A Surround Sound Speaker, Not A Dartboard

The EOps i24R3 Portable isn’t just the product of a design student and a 3D modelling program. It’s a real, wireless, waterproof, single-speaker surround sound system that was just announced by Hong Kong designer Michael Young. How does it work?

The design is basically one sealed sound chamber filled with enough speakers for an authentic surround sound experience: four 2.6-inch flat speakers and two 4.5-inch passive radiator speakers. You’ll find a 2×10W Class D amplifier squeezed in that shell as well.

Plugging in or operating off a built-in lithium polymer battery, the i24R3 has no inputs, instead receiving signals over 2.4GHz wireless USB or A2DP Bluetooth — yes, from software like iTunes and devices like iPhones.

And while we have no idea how it actually sounds or how much it actually costs, we have too many regularly intoxicated friends with too good access to aerodynamic implements to ever invest in one of our own. [Michael Young via The Design Blog]