I hate when you’re out with your friends and you’re talking about this awesome new song you just downloaded (legally, of course), but no one has any idea what you’re talking about. So you get this bright idea to whip out your iPod so they can hear it for themselves. No big deal, right? Well, I guess not really, but I could poke a few holes in this scenario. For one, who wants to put your crusty ear buds in their own ear? I mean, it might be different if they just happen to traveling with a pair of their own, but seriously, no one wants to swap ear wax just to listen to a song. And two, say your friends and you are so tight that they don’t even notice the amount of wax build-up on your ear buds, I’m not gonna judge you but what about if you have more than one friend who wants to listen to your spectacular music discovery? Do you really expect them to just sit around twiddling their thumbs while your “best friend” gets to go first? You’re basically starting a turf war, when all you wanted to do was broaden everyone’s musical horizons.
If only you had the Keychain Speaker Amp (ThinkGeek, $9.99), then none of this would even be an issue. See, this little device attaches to your keychain, so you’re pretty much always guaranteed to have it on you. How it works is by using any standard headphone input jack to connect to iPods, cell phones, and pretty much any other device you want to get music from. The genius of this tiny amp is that it blasts your music so that everyone around you can hear it. Now, I’m not talking about crazy loud Radio Raheem music amplification, but it’s more than enough to entertain you and your friends. Or you could just go the Radio Raheem route and walk around with a giant boombox on your shoulders blasting Public Enemy. Your choice.
“Let me tell you the story of ‘Right Hand, Left Hand.’ It’s a tale of good and evil. Hate: It was with this hand that Cane iced his brother. Love: These five fingers, they go straight to the soul of man. The right hand: the hand of love. The story of life is this: Static. One hand is always fighting the other hand; and the left hand is kicking much ass. I mean, it looks like the right hand, Love, is finished. But, hold on, stop the presses, the right hand is coming back. Yeah, he got the left hand on the ropes, now, that’s right. Ooh, it’s the devastating right and Hate is hurt, he’s down. Left-Hand Hate K.O.ed by Love.”
4 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Mini powered amp hangs from your keys
-Standard headphone input jack connects to iPods, cell phones, etc.
-USB charging cable for internal battery
