S1 Audio certainly gets points for trying. A few of its representatives were on hand last night at the CES Unveiled event in Manhattan to showcase a few of S1's latest products, two of which warrant mention, if only for pure strangeness.
First are the Bud Buds (above). Add these to the list of gadget whose sole purpose is solving an extremely minor gadget pet peeve. Do you ever share the music from your iPod with friends? Are you sick and tired of having to carry a splitter around, or having to listen to you music out of one ear while your friend borrow the other? Good news: The Bud Buds feature a second pair of headphones built in specifically for that purpose, and that alone.
The second pair attach to the primary headphones, making for a slightly awkward and bulky pair of earbuds.
Also available: the Bud Bud Solo. Rather than hiding four ear buds in two, they hide two in one, so you can use the single ear bud for your cell phone and bust out the second when you want to listen to music. (I asked the PR rep why they didn't just call it the "Bud." She didn't laugh.)
The company also showcased the similarly strange NxSET Music 1 (above). I understand that earbuds can hurt. Heck, I've worn those proprietary Apple headphones, which seem to have been designed for a pygmy elephant. That said, there are all sorts of other less-painful options, like over-the-ear headphones and foam-ear inserts.
The NxSET Music 1, on the other hand, is a sort of a speaker collar that sits around the user's neck, playing music upward. The site boasts the speaker's "private listening and sharing." If you buy this, promise me that you'll never sit next to me on a plane.
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