Cut’n’Paste Audio

September 24, 2009

Cut’n’Paste Audio

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009 Even the fanciest hi-fi speakers have a paper cone vibrating at their cores, but we’d never thought of putting the paper on the outside. Princeton’s DIY kits do exactly that, housing a plastic speaker unit in a cardboard case that you get to cut out and glue together […]

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Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2009

Courtesy of Princeton

Courtesy of Princeton


Even the fanciest hi-fi speakers have a paper cone vibrating at their cores, but we’d never thought of putting the paper on the outside. Princeton’s DIY kits do exactly that, housing a plastic speaker unit in a cardboard case that you get to cut out and glue together yourself. They cop their retro stylings from the audio equipment of yesteryear: take your pick from the bright red boom-box, the chunky midi system and the amp/record player combo. Then transport things back into the present by jacking it into your computer’s USB and pumping out the latest ghetto-bass hits. Wicked.

Princeton PSP-NXT Paper Speakers, ¥1,980. Available from electronics stores and Amazon Japan