Bamboos host speakers

Bamboos host speakers in the most spectacular way!

As you nurture the bamboo, it reciprocates by delivering richer, deeper sound.

Different from any encounter you have had with any conventional
or exotic loudspeaker…regardless of size, power or price.

Imagine sound, reproduced in scale and timbre that actually radiates as the original musical event. Sound, with such integrated fidelity that room effects become diminished to being nearly unnoticed.

German designer Michael Schoner of NL Architects has ingeniously designed a bench that plays music from mobile phones via Bluetooth. NL architects have converted an ordinary piece of street furniture into a superb sound system.

The bench was on display at the Urban Play event 2 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, last month.

A “musical component robot” that plays records, CDs and DVDs while looking impressively stylish.

The venerable Italian brand Brionvega thinks the 60s and 70s are worth bringing back, or that at least some of the design sensibilities of the era warrant new life. The classic, groundbreaking Radiofonografio, divined in 1965 by two of the three Castiglioni brothers, Pier Giacomo and Achille, is making a new entrance as RR226. In 1965, the “musical component robot” was a home electronic marvel that in one sleekly designed device included a radio, amplifiers and a record player (for both 45s and 33s).

“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.

Problem is most of today’s headphones are designed to filter out background noise. That’s not very safe for a bicyclists since hearing what’s coming is important. The Semicircle headphones are designed to fit in your ear without blocking background noise.

Hive Audio System for outdoor entertaining features a sound tube that protects the speaker from the elements and amplifies sound as it reverberates.

Holeder Earphone by Yoonsang Kim Actually the unique shape serves several purposes. It fits snug in your ear, easily loops together around your neck when not in use, and somehow prevents bacterial growth which is 700 times more concentrated in regular ear buds.

Nokia’s fresh new spots feature uber cool headphones. Nokia’s new Music Almighty ads broke a couple of days ago. They were done by Fabian and Ida, really nice work, must have been great fun to make.

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Why speakers are called what they are.

Speak-er is a playful speaker design by Sherwood Forlee that puts the SPEAK back into Speakers. A speaker is a device that converts electrical energy into sound waves. It’s also someone who expresses in language.