Modern speakers and creative sound systems from all over the world.
Modal Speakers
Created by Japanese designer Kunihiro Tsuji, a single Modal speaker is able to deliver ambient sound due to the vertical sound emission.
X-mini iHome Capsule Speaker
Just pop open the capsule and extend the speaker – this opens the resonance chamber and increases bass response. At full charge, the speaker can run for nearly 8 hours.
Boom Box Speakers
“Fold it yourself” mini Boom Box stereo for your iPod or other MP3 player. Complete with real, fully working and amplified speakers.
Munny Speakers
Learn how to create your own Munny speakers out of a vinyl doll.
500XL Speakers
Sometimes bigger IS really better, especially when it comes to sound. These speakers are 500 times the size of the original iPod earbuds.
Speech Bubble Speak-er
Speak-er are high-qualtiy multimedia speakers that plug directly into your computer or MP3 player.
Wireless Freewheeler Speaker
Simply plug in your audio source into the included transmitter and roll the Freewheeler around your house, it will play your tunes remotely.
Sonicum Speaker System
Sonicum is a 3-piece speaker subwoofer set. It can be connected to the line-in port of any audio source, such as a CD player, a computer, or a synthesizer.
Rithm Speakers
Danish company Davone’s Rithm speaker combines top-quality sound with a parabolic work of art.
Speaker Buddies
Speaker Buddies are designed to work in pairs. They can be placed in any environment and as they are lightweight they can be moved with little effort.
Apple Shaped Speakers
Creative apple shaped digital USB Laptop speakers.
Zeppelin iPod Speaker System
Zeppelin is an integrated iPod speaker system from Bowers & Wilkins, the makers of the speakers that much of the music on your iPod will have been made using.
iH15W Color Changing Stereo System
Two Reson8 speakers and a passive subwoofer provide enhanced audio sound and give life to every song. Select your favorite color or let the color cycle set the scene.
Turntable Speaker Mixer
Mix it up! Tiny turntable-style speaker allows you to not only amplify your music, but let’s you scratch (ie – add fun preprogrammed sound effects to your jams) as well.
Egg Speakers
Creative egg-shaped speakers allow you to wobble them like a Weeble while you listen to your tunes.
USB Hub Card Reader Speakers
Multifunction at its best, a 3-1 USB hub, card reader and egg shaped speakers.
Dutch Dead Bbudd Speaker System
Dead Bbudd speaker system looks like some sort of naugahyde-wrapped dude with his eyes X’d out. The speakers are embedded into his feet, pumping out the tunes as he sits on your desk.
360° Speaker Concept
A true, object-based surround experience. The speaker cones are internally attached to a spider-like structure which is invisible from the outside.
Ceramic Paper Speakers
Thin paper ceramic loudspeakers made from discarded musical scores and clay. The ceramic columns amplify sound from your strategically placed earbuds to broadcast music like regular speakers would.
Yorozu Audio Sound Revolution Kit
The Yorozu Audio kit lets you use just about anything as a speaker! Starting with the included paper milk carton “speaker”, all you do is place the vibrating extension onto a surface with the included adhesive sheets, plug in your audio source, and have an instant audio speaker.
Pea Speaker Concept
The Pea Speaker system is bound to be costly, incurring damages from being tossed around, but that’s what designer Lu Le wants – a playful way to share music. Each pod holds 7 wireless bluetooth speakers.
Reppo II Boombox Backpack
Reppo II is a hardshell boombox backpack with integrated speakers and high quality digital amplifier.
JVC Sound Garden Concept
“Kirikabu” speaker combines your choice of potted plants with multi-directional speakers consisting of a woofer, and left/right-channel stereo speakers powered by an internal amplifier.
BeoLab 4 Speakers
Perfect for PC speaker applications, as well as smaller rooms in need of a less dominating speaker size.
iH85B iPod Speaker
Water-resistant iPod speaker that connects to your bike’s frame. Handlebar mounted remote control allows for safe cycling while listening to your tunes.
Sony Rolly Sound Entertainment Player
Despite its small size and light weight, Rolly produces surprisingly clear sound. With 180-degree horizontal opposed stereo speakers, listeners can enjoy high sound quality from nearly anywhere.
Waterproof iPod Speakers
Taiwanese design company Nova has come up with a waterproof speaker system for iPod that looks like a tube of shower gel.
Also check out: Beach Towel with Speakers
Megan
Giant iPod earbuds are hilarious!
Feb 1st, 2009
Paul Sample
the speech bubble speaker is great haha
Feb 1st, 2009
mahdi
very good
Feb 1st, 2009
Dany
Very interesting speakers and systems. I want some of this :D
Feb 1st, 2009
KA
the waterproof case is the best! Listening to music in the bathroom has always been a challenge for me… You cannot bring anything that works with elecrticity in the bathroom, it must be waterproof (hard to find, expensive..) or the player itself must be outside. I actually went that far to install speakers connected to my computer’s audio system (cold, hard wires, nothing fancy), but I didn’t have any remote control capability… The volume isn’t a problem, after a few times, you get the perfect level, changing tracks isn’t either… the real problem is when someone sits in front of your computer, and starts using a “big red button”-type app. You know the drill: pre-recorded farts. Now that, or porn can be pretty annoying…
Feb 1st, 2009
gary
some real gems here. The waterproof speaker is ingenious design.
Feb 1st, 2009
John Woods
Wow, those are some of the coolest speakers I have ever seen!
RT
Feb 1st, 2009
Rob
Those earbuds are NOT 500 times larger. I just measured the standard earbuds, and they’re about 3.5″ long. If those earbuds, were 500 times larger, then they’d be about 0.33 miles long, or 1750ft. That’s ridiculous. Common sense much?
