Bird Electron's EZ17-B speaker puts your old iPod nano / Shuffle case to work

Don't pretend that you've "thrown away" or "misplaced" your old iPod nano / Shuffle case -- we know you Apple folk respect Cupertino's packaging just as much as what's inside (we kid, we kid). If you just so happen to have the case that your first- or second-generation nano / second- or third-generation Shuffle came in, Bird Electron's EZ17-B speaker will give it a new reason for hanging around. Apparently, the speaker simply slips into the old case and gets its power from whatever DAP you attach to it. 'Course, this leads us to believe that you won't be rockin' any after-prom parties with just one of these bad boys, but it should do the trick in the backseat of a car. Still, we've got better things to do with $39.99 than spend it on this, but to each his / her own, right?

[Via AudioJunkies]

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 11:51AM]

$40 for 1/2 a speaker?

O.o

I could get a $10 pair of speakers and get the same sound quality...

[Liamness Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:52PM]

It'll sound awful. The thin plastic case will suck out all the bass and definition.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 2:56PM]

$80 for half an iPod?

O.o

I could get a $40 zen stone plus and get the same sound quality

[Esat Dedezade Posted Jan 23rd 2008 11:52AM]

Wow. No one will buy this.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 11:56AM]

That's where you're absolutely wrong.

Granted, it won't be a hot selling item, but there are going to be a lot of zealots who eat, sleep, breath, and sh*t Apple, who will jump on this like fat on Oprah!

[meegoo Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:07PM]

That'd be pretty cool for $10 or less. $40 is just ridiculous.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:11PM]

Apple should include this for free just for you buying the shittyshuffle...

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:41PM]

Heh....instead of headphones? :P

[Edward D Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:14PM]

correction: 2nd or 3rd generation nano packaging. The 1st gen nano came in a cardboard box like very other iPod of its time.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:20PM]

i have about 5 iphone boxes- what are the chances of a surround system coming out soon?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:20PM]

this looks like so DIY stuff. 40 bucks is just plain absurd.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 1:11PM]

DIY doesn't mean bad. Hell, in high-end, it usually means better, as with DIY, you don't need to produce a profit, so people go with crazy designs that sound good, but would cost too much to mass produce and just wouldn't sell.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:22PM]

this looks like so DIY stuff. 40 bucks is just plain absurd.

[MeanSpyvie Posted Jan 23rd 2008 12:29PM]

Way back in the day I made a speaker box out of a CB radio driver and a Tupperware butter dish that looked a lot like this. Sitting on top of my 13” CGA monitor and plugged in to my 8 bit original mono Soundblaster card the speaker didn't sound too bad when it squaked out “Welcome to Chuck Yeager's Air Combat”

Sorry for the irrelevant comment...

[hatboysam Posted Jan 23rd 2008 3:18PM]

Not gonna lie i have the box for the 3 ipods ive ever owned (new shuffle, 5G, 3G) and the 5G box still has most of the original shrink wrapping on it and could pass for new.

[potatotron Posted Jan 23rd 2008 5:10PM]

Why are you telling us this?

[hatboysam Posted Jan 24th 2008 6:11PM]

It was a response to the first few lines of the article, sorry if i sounded like an idiot fanboy.