Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends
The iPod Gramophone
I like my iPod as much as the next guy (as long as I'm not standing next to Chris Breen, that is. He REALLY likes his iPod, a little too much if you ask me) but I've often found the device not to be 'Olde Timey' enough for me. Thank goodness the thoughtful people at Hammacher Schlemmer are selling The iPod Gramophone for a little less than $500.The iPod Gramophone isn't a fancy set of speakers (we have no need for your woofers nor your tweeters here), but rather a horn to the bottom of which you attach your iPod headphones. Through the power of 'authentic horn acoustics' whatever your iPod is playing can be amplified to up to 55 decibels louder, not to mention the exponential increase in your steampunk street cred.
I don't know about you, but I would like to see more accessories making use of authentic horn acoustics.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
w00t said 5:43PM on 7-02-2008
Man that's gonna sound soooo terrible, especially for $500...
You know that'd get you some really nice floorstanders! :D
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Jaioxung said 5:45PM on 7-02-2008
sweet.
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Joe RIckerby said 7:02PM on 7-02-2008
absolutely frickin love it.
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Frank said 7:47PM on 7-02-2008
i love it, too -- now i'm hoping some ingenious steampunker at intructables.com tells us how to roll our own one of these for, say, less than about $30... because that's the only way i'm going to be using one of these. sigh.
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MacSheikh said 10:51PM on 7-02-2008
Great idea, ugly design (to me, at least). For one, the base looks like one of those footstools. And all white? They should at least spend some money on a decent designer! Still, the idea is good.
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Paul Merrill said 12:13PM on 7-03-2008
Not sure the old/new juxtaposition works for me.
And $500?? Spend another $100 to buy a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin.
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David said 12:15PM on 7-03-2008
You guys should check out the Black limited ed. it's so beautiful http://charlesandmarie.com/lifestyle-gems/search/search/product/phonofone-ii-limited-edition-black-1/?tx_ttproducts_pi1%5BbackPID%5D=544&swords=Phonofone%2520II&tstmp=1215101618
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mike said 3:17PM on 7-03-2008
Ow, my eyes!
Do a Google image search for "gramophone horn" to see dozens of more elegant designs: flowers, art deco, delicate subtlety, brass craftsmanship, no plastic extrusions wrapped around a bakelite makeup box sitting on a step-stool.
example: http://www.electronetwork.org/assemblage/zone4/sparkspeak.htm
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uds said 1:18AM on 7-04-2008
It looks a lot like a toilet.
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w00t said 6:51PM on 7-04-2008
Dude, you've been shitting in your grandma's gramophone?
uds said 2:41AM on 7-05-2008
Apparently! :-)