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Tempting

The BassJump, a beautifully designed portable subwoofer for the MacBook, courtesy of Twelve South is the perfect addition to your Christmas list. Its designers, Twelve South state:

BassJump is a sweet, one-of-a-kind, go anywhere, USB-powered subwoofer that turns your MacBook into a mini sound system. Custom software blends the music coming out of your built-in speakers with the sound output of the BassJump for dramatically enhanced audio performance.

It looks lovely and is designed to sit right next to your MacBook complementing its design. As if that wasn’t enough it also comes with a lovingly crafted software interface, the BassJump Sound System - complete with two, glowing, old school analogue VU meters - for fine-tuning your sound. Lovely.

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In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

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