Triangles are the new squares

Sharp’s DK-AP2 speaker system for the iPod range looks like something that would live on a cylon’s bedside table. Assuming cylon’s have beds that is. One look at it convinced me it was going to sound awful, but a few minutes later I was pleasantly surprised to discover it doesn’t sound half bad.

I hesitate to call it HiFi, or even stereo with the speakers this close together, but I will say it sounds better than it looks, although the ridiculously small remote control could almost be considered “pre-lost” and will almost certainly fail the Knowles destructotest™. I wonder why they even bothered including one.

In this highly competitive sector of the market, it’s going to be hard to beat some of the established iPod speaker systems, so I imagine Sharp are going for the “if you can’t beat them, out outlandish them,” approach. Just about the only places this is going to look at home is the aforementioned cylon’s sleeping pod, or a particularly un-hip NY bachelor pad complete with wall to wall chrome and glass Ikea shelving systems. The daily maid is not going to be too impressed with how hard it is to dust though. At least there are no flashing disco lights on this one.