Case Of Bass

This is one of those Portland businesses where you have to say «wow that’s cool». Case of Bass takes apart thrift store and garage sale speakers and installs them in thrift store and garage sale suitcases. They are following the trend towards all in one iPOD speakers, rather than having pairs of speakers. These are not hi-​fi speakers for critical listeners. The drivers are chosen by eye and the electronics are tuned by ear which means they will be idiosyncratic. On the other hand, most people are not critical listeners as would be a recording engineer. So the speakers are more design curiosity objects. They have handles for easy moving, though I doubt they are particularly rainproof! Case of Bass has even built an experimental backpack speaker, the Bass-​Pack.
These speakers are great for stylists, photo shoots and displays. They have been successful in that world and you can see examples in the press section of their website and follow on their social media. About twice a year, they open their workshop and showroom for First Thursday — they are down the hall from Hellion Gallery. Otherwise they sell over the web and by appointment.
These cool speakers are guaranteed to get the party started for your design friends.