Not for those with severe scoliosis, the Reppo II Backpack Boombox from designer Joonas Saaranen packs in a pair of full-range speakers and an amplifier for jamming to tunes as you stroll around campus, as well as providing everyone around you with a bass-induced migraine. Needs more sub-woofer (and cowbell). So far, Saaranen has gotten as far as creating a ...
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Carl Rossi Audio: The Sweet Sounds Of Sangria
Even if you’re not a fan of the wine with fruit floating in it, speakers made from sangria jugs are a pretty unique idea for some drunken musical entertainment. Wino Carlo Rossi has created the Sangria Sound System for your alcoholic pleasure.
Read More »Music floating in your bubble bath: flat-panel speaker MP3 player
Victor-JVC Japan is introducing a new MP3 player to their “health and healing” line of products, what’s so unconventional about this funny looking audio player is that it actually floats in your tub and plays music right next to your rubber duck duck. Wouldn’t water get into those holes? Good question, and Victor-JVC has it solved by using a NXT ...
Read More »Dice-sized wooden speaker
We don’t know who came out with the concept, but the idea of a miniature wooden speak does sound cool. And having it so small that it’s almost comparable to a dice (19x26x39mm). Korean company Funshop kr has started selling this I.dear Wood Speaker that is so small that it can be used as an accessory (charm) for your cellphone. ...
Read More »Japanese lantern also dubbed as speaker
Japanese lanterns look great, the only problem is that they use candles, and they’re made of wood and paper. How about having something that looks pretty much exactly the same as those lanterns, saves the candles, can be powered via USB and also dubbed as an external speaker? That’s right, you can pick up one of these for 37USB from ...
Read More »Kenwood speakers go wireless
Everything now is going wireless, so maybe the creators are finally starting to realize no one likes wires all over their desk. The music is broadcast from the dock to the speakers via 2.4 GHz frequency, which basically means if you have a 2.4 GHz phone in proximity to these speakers, you�ll get sporadic noises when you�re talking on the ...
Read More »Plug & Enjoy Speakers, surround sound made easy
If you’ve been wanting some nice surround sound to add to your pad, but don’t have the thousands of dollars it takes to shell out for audiophile speakers, this design makes surround sound as easy as…well…plug & enjoy. These little speakers pick up a FM signal emitted from your audio source (stereo, iPod, podcasts). When the music is pumpin’, you ...
Read More »Panasonic makes thinnest speaker…EVAR!
At an incredibly anorexic size of 1.5mm, the boys (and ladies, perhaps?) over at Panasonic can now say they have produced the thinnest speaker of all time. Now, the bragging ensues, huzzah! Panasonic has slimmed down their previous model, which was a staggering 2.5mm, a 40% decrease. Come on guys, couldn’t squeeze one more tenth of a millimeter out? With ...
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