On 21 May 2004 19:50:17 GMT, fathom wrote:
I was playing with the computer speakers in Best Buy the other
day. Spotted one from Bose which was horribly overpriced at
$249 and very junky-looking. Really, the sats looked like they
were maybe worth $3 each, and the Sub was nothing special.

The sound was typical Bose...no highs, no lows, unfocused
imaging, etc.

So why am I bothering to write this? Look at this pictu

http://tinyurl.com/245j5

...and check out that little control pod.

Very nice machined aluminum, with a rubber ring that controls
volume. A real pleasure to use. Phone ringing? Just tap the
top of the thing and it mutes.

There are also jacks for aux input (iPod?), and headphones.

A very cool idea and well-implemented. They should sell the
control pod separately so it could be used with good speakers.

great, just what I need. Something else to clutter my desk.

When I want to mute the sound, I hit F11. I've assigned that key to mute my
sound card's mixer.