content: I bought these to have sent to Iraq where I am currently stationed. My wife received them in a timely manner, no complaints about shipping. They were new just as I planned. When she plugged them into her ipod to make sure they worked, she told me that they turned off. I had her check to make sure there was no EQ that would affect them. So this is the problem, im not getting any volume, only slightly quieter than a normal indoor talking voice. Needless to say, they do not compare to the noises indide a Humvee, which is exactly where I need them. Is this just a defect, or do I need to find other speakers? By the way, its not a battery issue, it does the same thing when they are plugged into the wall, and when it happens the little orange light blinks. I press a volume button then they start working again, for a short moment.