Piggy speakers are so cute they make us wish we were still vegetarians

We've seen enough little portable speakers in our day, and we're pretty hard to impress at this point. Now, we're not saying that we're "impressed" with the little ceramic pig speaker that you see in the image above, but... there's something somewhat special about it. While we don't have any specs on this one, we can say with a reasonable amount of certainty that this little speaker's not going to impress even the beginner audiophile, but still, we think it's cute enough to warrant a place on our desk, right between our Fender Mini-Deluxe amp and the tiny reproduction Parrothead visor we made for our Chihuahua. These little porkers (which can be plugged into your favorite PMP for maximum blasting of "Margaritaville" on-the-go) seem to be available in Japan only for the time being, and they run ¥4,725 (about $50). They also come in several different colors -- a photo of the other options is after the break.

[Via Technabob]

[darkmax Posted Aug 3rd 2009 1:54AM]

okay.... now you just proved cuteness is indeed extremely subjective....

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:24AM]

I believe only chicks thing pigs are cute.

And probably only a minority of them too.

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:25AM]

think. okay, time for bed.

[glenskey Posted Aug 3rd 2009 5:04AM]

that pig either has worms, or a very rare case of diarrhea.

[NikAmi Posted Aug 3rd 2009 6:45AM]

That is not a cute pig...this is a cute pig:

http://animewriter.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/fear-the-pig.jpg

[newreformation Posted Aug 3rd 2009 1:56AM]

It reminds me of that "energy hog" ad campaign on the radio.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 1:58AM]

I wouldn't stop eating pork if God himself came down from the heavens and attempted to pry the sausages and bacon from my fat greasy fingers.

[KRISC123 Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:11AM]

i choked on my bacon laughing at that

[Sam of the Sun Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:54PM]

I eat meat because I hate animals.

[Gamer Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:10AM]

they should call it Swine Flue speakers
:/

[celloids Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:27AM]

This one is already swine-flued dead pig.

[iKurtz Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:28AM]

I should buy some for iJustine...

[barCODE Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:27AM]

This is exactly what I need to playback my Islamic Prayer chants and songs.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 6:57AM]

roflcopter just crashed

[Valicore Posted Aug 3rd 2009 7:00PM]

ROFLMAOoOooooo damn that one actually made me laugh-out-loud lol.

[macona Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:32AM]

The really went whole hog on this one...

[letstakeawalk Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:36AM]

Perfect gift for Pink Floyd fans.

[2d546a2d Posted Aug 3rd 2009 2:47AM]

If I had these I'd swap out those straight cords out for the twirly type. That way it'd be more pig.

[bombastinator Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:09AM]

this is obviously the thing to play what with the veggie thing an all
http://www.soundsnap.com/node/22051

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 3:41AM]

Not cute at all... And what's with the gold pig? :(

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:28AM]

the gold one is like those Chinese gold piggy banks but since it's a speaker, it will instead tell a pre-recorded fortune everyday

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:01AM]

letstakeawalk FTW. swineflu? FAIL. Audio folks... Audio. letstakeawalk after my own pig valve heart...

[letstakeawalk Posted Aug 4th 2009 2:06AM]

"Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are..."

Cool, man, cool.

[SimonRichards Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:10AM]

Mono... ='(

[pohatu771 Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:43AM]

That was my thought... no chance that plugs into another pig, which is housing another speaker?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2009 4:34AM]

I prefer to listen to 'Pigs (three different ones)'

[letstakeawalk Posted Aug 4th 2009 2:02AM]

You and Mike are welcome at my place, anytime.

[joe23521 Posted Aug 3rd 2009 10:45AM]

Pigs - cute AND delicious!

[dan325013 Posted Aug 3rd 2009 10:50AM]

Besides the decent/ poor audio quality, is there any reason you wouldn't want this????