Weirdest speakers to redefine your music experience

Here's a cute set of chair-shaped speakers for your iPod. The legs of the chair are two 4Ω speakers. You can place your iPod in the seat of the chair while the arms hold it in place. This weighs only 160 grams and measures 158 x 140 x 108mm.

Here's an uber chic set of tubular speakers made of polished aluminum. The speakers can be swiveled in any direction. The most unique and interesting feature is the central single button control. The Stripy control changes colors as you tap it - pinky-white when turned on, blue for bass control when tapped once, green for treble control when tapped twice, and thrice turns it back to standard volume control. The Stripy produces 9 watts of sound (4.5 watts RMS per channel) making it the best-in-class portable set of speakers.

iWoofer is a cool, futuristic looking set of iPod speakers. It packs in quite a few features at its size. It is the smallest set of speakers to have radio and a downfiring sub-woofer. The iPod can be docked on top the set making it a good position to watch your videos.

Now, this one's weird! The oddly named Dead Bbudd speaker will surely appeal to the kinky side in you. With two crosses for eyes and speakers set in the feet, it would make quite the desktop companion.

Man's best friend belting out music with this high-end set of speakers looks more like a piece of modern art. The clear winner in our list here, it was designed by Buro Vormkrijgers, a Dutch design studio founded by Sander Mulder and Dave Keune. You sure need a sense of humor though to have it in your house!

Nothing proves cool like showing off your iPod. And what could make you look cooler than iPod earbuds exactly 500 times larger than the original? They have a built-in amp and will run on USB, AC, or battery power. You can use them with your iPod but since you can't exactly fit them into your ears they will probably stay on your desktop.

Here's the perfect gift for your girlfriend - the BooRu BooRu speakers! These weird soft toy shaped speakers have controls on the stomach, eyeballs and ears. They run on batteries and have an in-built FM radio.

No, they are not moon walking robots. They are hand crafted speakers designed by former BMW designer Aonghus O’hEocha. They pack in an impressive 200-watt, clearest three-dimensional sound stage performance. These three feet high speakers could hurt your pocket quite a bit

A piece of art and priced like one, the Sogno speakers are designed by the NTY Line studio in Lyons. They are designed carefully to reproduce the sound of Stradivarius violins. They are over six feet tall made of stainless steel and tonewood from the Fiemme Valley in Italy. With a frequency response of 150 to 20,000Hz, it is for the serious audiophile who is seriously rich too!

You will have to buy a Mac to go with these speakers! Not only was designer Hywel Vaughan inspired by the shape but also the name is the botanical name of garlic.Speakers that sound as good as they look will transform your desk.