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The iPod Ammo Box
By James Grahame
This might sound a bit odd, but when I was about 8 years old my school snack shack started selling old army surplus ammo boxes. These days, that would probably trigger an immediate lock-down. But back in the cold war I simply plunked down most of my meager allowance for a green metal box wrapped in torn brown paper. It was battered and worn, yet perfect for lugging around my most important childhood possessions.
Fast-forward three decades and Thomas Spaans has created the A-BOX, a a high quality portable iPod amplifier integrated into a fifties design M2A1 ammo box.
He says, "The iPod/mp3 player can be connected on the outside of the A-BOX as well
as the inside so you can listen to your tunes while running around with
the A-BOX for example or just protecting your iPod from bullets and
stuff.
the A-BOX comes in 2 models: the light version with 2 x
25 watts rms amplifier and woven glass fiber speakers (carbon color)
this model will cost 350 euros. and the heavy version sporting 2 x 70
watts amplifiers and woven kevlar speakers (the yellow material used in
bullet proof vests) this version will be selling for 475 euros.
both
versions have indication lights in the bass tube which will indicate
the status of the battery with white, orange and red colors. the heavy
version however has an extra feat, indication lights behind the speakers
which will warn against distortion when driven too loud."
