Normally, we wouldn't consider £2,500 to be affordable for a set of surround-sound speakers. But when said speakers come from Bang & Olufsen, legendary purveyors of stupidly expensive stuff, and they've got a rather exciting aluminium design, well, then we're cooking on gas. Read More >>

The La Boite Concept LD120 is a Bluetooth-powered desk with 120 watts of speaker packed inside. Made of real leather, piano wood and old-school tactile knobs, it's probably the most beautiful speaker you've ever laid eyes on, but at one-thousand-bleeding-quid, it's also damn expensive. Read More >>

Muji's known for its ultra-minimalistic take on everything from office supplies, to apparel, to electronics like this simple splash-proof speaker housing for a smartphone that still provides full access to its touchscreen. Read More >>

Ugh. Everything. Right? Time to walk over to the bookshelf and vent some aggression with this extremely compact and heavily designed £530 speaker. This is the life. Read More >>

Forget pulling a wagon filled with kids. If you really want to enjoy a day at the beach you'll hit the sand with this speaker-packed wagon in tow. A pair of 12-volt batteries power the Blastmaster XL's 2,000 watt sound system for up to 40 hours of non-stop partying, and yes, it comes with cup holders. Read More >>

With an endless supply of streaming media at our fingertips, who in their right mind would spend money on a radio these days? That's probably the same question Lexon's designers were asking themselves, just before they came up with the stunning design for the company's Flow FM radio. Read More >>

There are plenty of speaker solutions out there for turning your iOS device something of a future-boombox, but none are quite as awesomely old-school as using re-purposed brass instruments. Read More >>

The Blaster is Nixon's fist Bluetooth speaker. It's supposed to last 18 hours on just a single charge. Read More >>

Looking to expand its expertise outside imaging products, Fujifilm researchers have developed what's called an electroacoustic film — which is basically a fancy way of saying an ultra-flat speaker that's flexible enough to roll up and stash in your jacket pocket. Read More >>

After recently binning most of its interest in the TV market, Philips has now sold off its remaining home entertainment teams, leaving the once mighty tech company to focus on mundane kitchen and health products. Read More >>

Bowers & Wilkins makes some of our favourite audio hardware. We also happen to love AirPlay—so the union of the two should be terrific, right? Sort of. The A7 speaker is tremendous—but it's just so, so expensive. Read More >>

JVC Kenwood has released a set of bewildering wireless wooden speakers in Japan. Looking more like just a speaker frame, the pair vibrate to produce sounds, which unfortunately means their bass performance is non-existent. Read More >>

Bang and Olufsen, the audio systems for wealthy ears, has a new sound system that is meant to be built inside the wall. Made with the BeoLab 15, the BeoLab 16 and Amplifier 1, the system can literally create a wall of sound. Read More >>

It almost looks like an over-the-top prank by the Onion, but this £19,000 coffin—equipped with speakers and a wireless streaming sound system—is apparently real. Even its name, the CataCombo Sound System, seems like something made up for an SNL commercial parody. But if you can't bear the idea of spending the afterlife without your favourite playlist, this is the coffin for you. Read More >>

"Welcome. I am honoured to accept your waste" says the Japanese toilet to Homer Simpson as a rainbow springs from the bowl. Japan is full of toilets from the ingenious to the insane and the country has built up a reputation as the origin of some of the world's most multi-functional commodes. Read More >>