DEOS offers up $60,000 diamond-encrusted iPod earphone covers

Yes, you read that right, covers. As in, $60,000 of diamonds that clip onto a standard issue pair of iPod earphones. If the economic hard times are really hitting you hard, you can also opt for a $4,500 set encrusted with black or white diamonds, or even a set covered with the ever-popular multi-colored Swarovski crystals -- a veritable bargain at just $110.

[Via musicradar.com]

[Derek Bradley @ Oct 10th 2008 1:47AM]

All that for some of the worst buds on the planet?? No thanks.

[ImaYam @ Oct 10th 2008 2:01AM]

i sell the best buds!

[)law( @ Oct 10th 2008 2:06AM]

I am pretty sure you have to smoking some awsome buds to even think about those bad buds

[Dylan @ Oct 10th 2008 1:47AM]

Bling for your ear without the hassle of getting it pierced. Fancy.

[Konstantin @ Oct 10th 2008 1:58AM]

Or you could spend your money on something valuable like two years of a college education.

[Pip @ Oct 10th 2008 2:40AM]

Really expensive ear buds... really crappy sound

[Dylan @ Oct 10th 2008 2:27AM]

Yes, but look at the economy, we've all got more than enough money for both. :)

[supreme @ Oct 10th 2008 2:35AM]

waste of time, you probably don't need a fake spare cover.

[bill @ Oct 10th 2008 9:10AM]

No thanks, I'll wait for spinnerz.

[takashisenke @ Oct 10th 2008 1:48AM]

Yet they are not over flashy and show both the good taste and wealth of the wearer,” he added.

Not flashy? Good taste?

lol

[Ray @ Oct 10th 2008 2:03AM]

I wish the app stores communist regime would extend its powers to accessories

[Colin Jones @ Oct 10th 2008 1:50AM]

I'm still waiting for the jewel encrusted condoms to come into the market for the socially exclusive.

[michas_pi @ Oct 10th 2008 2:55AM]

I bet they make the earbuds sound bett- oh wait.

[Lowest Ranked @ Oct 10th 2008 1:52AM]

People who have that much to blow are already listening to their PMP's with $300 BOSE headphones. Epic waste.

[Doug @ Oct 10th 2008 2:06AM]

And BOSE are an epic waste too. Money is much better spent on Shure, Ultimate Ears, or Etymotics. Bose = overhyped and overpriced.

[Reader @ Oct 10th 2008 2:39AM]

Not as big of a waste as spending 4.5k on diamond covers for standard shit ipod headphones.

[Kamokazi @ Oct 10th 2008 8:55AM]

@Doug

That's true, but do you think the idiots who buy this garbage are smart enough to realize Bose is all marketing and no quality?

[noyp @ Oct 10th 2008 11:19AM]

BOSE=Buy Other Sound Equipment

[Tohe @ Oct 10th 2008 1:57AM]

I died! This is a must have to wear along with my fashionable iphone : )

[KNG @ Oct 19th 2008 10:45PM]

"did your earphones break after dropping them?"
"nah, i had $60,000 covers, my ipod earphones are fine"

[)law( @ Oct 10th 2008 2:04AM]

These things scream Salvador Dahli....

[Colin Potter @ Oct 10th 2008 3:53AM]

er.... how so?

[Johan S @ Oct 10th 2008 2:07AM]

A welcome tax on vanity.

[Hemigod @ Oct 10th 2008 2:21AM]

I bet AIG executives got these.

[Dylan @ Oct 10th 2008 2:36AM]

^^ Win. :P

Yes, they probably did. Even if they didn't the severance packages they got that were exceeding 10m should be more than enough to pick up a pair.

iPhone: $200
lavish earbud caps: $60k

Drowning out the tanking of the global economy while knowing your ear-bling costs more than your gardener makes in two years: priceless

[Surfaced @ Oct 10th 2008 2:37AM]

Those look so uncomfortable.

