the ibuzz looks really good on the website, but up close, the control box really has no similarity to the ipod except being white. The vibe takes the incoming base range, and puts that signal to the vibe (a nice powerful japanese bullet one). really nice if you've got a very basey "PLAYlist", and don't mind wires all over the place, but in and of itself, its a very chunky box for what it does. Oh, and eats batteries like billy-o