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what's up cries five fans I'm Brian Tong and it's time to find out who puts the boom into boom box is a Throwdown showdown each with the TDK three speaker boombox and the monster Beats By dr. Dre beatbox iPod dock or what we like to call the monster beatbox now we're bringing in CNET's finest the judges battle senior editor Donald ring my bell senior associate editor Jasmine just dance France and myself Brian the thong song Tom we'll take all three judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prize fight score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system it's a four round practice the first round is design TDK flat out brings it with one of the most modern and sleek designs we've seen who needs a speaker grill if it looks this good now when you put both speakers side by side in this case size does matter and TDK impressed all of us with its clean and unique design monsters beatbox isn't bad looking at all but it's low-profile wedge design doesn't stand out it's iPod dock is placed awkwardly off to the side and in a crowded marketplace it looks like just another speaker dock system TD ks3 speaker boombox gets a perfect 5 and monsters beatbox gets a 3.3 next round with sound and science TD case 3 speaker boombox is more like 5 when you account for its edge driven tweeters but the total effect is an impressive balanced sound that sounds more rich and detailed and excels with music genres like classical and rock and even an occasional boyband song plus the actual sound level on this boombox will blow you away but when it comes to low end power the monster beatbox brings a full and powerful bass that's sure to please hip-hop fans and all the hip-hop wannabes the overall sound is really impressive for a size Jasmine says she wants to roll around in the music and we do two monsters beatbox gets a 4 and T decays boombox gets a 3.3 so after averaging 2 rounds TDK leads by half a point with two more rounds to go next up is features TDK throws nearly everything into the system you'll get am/fm radio iPod and iPhone support multiple inputs like RCA a line input instrument input USB Drive playback and an EQ for treble and bass and even a PA tripod mount and if you want to go portable you can pack this guy with 12 D cell batteries now monsters beatbox brings a wireless remote that's great for using at home we've talked about its iPod iPhone dock it supports bluetooth but you'll have to purchase it as an add-on and the biggest letdown for a speaker this size is no battery support you'll have to plug it in plug it in TDK takes this round with a four and monster gets a three point into the final round TDK has increased its lead the final round that decides it all is value most speaker systems are a little impractical for the price the TD k3 speaker boombox is $4.99 and is basically an all-in-one home stereo system disguised as a boombox monster beatbox retails for 399 and it looks like a portable speaker but it doesn't run on batteries so you're probably not getting your best bang for the buck but you're not really getting ripped off either and we're calling this round even at 3 let's average out all four rounds and enterprise by 14k jumped on top of monster it held on to its lead all the way through the finish line winning three point eight to three point three and is your prize fight winner so if you're in the big sound you really can't go wrong with either of these boom boxes i'm brian tong thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time on another prize fight whoa