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This article was posted to Jayber on 18 January 2008 by to the following categories: Residuals.
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Using passive amplification alone, designer Tristan Zimmermann came up with the Phonofone II, which transforms a personal music player into a sort of mini victrola.
From Science & Sons:
[...] Without the use of external power or batteries, the Phonofone [...] exploits the virtues of horn acoustics to boost the audio output of standard earphones to up to 55 decibels* (or roughly the maximum volume of laptop speakers)
This would fit nicely on top of my full-size victrola at home. (Via Veer.)