DEOS offers up $60,000 diamond-encrusted iPod earphone covers
By Donald Melanson 
posted October 10th 2008 1:41AM
posted October 10th 2008 1:41AM
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]
[Via musicradar.com]
All that for some of the worst buds on the planet?? No thanks.
i sell the best buds!
I am pretty sure you have to smoking some awsome buds to even think about those bad buds
Bling for your ear without the hassle of getting it pierced. Fancy.
Or you could spend your money on something valuable like two years of a college education.
Really expensive ear buds... really crappy sound
Yes, but look at the economy, we've all got more than enough money for both. :)
waste of time, you probably don't need a fake spare cover.
No thanks, I'll wait for spinnerz.
Yet they are not over flashy and show both the good taste and wealth of the wearer,” he added.
Not flashy? Good taste?
lol
I wish the app stores communist regime would extend its powers to accessories
I'm still waiting for the jewel encrusted condoms to come into the market for the socially exclusive.
I bet they make the earbuds sound bett- oh wait.
People who have that much to blow are already listening to their PMP's with $300 BOSE headphones. Epic waste.
And BOSE are an epic waste too. Money is much better spent on Shure, Ultimate Ears, or Etymotics. Bose = overhyped and overpriced.
Not as big of a waste as spending 4.5k on diamond covers for standard shit ipod headphones.
@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?
BOSE=Buy Other Sound Equipment
I died! This is a must have to wear along with my fashionable iphone : )
"did your earphones break after dropping them?"
"nah, i had $60,000 covers, my ipod earphones are fine"
These things scream Salvador Dahli....
er.... how so?
A welcome tax on vanity.
I bet AIG executives got these.
^^ 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
Those look so uncomfortable.
think of them as . . . grillz for your ears
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
And your location is...? Be there in a minute.
at the risk of sounding like a hypocrite on a consumerist blog, these are essentially immoral for a number of reasons
Does it come with free cocaine?
My ipod earphone covers are made from the collective crystallized tears of thousands of poor people.
Yet more proof, as if any more was really needed, that a fool and his money are easily parted!
Ugh. Ugly.
I'll bet diamond encasing for the Premium Earbuds are going to be at least $80,000.
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.
Hell, they could splurge and buy a pair of 800 dollar earphones.
I'm sure the cancer council won't mind.
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".
but the question is :WHY?
Yeah, these will go quite nicely with a bright orange hunting vest! ; )
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!
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.
Hey, there were people who bought the "I am Rich" app.
Trust, someone will buy this.
... 0_0
.... WHO the hell BUYS this crap???
I weep for humanity.
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.
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
Michael Phelps should get some.
That wasn't funny if it was meant to be. If it wasn't, You need to make some kind of sense.
"Because all you of Earth are idiots!"
Adding more weight to already uncomfortable ear buds at an impossible price? I swear I'll never understand why some people do things...