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The Vamp Audio System Adds Bluetooth To Vintage Parts

The recycling-minded Vamp speaker system is back, and it’s doubling down on its creative audio offerings in a new Kickstarter campaign. British designer Paul Cocksedge originally took inspiration from the astounding number of abandoned but fully functional speakers left curbside throughout his neighborhood. After collecting the wayward electronics for awhile, he put his design chops to work creating a Bluetooth audio tool that could offer modern portability and self-power yet reuse the quality audio resources already at hand. 

The resulting Vamp is a fist-sized rechargeable Bluetooth vehicle that lets you stream straight from the phone to your old stack. Three years after the successful first run, the current campaign debuts the Vamp Stereo and the Vamp Speaker.

The original Vamp connects to any speaker with a standard speaker cable, and now the Vamp Stereo ups the output enough for a traditional stereo experience. Like the original, the Vamp Stereo works via both Bluetooth and standard audio jack should you prefer (assuming your phone or computer still has one). Stick the metal plate on and the Vamp holds on magnetically.

For interested listeners without existing speakers, the Vamp Speaker brings recycled electronics and the Vamp core together as a mobile boombox for the modern set. And that’s not all folks, if you really need to power a party you can connect an additional couple speakers to the Vamp Speaker for MAXIMUM ROCK AND ROLL.

The Vamp charges by micro USB, powers your jams for up to 10 hours, and will come in two two colors of plastic, and three speaker colors. The campaign options even offer a custom-built speaker sculpture made by Cocksedge himself to the audiophile’s specifications. 

Extra booming is a big bonus for little audio tools like this, and I can’t really tell if the new speaker has a handle or other system for comfortable carrying but it still seems like a mindful alternative to a Beats Pill for back yard parties. All in all, the new products look to do a neat job of sticking to a reduce-reuse-recycle ethos, while growing to fit users’ real life applications in the almost post-speaker (but not quite) era.

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