Weird speakers for your musical joy

Mar 10, 2008 08:51 GMT  ·  By
A neat speaker/toy or speaker/BDSM figurine, depending on what you're looking for.
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   A neat speaker/toy or speaker/BDSM figurine, depending on what you're looking for.

After looking at these interesting desktop speakers from all the angles, I guess it's all a matter of personal bias; one thing is sure, though: the Dutch Dead Bbudd is one speaker set you don't run into every day. You're most likely wondering what's with the "fetish" in the title; well, I must say that Dead Bbudd looks pretty much like a BDSM doll, despite its fairly non-sexual and well-behaved purpose. We're talking a desktop speaker system shaped like a sitting humanoid, with chubby arms and feet, looking like a toy and ultimately, capable to let you enjoy the tunes from your portable media player or PC.

[admark=1]Moreover, the Dead Bbudd is covered entirely in black, shiny polyurethane leather and has its eyes X-ed out; after all, it's dead and clearly showing this off. At the first glance, I must admit it resembles fairly well to a bondage puppet you see in the "alternative" shows. Nevertheless it has absolutely nothing obviously kinky, unless you want to find such features. From another angle, the Dead Bbudd looks indeed like a neat puppet, quite friendly, even with its X eyes; and the overall chubby build helps things be even more cuddly, no matter whether you're a child or a grown-up.

The speakers have been placed in Dead Bbudd's feet: in his soles, to be more precise. This helps for a better sound directivity, as the Bbudd sits down. No specs on power rating or frequency range are yet available but really, you shouldn't expect Hi-Fi, as the Dead Bbudd has been designed as an accessory toy with extended functionality and not to give you high-def audio. Its speaker system is passive (maybe because he's dead?) and it will easily connect to any music source running with a stereo 3.5mm jack. Some small battery-powered amping could have made a great difference, yet again, the Dead Bbudd is for fun.

Selling for around $38, the Dead Bbudd will look neat on your desktop; and it's up to you to choose the right answer if friends would happen to ask you about your secret SM life.

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A neat speaker/toy or speaker/BDSM figurine, depending on what you're looking for.
The X-ed eyes look cute, though.
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