Mixing passions: The Dubstein Bluetooth speaker mug

By Paul Ridden

June 24, 2014

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Jansen White with a pre-production Dubstein

The eye-catching speaker grille

Two years in development, and 20 prototypes, the Dubstein is now being prepped for production

The Dubstein will come supplied with a dishwasher-safe, BPA-free drinks container, which slides into the main body

The insert can be removed to pop in a favorite bottle or can beverage

The current prototype makes use of custom electronics, but the production version will see third party components being merged in

The main body is home to a pair of 3 W, 40 mm full-range neodymium speaker drivers, a Class-D amp and a 24-bit DAC

Bluetooth 4.0 technology is used to wirelessly feed in some tunes from a paired device

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Paul Ridden

While Paul is loath to reveal his age, he will admit to cutting his IT teeth on a TRS-80 (although he won't say which version). An obsessive fascination with computer technology blossomed from hobby into career before hopping over to France for 10 years, where he started work for New Atlas in 2009. Now back in his native Blighty, he serves as Managing Editor in Europe.

3 comments

someguy June 25, 2014 11:54 AM

I know I'm that guy again, but it seems that nowadays 2 people cannot talk to one another without having a smartphone lying between them playing "music". Noise must be everywhere, let's not have any awkward silence. I can already picture myself in a beer garden, and at every table they have 1 or more of those things, running their crap... I really wish that not everything would be sacrificed for money...

Bob Flint June 25, 2014 01:19 PM

Aside of the noise intrusion to everyone else, why on earth would one want to have to hoist a (pound and a half?) of throbbing boomstein up every time I take a sip of whatever?