Feb 1st, 2009
laura sweet
Those are great and boy do I have a list of more for you! check out these speaker designs!
http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2008/01/speaker-manufacturers-turn-up-volume-on.html
Feb 1st, 2009
Johnny Anthony
Oh yes !!!
500XL Speakers looks cool:)
Feb 1st, 2009
Jmanlives
I can’t believe you don’t have the BeoLab 5’s! http://www.bang-olufsen.com/beolab5
Feb 1st, 2009
Niall
Some of these are very pretty, but I don’t think the phrase “high sound quality” should be in use anywhere on this page.
Feb 1st, 2009
Spirit
love the waterproof one… i mean i do need it ^^
Feb 1st, 2009
Peter
@Rob
You actually tried to ‘measure’ how large the big earbuds were?
Your still a virgin arn’t you…
Anyhoo, the Rithm Speakers are simply stunning
Feb 1st, 2009
pickupjojo
Really nice feature!
Feb 1st, 2009
michael
Niall, if you think all these speakers just look pretty, you’re kinda wrong. I’ve seen & heard the ZEPPELIN and the quality of the sounds is amazing !!!
well, it’s from B&W,
Feb 1st, 2009
arn z
@Rob:
Maybe you should haved written “I didn’t pay attention in school or I might have guessed that 500x larger refers to the volume, so any one dimension would scale by the cube root of 500, or about 7.94, so 3.5” (What dimesion of an earbud is 3.5 “, BTW?) would become only a little over two feet, not 1750 feet.
Feb 1st, 2009
audey
They all look great, but most leave me wondering about the acoustic properties.
Feb 2nd, 2009
Ryan
Also rob, 3.5″ * 500 =1750″ 1750/12 =145.83′.
So your math was wrong, and as others pointed out, which dimension are you limiting yourself to?
Feb 2nd, 2009
Estan
Really nice feature!!
Feb 2nd, 2009
herbz
colour changing sterio system is amazing trust me ! :}
Feb 2nd, 2009
muscleman
have anyone of u used this H85B iPod Speaker???
Feb 2nd, 2009
ali
@muscleman it is usefull you can try man :)
Feb 2nd, 2009
harry
wooow
very good
I live in iran
i like you and my girl frend!!!
Feb 3rd, 2009
Estan
Very interesting speakers and systems. I want some of this :D .
Feb 3rd, 2009
lovesflsun
These all look nice, but I bet they all sound like crap!
Feb 3rd, 2009
mehran
oh my goooooooood… .
Feb 4th, 2009
nima
that’s the best.go ahead
Feb 4th, 2009
amanullah
woow!!!
it’s amazing, but i like more sony roll sound.
Feb 4th, 2009
Hamidreza
Very nice!
خیلی زیبا بود.
Feb 4th, 2009
gary
Neat collection. You forget to include this beauty from Castiglione Morelli / Altec Lansing. :: A light bulb that’s actually a speaker ::
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/01/22/bulb-sound-speaker-puts-your-music-in-your-lamp/
Feb 5th, 2009
Anton
Very, very COOL!
Feb 5th, 2009
danielle
I loveeee the beolab speakers and the waterproof ipod speakers and the munny speakers… XDDD so much creativity…
Feb 6th, 2009
kylehase
The profile of the Rithm Speakers look like the Star Trek logo.
Feb 7th, 2009
Dave
The ceramic paper speakers are are revolutionary…gotta love the wterproof ipod speaker
Feb 7th, 2009
yamaha
ceramic speaker is totally cool, but i love the munny speaker best…thumbs up on SU!
Feb 9th, 2009
J. Martin
Those are all really cool. I especially like the SonicUms; speakers that look like speakers? Great Stuff.
Feb 9th, 2009
alien64
Here’s a piece of advice: don’t buy the XL500 speakers, the ones that look like the iPod headphones but bigger… what a waste of $50. The plastic is cheap and could break when dropped, and the quality of the sound is just awful. I recommend you stay away from it.
Feb 10th, 2009
Mel
my friend actually has lego speakers. There not very loud but they look awesome:P
And the lumppy bits that would connect a normal lego block are volume buttons :)
x
Mar 17th, 2009
JD
Rock on
Mar 19th, 2009
Vicky
the louder the better!
Mar 24th, 2009
thibel
all awesome
Jun 7th, 2009
saghi
wwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooww
Aug 11th, 2009
andreas
Oh yes !!!
500XL Speakers looks cool:)
Sep 12th, 2009
ferko
sound quality is more importanat than design, no guys?
Sep 17th, 2009
thea
It really depends what you want from a speaker – if it’s more cheap plastic junk to clog our waterways then most of these will be perfect – but that’s not really want the planet needs. We need to be a little more conscious and buy things that are built to stand the test of time.
Oct 19th, 2009
thatisocool
i love the waterproof ipod speakers!!! :D
Nov 20th, 2009
Frank
really nice things!!!
Nov 25th, 2009
irwanS
iH85B ipod speaker………..it’s cool….
How do i get it…?!
Dec 15th, 2009
iQa
nice article,, but what about bang o lufsen’s speaker? can’t wait for the update about this post,, ^^
Jan 25th, 2010
Rachael
Awsome speakers…………I never read comments but I did this time (for once) lol and I am the 2nd 2010 commenter goo mee !!!!! :)
May 26th, 2010
un known
love the apple speakers very creative!!
Jun 2nd, 2010
someone
all are really nice. ceramic ones and yoruzo sound kit are just amazing concepts…wow wow wow!!!
munny doll ones are sick as well XD
Aug 26th, 2010
Su Kyi
Awsome I like most 500XL among them. It is so cute
Dec 12th, 2010