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Related: About this forumSound System Coffin Lets Audiophiles Rock Out For Eternity
http://gizmodo.com/5968126/sound-system-coffin-lets-audiophiles-rock-out-for-eternityIt almost looks like an over-the-top prank by the Onion, but this $30,700 coffinequipped with speakers and a wireless streaming sound systemis apparently real. Even its name, the CataCombo Sound System, seems like something made up for an SNL commercial parody. But if you can't bear the idea of spending the afterlife without your favorite playlist, this is the coffin for you.
The system comprises three separate components: CataPlay, a custom application that lets you, or your loved ones, build and manage a playlist. CataTomb, an upgradeable server (after all, innovation doesn't stop when your body does) with a 4G connection that streams tunes from Spotify and displays track data on a 7-inch display.
And then there's the CataCoffin itself, your typical wooden burial box but accentuated with a pair of 2-way speakers and an 8-inch subwoofer that have been fine tuned for each coffin's interior. It seems like a lot of money and hassle for someone that's going to be a pile of dust in a few months, but at least paying it off over a couple of years will help keep them in your memory.
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Sound System Coffin Lets Audiophiles Rock Out For Eternity (Original Post)
UrbScotty
Dec 2012
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)1. I want to read the customer reviews
as I remarked upon reading about this in the Lounge
MADem
(135,425 posts)2. How would the system be serviced under warranty?
You'd need to hire a backhoe if the "system" had to be exhumed for service!!!
I just think anyone with tens of thousands of dollars to piss away on something like this could buy it if they'd like....but should they?
I mean, jeeze, what a waste of money....imagine how many hungry kids that cash could feed...!
Wilms
(26,795 posts)3. Is this a death metal thing?