Crystal Bling Speakers by Harman Kardon

“The idea was to meld high-tech with craftsman styling and pushing ‘Steam Punk’ in an elegant way. For the technology side, there are integrated digital amplifiers with special drivers and a proprietary port to allow this to be your complete sound system. All you have to do is plug it in, throw away your old ‘boxy’ speakers and enjoy.

Fi-Hi(www.fi-hi.com) presented its novelty bags equipped with speakers and amplifier during CTIA Wireless 2008.

The Fi-Hi bags tout a built-in 3-watt stereo amplifier and water resistant speakers to listen to your favorite tracks without using headphones.

There’s a reason that professional guitarists, from rock to country, continue to use tube amplifiers from Fender, Marshall and Vox, even though solid-state electronics have replaced tubes in every other audio application. That’s because nothing can duplicate the warmth, the harmonic richness and the pure tone of tube-based circuitry. For a sonic revelation, plug your iPod into our Vintage Amplifier/Charger, sit back with the included remote, and browse through your playlists.

Through passive amplification alone, These unique pieces instantly transform any personal music player + earbuds into a sculptural audio console.

Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone inventively exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibles* (or roughly the maximum volume of laptop speakers).