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puffy stereo backpack: take the spirit of 1998 with you

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Fydelity’s Stay-Puff Stereo Backpack is just begging to bust out some Beastie Boys or Q Tip. Equipped with a 3000 milliwatt amplifier, the backpack’s built-in speakers can play music for up to 8 hours on 4 AA batteries. It’s equipped with a standard 3.5 mm input jack, so you can plug your iPod in, but feel free to hook up…

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June 25th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets just plain fun media players mobile tech retro

mur-01 seat with built-in speakers: now that’s a seriously rocking chair

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Feel the full force of Mastodon on your butt with the MUR-01 rocking chair from Irisohyama. The built-in 8.5-watt 2.1 speaker system will assault your body with sound. Or will it just massage your body? How loud is an 8.5-watt speaker system anyway?

Mr. Smiling Caucasian must be listening to some R. Kelly. Feelin’ on yo booty. Yeah, that’ll massage him…

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June 24th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets home entertainment technology

super mini cube: world’s tiniest (and most useless?) ipod speaker

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Welcome to another edition of Cute or Stupid?, a feature that I personally don’t want to do anymore but fate seems to want me to continue, so. Here we go: up for deliberation is the Super Mini Cube, allegedly the world’s tiniest speaker. Measuring a scant 26mm (1.02 inches) on each side, the “no bulky” speaker delivers a dust-blowing 0.8…

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June 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio gadgets just plain fun mobile tech technology

technabob quickpix: when a picture is worth 1000 words

halo rocket launcher boom box fires tunes not projectiles

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Now this is my kind of boom box…

Halo fan Mordacil’s SPNKR rocket launcher boom box has speakers built into the barrels, and a slot on top for connecting an MP3 player. While you could use it to play an aggressive tune like Bang Your Head, or something more whimsical like Blow the Man Down, I think I’d rather play…

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June 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft media players quickpix

waterproof bluetooth speaker goes for a swim

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With the warm weather season finally upon us (sorry Australian and New Zealand readers), you’re probably hoping to spend lots of time in the pool this Summer. But just because you’re floating around on an inflatable raft with a piƱa colada in hand doesn’t mean you have to be separated from your digital music collection.

This floating wireless speaker from…

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May 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio just plain fun strange + wonderful technology

eggshell speakers amazingly don’t shatter when you play music through them

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After he made himself a delicious omelet (I made that part up), Modder Gomhi managed to turn a couple of brown chicken eggs into a pair of miniature speakers.

Each one is loaded with a tiny 1-inch diameter Hi-Vi B1S driver. While Gomhi says the sound they produce is “narrow” (I’m assuming he means “tinny”), he’s still pleased with the…

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May 26th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio hacks + mods strange + wonderful

mini mp3 amps don’t go to 11, but will rock the (doll) house

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These nifty little speaker systems look just like classic electric guitar amps, only a whole lot smaller. Modeled after classic amps by musical greats Marshall and US Blues, these teensy little amps are perfect for the rocker in your house.

Measuring in between 5 and 8 inches tall, they’re perfect scale replicas of their larger brethren, and great for listening…

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April 3rd, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design media players technology

octopus trap speakers may only look versatile

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In what has to be one of the oddest trends I’ve seen, Japanese company Bird Electron has produced a set of speakers built to resemble octopus traps. As you might have guessed, octopus traps are used to catch octopi. These speakers, apparently, are designed to catch attention instead of 8-legged sea creatures.

They’re pretty enough if you can get past the…

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March 4th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: audio design

relive the big and chunky days of gadgets with fauxsure shirts

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Remember when controllers had corners and not curves? When speakers were bigger than a house? When storage was limited but personal? and rectangular? Remember when synths… Nevermind. Synthesizers still look the same. Oh wait. Remember when synths had no USB connection? Because there was no USB in the 80s?
If you can remember those days it’s because you ain’t drunk!…

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February 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

yuen’to music ball: expensive speaker in a small, nearly useless package

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How much would you pay for a 0.7 watt portable speaker that’s more cute than functional? $76.16!?! How the hell did you know that the Yuen’to Music Ball cost that much? Get outta here!

I mean, you probably already know that it has a 3.5 mm stereo jack, so it’ll fit with most portable players. And that it only weighs…

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February 10th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: audio just plain fun mobile tech

focal aquatune lets your ipod go for a swim

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How many times have you said to yourself – Self… Why is it that I can’t take my iPod in the swimming pool with me? Well this new waterproof sound system from Japan’s Focal is the answer to your inner prayers.

The new AquaTune Nano 4G provides a durable waterproof case for your Nano 4G, while pumping sound out of…

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February 10th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio media players mobile tech technology

crosley nomad portable radio: retro look, modern sound

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When I talk about retro tech, I’m usually going on about stuff from the late 1970s or early 1980s since those were the years that really defined me as the geek that I am today. The 1930s, on the other hand, are just a wee bit before my time. But when I saw this modern update on a classic thirties…

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February 7th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: home entertainment retro technology

speech bubble speakers for the very literal

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If life was like a comic, we would always have really cool t-shirts and witty punchlines (or we would be unchanging dinosaurs) and our conversations would fit into neat little speech bubbles. Real life is messier, but thanks to the forthcoming Speak-er, soon you’ll be able to make the aural aspect of your life a little neater… and a little…

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January 31st, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: audio home entertainment technology

ihome ip1 speaker system is both tubular and flat-ular

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The latest and greatest iPod/iPhone compatible speaker system from iHome is here, and it sure looks iGood.

The iHome iP1 features a striking industrial design with two oversize cylindrical woofer chambers, poking through a sleek smoked acrylic faceplate which also houses a pair of high frequency drivers. An iPod/iPhone combo dock protrudes from the front of the acrylic panel, and…

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January 7th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design media players

headphonies: little speaker dudes in your pocket

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These pint-sized characters might look similar to other artist-designed vinyl toys, but take another look and you’ll notice that they don’t just look cool hanging out on your desktop, they’re actually functional.

Eran Weinberg’s Headphonies combine the appeal of funky designer vinyl toys with the utility of a portable speaker. Just plug your iPod or other medial player into the…

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January 1st, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio geek art + craft just plain fun

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