC card slot | | • | Has AM/FM radio, remote, mic input, and bass and treble EQ controls | | • | The system is capable of blasting out 15 watts per channel through separate woofers and tweeters |
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Product Description
The beautiful Lasonic i931 is a portable music system in true retro ghetto blaster style.
The i931 features playback of MP3s via an iPod dock, usb port, or SD/MMC card slot. In addition, the i931 has AM/FM radio, remote, mic input, and bass and treble EQ controls. The system is capable of blasting out 15 watts per channel through separate woofers and tweeters.
Headphone jack output
Radio function (AM/ FM)
Large text display on LCD
Full function remote controls
Separate bass and treble controls
Many adjustable features in menu
Accurately real time clock display
Volume level indication (LED)
Powerful Audio Output
USB slot compatible
Support USB flash drive and SD/MMC card to playback MP3 files
iPod control available for playback, charging and interaction
Mic Mix with /ECHO VOL
Max power 15W x 2
Dimension (mm):650 x 166 x 365
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| Customer Reviews:
 If you're under the age of 10 y/o you may like it May 15, 2010
Pamela J. Sherman-keel (San Diego, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Maybe I expected too much but this was not the product I envisioned. Its very pho and plastic, more like a toy, a financial loss for me with restocking fee plus.Lasonic i931 - Boombox with iPod cradle - radio / SD/MMC digital player / USB flash player - MP3
 Not bad December 28, 2009
Drive-In-Freak
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sound quality:
So so. It sounds like a mediocre box from the '80s ( although better than most things that are available today)..not bad, but nothing to write home about. It does not hold up to the better boxes of the past, but that shouldn't be surprising. The treble frequencies are reproduced clearly with little or no harshness, the same for the midrange. Bass response seems to roll off at about 100-120Hz.
The good news is that it has separate bass and treble (-7 to +7 Db) controls, so your not limited to (often useless) pre-set eq settings.
Radio:
AM reception is so awful that I thought something was wrong with it. All I could pull in were the strongest local stations and not very well. After talking a look inside (I wasn't about to send it back over poor AM reception, and I have a background in electronics) I noticed one of the most minanal AM circuits I've ever seen, and a VERY small coil bar. Replacing the tiny ferrite bar brought reception up to less than average instead of almost deaf.
If you are planning to listen to the AM band be repaired to be disappointed.
FM overload city. One station (100KW that's about 8 miles away) over more than half of the dial covering over most weak signals. However medium and strong signals come though just fine. A FM mono switch helps clean up fringe signals.
MP3:
The USB port reads your PMP/MP3 player like a disc (you can't use the controls on your player), and also charges the device (you may not want to do this if you are running "D" cells as it will drain them). The card slot works as it should (I have not tried a card that's over 2G, so I don't know if it will read HC cards).
Navigating is done by browsing though folders (F01 F02 ect.) and by clicking though ff (next) and rewind (back) just like a CD player. There is no menu or way scrolling through a list of files available. Holding down the FF or REW button will scroll though the file at a very slow 2x or maybe 3x normal speed making long files such as podcasts or audio books very difficult to navigate through. There is no resume feature.
Formats are limited to MP3, WMA, and WAV/PCM.
IMHO you're better off running your PMP/MP3 player though the AUX port
iPod docking:
I haven't tried this feature because I don't own an iPod. After trying and owning several other players that I found to be superior to an iPod I'm simply not interested in them.
Now please don't get me wrong as I don't dislike it at all. It does have it's limitations, but for what it is it does it's job just fine. If something should happen to this one I'd gladly order another one.
I do however really wish they would make a model with a Sansa or some other dock for those of us who would rather not deal with the limitations of an iPod, but with the AUX in and (although limited) USB port the issue is minimal.
lasonic i931 November 12, 2009
C. Brehmer (OCONOMOWOC,WISCONSIN)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this to play my i-pod, andit doesn't play the touch ipod or iphone , they are too big for slot. the sound was not that good either I returned it..
Old Vs New Lasonlc i931 October 18, 2009
Ron Graham (NY USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I Tested the New Lasonic i931 Ghetto Blaster with iPod Dock Against My Old Original Lasonic Boombox And it Was nowhere Near the quality and the Sound It is like compairing A real Rolex with a Fake One I sent it back
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