Okay, this might be something a lot of you are like, “Duh, I’ve been doing that for years!”, but I’m going to share it with you anyway.
I was in the kitchen cleaning out the fridge, listening to She & Him on my iPhone, and I said to Greg, “We should get some iPhone speakers for the kitchen.” Without saying a word, he brought me a glass, reached over, took my iPhone, cranked up the volume, and put in down in the glass. Woah! The kitchen was immediately filled with music.
Greg just walked out of the room, ignoring my total geek-out moment. He later explained that the concave shape of the glass amplifies the sound and that he saw it on LifeHacker a few years ago (check out that post here). And here I was thinking he was just super genius.
She & Him has a lot of reverb on the vocals, and the glass tends to add a bit more; so I got scientific and switched out the glass for a coffee mug. It’s a bit shorter, so, for some reason, it tunes down the echo effect. I’m sure there’s a long, explanation as to why, but I’m not that smart. I leave that up to Greg – who should probably be the one writing this post come to think of it.
I like how I don’t have to have a big bulky speaker on the counter or anything to plug in. It’s a simple and easy solution. It’s so simple it’s silly. Pretty cool, right?
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Very cool – Way to go Greg!
I like to use ceramic bowls. they work GREAT! ♥
I’ve never heard of this, but thanks for sharing. This is awesome! I bought a small set of speakers but they sucked. I’m going to try this today while I cook dinner.
What a super cool tip, thank you!!
Renee
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This is so helpful. I did it one day with a bowl, my husband thought I was crazy, but it works and best of all it’s free
Thanks for the heads up! I’ve used a bowl before but wasn’t impressed, can’t wait to try it!
Such a great tip! Thanks for sharing your geek out moment,
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Question… where did you get your glasses?
No problem, haha! They are from Crate&Barrel. They don’t have them on their website anymore, but they might in the store. These are very similar: http://bit.ly/cfV4Kr
Hope that helps!
*like* – what a great idea!
Love this- it’s great when you’re getting ready in a hotel or something where you don’t have your dock etc.
BTW… I LOVE/DESPERATELY WANT those light blue ceramic vegetable containers in the second picture. Where’d you get yours?
Thanks! I picked those up at Anthropologie. Here’s the link: http://anthrpl.ge/zmUnJI
Why didn’t I think of that?! I’ll tell you why….I’m not that smart! Too cool! I WILL be doing this.
I really like this idea!
I saw that on Pintrest like a month ago. Freaked out, showed my husband and got “yeah, I know.” So darn cool!
IT’S SO SIMPLE! TRIED IT THIS MORNING AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY:) LOVE YOUR BLOG, GUYS!
Love that! My engineer husband might just geek out a little when I show him…
What an incredibly awesome tip!