If your house is anything like ours, your fellow residents have instituted a “no earbuds at the dinner table” rule. And that edict quickly expanded to “no earbuds at the breakfast table,” “no earbuds in the bath,” “no earbuds in the boudoir during 'intimate time',” and “no earbuds at church.” But with constraints like these, how are you supposed to ever get around to hearing all of the eleventy-teen gigabytes of bumpin’ grooves on your iPod?

The JBL On Stage II iPod Docking Sound Station trumpets your tuneage into the crisp, clear autumn air, letting you carry on a semblance of meaningful conversation while you rock. Just plug in your regular old iPod cable – or connect your offbrand MP3 player via the stereo mini jack – and you’re free to subject everyone within earshot to your playlist of disco cover versions of Beatles songs, or your vast collection of live Survivor bootlegs. Whatever you happen to call “music” will come roaring out of the speakers in 12 watts of power.

And when it outlives its usefulness, or falls apart, or is banned by the totalitarian government of a fascist dystopia in the not-too-distant future, we’re betting the JBL On Stage II’s saucer-like design will make it hella fun to throw off of a tall building. Look at how those aluminum-domed transducers scatter on impact with the ground!

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