inputs.text: rugged box w standout bass response compared rest - second purchase griffin rugged box w simplistic design enclosure provides satisfaction overall good built plain box w shape reheminiscent center speaker plus input miniaudio slew ipodinserts ac adaptor types sound reared solid driver compared w docks like bose sounddock athenas slightly not substantially deeper bass although midrange not articulate w bose highend clean w athena not say mid hi responses inexistent course overall sound quite acceptable according audiohiend oriented ears like mine mp3 compressed music bass response value price nearly less half bose no small wonder got two within 6 months yet compare roomgroove klipsch given enclosure size griffin amplifi would not surprised even roomgrove fails match griffins bass output not disappointed spend less 89 appears durable brandname product