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My Audio Pet Duets speakers can pair up for twice the audio punch!

These cute little My Audio Pet speakers look like animals, as you’d guess from the name.  They are just a little bigger than a golf ball, and they have a 3W audio driver that packs a punch for such a small package.  They connect via Bluetooth to your audio device to serve as an external speaker.  Best of all, they support TWS (true wireless stereo) technology, so you can pair two of them up for “impressive, rich, clear, quality sound and robust bass that will surprise you”.   They have rechargeable batteries, so they are portable.  And they even have a built-in mic for use as a hands-free phone.  Each My Audio Pet is $29.99, but you can get 50% off a second one for a limited time.  The Duets are available at the My Audio Pet website, Amazon, and at T-Mobile stores.

Pad & Quill introduces the first all-leather bumper case for iPhone X

Three years ago, Brian at Pad & Quill found his father’s old leather coin purse.  He was intrigued by the walled leather construction of the purse, and he set about incorporating that design into an iPhone case.  It took three years to develop their propriety tension method of containing the phone in the all-leather case, but they are finally ready to launch the Traveler Leather iPhone X Bumper Case.

This bumper is made only of full-grain leather – no plastic, metal, or silicone.  All ports and cameras are left uncovered, and all buttons are easily operated through the leather.  This handmade bumper case has UV-resistant nylon stitching.  Your iPhone X snaps into the protective leather case, and after a couple of days to break in, the Traveler will fit your iPhone X like a glove, and it will fit comfortably in your hand.  The Traveler Leather iPhone X Bumper Case is $59.95 at Pad & Quill.

Cubcoats: stuffed animals your kids can wear

You won’t have to worry your young child will lose her favorite lovey when she’s wearing it while out of the house.  Cubcoats are stuffed plush toys in the form of bears, foxes, puppies, whales, and other animals.  They are perfect playthings until it’s time to go, then you can open up the plush toy into a premium heather gray cotton-blend hoodie to keep your child warm – and his toy safely with him on your travels.  The hood will even have small animal ears to match the plush animal’s form; the whale will have a “blow hole” instead of ears, of course.  When you get back home, you can transform the jacket back into the plush toy.

No matter which animal you choose, it always opens into a heather-gray jacket.  The plush animal shell hides away inside a zipper compartment inside the hood.  If your child doesn’t like the little ears on the hood, they can also be hidden away inside the zippered hood compartment.

Cubcoats are available in a variety of animal shapes and colors and in unisex little kid sizes 2, 3, or 4-5.  They are $59.00 directly from the Cubcoats website.

$4500 buys you the most unique speaker I’ve ever seen

For $4500, you would hope that this speaker would be the most unique ever right? Well, the Lyric Speaker from COTODAMA is definitely unique. It features a unique (Ok, I’ll stop using that word now) see-thru panel that displays animated song lyrics in real time with the music.

The Lyric Speaker uses WiFi and a free app on your mobile device to use the speaker with your favorite audio streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play, SoundCloud, Youtube, and more.

As the music plays, the speaker uses Lync Sync to analyze the mood and structure of the song to pick specific fonts and animations to use when showing the lyrics.

Check out the video below and I’m sure that you’ll agree with me that the effect is ultra cool.

Now back to the price tag. If you want a COTODAMA Lyric Speaker, it’s going to cost you big time. The $4500 price tag is beyond insane. Is it worth it? I have no idea, but this has to be the most unique (sorry, there’s that word again) speaker that I’ve seen in forever.

Head over lyric-speaker.com for more info.

A Brutalist approach to speakers

When you ask someone what speakers are made of, most younger people would say plastic or metal (portable Bluetooth speakers) while older people might say wood (think your father’s stereo system). I can guarantee you that no one would say concrete. That kind of thinking might change if Brutalist-Lab has anything to do with it. Brutalist-Lab (even the name sounds hard) makes the new Monolith line of concrete bookshelf speakers. Granted they may not be the first, but their approach is different. Not only are they hand-made in Budapest, Hungary, but  Brutalist-Labs offers three styles of concrete. Who knew concrete comes in styles?

The Omana style is done in collaboration with Omana Design utilizing a special acid etching technique which results in a totally unique bluish-cyan surface.

The Italian inspired Terrazzo style never ages. The minimalist black on white look is made from basalt and crashed marble giving the surface a smooth appearance.

Lastly, the Shibori style brings out a starscape look with Brutalist-Lab’s own technique of concrete coloring. Once again, the result is a one-of-a-kind speaker.

Each speaker features a full-range 3-inch driver combined with a bass reflex enclosure at the back of the concrete cabinet. The power rating is 20 watts with a maximum of 40 watts. Dimensions are 13.3 in. tall X  in. wide X 4.75 in. deep. Brutalist-Lab is now selling these had-made speakers for €395 ($463 US). Visit www.brutalist-lab.com for more information.