[collegekid13 @ Oct 10th 2008 2:51AM]

think of them as . . . grillz for your ears

[CL @ Oct 10th 2008 3:00AM]

1) it ugly as hell
2) it's still a crappy POS ipod headphone
3) as if the original white ipod headphones don't stand out enough, this thing screams "rob me rob me" 20 times louder

[pavlindrom @ Oct 10th 2008 10:16AM]

And your location is...? Be there in a minute.

[Tamer Brad @ Oct 10th 2008 3:15AM]

at the risk of sounding like a hypocrite on a consumerist blog, these are essentially immoral for a number of reasons

[toxicpiano @ Oct 10th 2008 4:15AM]

Does it come with free cocaine?

[Hardcore @ Oct 10th 2008 4:26AM]

My ipod earphone covers are made from the collective crystallized tears of thousands of poor people.

[Sean Cameron @ Oct 10th 2008 4:46AM]

Yet more proof, as if any more was really needed, that a fool and his money are easily parted!

[mercurysunblast @ Oct 10th 2008 6:24AM]

Ugh. Ugly.

[Backlin @ Oct 10th 2008 8:45AM]

I'll bet diamond encasing for the Premium Earbuds are going to be at least $80,000.

[Blank @ Oct 10th 2008 9:08AM]

Classic example of waste.

If someone had $60,000 spare, id hope they were smart enough to shell out $40 for a pair of half decent earphones & put the other $59,960 into cancer research.

[CJ @ Oct 12th 2008 5:22AM]

Hell, they could splurge and buy a pair of 800 dollar earphones.

I'm sure the cancer council won't mind.

[Metal Geario 360 @ Oct 10th 2008 9:42AM]

Even IF, you have the money...

Any "gadget" diamond ecrusted is impractical. Can you imagine? Paris and P. Diddy having a friendly chat in a (loud) club. Then they both *remove the shiny earbuds from they're ears*, to simultaneously say: "WHAT!?"


Let the teens enjoy theyre rhinstone covered SideKicks and stop with the "zingy creations".

[Magallanes @ Oct 10th 2008 9:44AM]

but the question is :WHY?

[Brian Lowry @ Oct 10th 2008 9:44AM]

Yeah, these will go quite nicely with a bright orange hunting vest! ; )

[Eric @ Oct 10th 2008 11:03AM]

The REAL scam is those diamonds are so small, that's probably a couple thousand worth of diamonds on both buds! And I'm not talking about the white or black diamonds (a.k.a. industrial diamonds).

Why not irradiate them and make them purple? Call them the "Prince" of diamond buds!

[fr3z3rburn @ Oct 10th 2008 11:29AM]

stop wasting time on making crap into even worse crap and make some decent headphones (wired, bluetooth, i dont give a crap) that have a built in mic.

[Low Ranked @ Oct 10th 2008 12:12PM]

Hey, there were people who bought the "I am Rich" app.
Trust, someone will buy this.

[Loonie @ Oct 10th 2008 1:29PM]

... 0_0

.... WHO the hell BUYS this crap???

I weep for humanity.

[Gilbert Tang @ Oct 10th 2008 2:51PM]

It's funny, when I hear the word, "encrusted," especially in relation to diamonds, I know I'm supposed to think, "ooooooooh, faaaaancy."

Instead, however, noting that "crust" is also the shit that forms around my eyes when I sleep, I think about rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer, and other readily available alleged killers of bacteria.

[waste @ Oct 12th 2008 5:15PM]

wouldnt this become obsolete if apple comes out with a new design for their headphone, maybe with next iteration of ipod touch?
that would be a serious waste of 60,000

[Hector @ Oct 10th 2008 7:55PM]

Michael Phelps should get some.

[Yopladas @ Oct 10th 2008 10:14PM]

That wasn't funny if it was meant to be. If it wasn't, You need to make some kind of sense.

[Eros @ Oct 11th 2008 2:30AM]

"Because all you of Earth are idiots!"

[Aaron @ Oct 11th 2008 10:32AM]

Adding more weight to already uncomfortable ear buds at an impossible price? I swear I'll never understand why some people do things...