Aug 08

The worst-sounding speaker ever

Posted in: Today's Chili

Plug 'em into an iPod or your computer

(Credit: Steve Guttenberg)

A couple of days ago I blogged about possibly (hopefully) the world’s most expensive speaker, Transmission Audio’s Ultimate ($1,000,000 each), so I guess it makes sense to write up a dirt cheap speaker, Kikkerland’s Woodchuck iPod/computer speakers.

Thing is, Kikkerland’s Web site doesn’t list the Woodchuck, but I see it’s on Amazon going for $13.99 a pair. So I guess I can’t complain too much, but the sound is so weak, bassless, trebleless, and dynamically compressed the Woodchuck is without doubt the lamest sounding speaker I’ve ever heard. Kinda sounds like the speaker in my Panasonic answering machine.

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Originally posted at The Audiophiliac

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