Speakers From Hell
Christine | 2:56 am | March 12, 2008 | Laptop Speakers
The idea of hell for some people is a boiling cauldron where sinners are destined to be cooked alive, over and over again, with occasional interruptions for tortures involving horrible demons with hot spiky tails and bad breath.
A neighbour listening to unbearably loud and tasteless music is my idea of hell. And it seems that with today’s technology this hell is getting even more dreadful. Inventing Omnivox and Whispering Windows was the first step to providing sound junkies with devices that can turn any surface, be it a window or a desk, into huge speakers – and providing people who secretly hate their uncontrollable neighbours with headaches and nervousness.
MiidioTM Speakers are a similar product, but with better quality sound and ability to function on any surface. And hell would be very close indeed if it were not for one small thing: a window or a coffee table, on which any of these gadgets can be placed, wouldn’t withstand heavy bass or high pitch music and will break into pieces. Which means that dancing to Joy Division is always going to be better with good old amplifier and powerful speakers.
Source: Miidio via Ubergizmo
Natural Born Speakers
maksim | 10:47 pm | December 12, 2007 | Laptop Speakers
Form follows function everywhere in life. A ball is round so that it can roll, a brick can only be rectangular, a sunray will always look like a line.
The only exception to this rule seemed to be the domain of sound speakers. Give one of those unassuming rectangular boxes to the shaman of a remote Amazon tribe, and you can bet your life he will never guess what it is.
Sonicum Speakers, made by Russian design studio Art.Lebedev, give the sound speakers its natural look. NXT flat panel technology and a 15w subwoofer ensure high quality sound. Shaped as a universally understood symbol of sound, they are pleasing to the eye, as anything that is in harmony with its inner self.
Source: Art.Lebedev Design Studio