So you’ve got your earbuds on, and you decide that the song you’re listening to is the greatest piece of music ever made. Its sheer sonic perfection inflames your heart with the passionate desire to share this music with everyone else in the coffeeshop, or the airport waiting room, or wherever you happen to be. Sure, the racket might annoy people at first. But you’re convinced that all they need is just one listen to this magnificent song. Their burdens would lift, their breath would lighten, color would shine into their black and white world. Only one problem with this path to universal joy: you’d have to cram your ‘buds into the ears of total strangers. Eeeewww.

Unless, of course, you’d thought ahead and packed the JBL On Tour Portable Multimedia Speakers. Hook ‘em up to your personal MP3 player, CD player, or laptop, and proceed to teach the world to sing. Running on four AAA batteries or the included AC adaptor, this sound-pusher features two Odyssey Neodymium drivers that sound awesome – far better than they should, really. “FEEL THAT BASSLINE?” you’ll bellow at the girl behind the ticket counter. “CHECK THIS DRUM FILL OUT RIGHT HERE! NO, WAIT…HERE! IS THAT AWESOME OR WHAT?” Don’t take it personally when she calls security; she’ll thank you for it later.

In fashionable and convenient form with a high-quality white finish, they travel light but they sound heavy.  And the included nylon drawstring carrying bag makes them easy to tote all over creation. Obviously, you wouldn’t want to install these in your $10K home theater setup. Or, for that matter, your $200 home theater setup. But since the judge has ordered you to stop dragging strangers into your home and forcing them to listen to “THIS TOTALLY SHREDDIN’ GUITAR SOLO,” the JBL On Tour Portable Multimedia Speakers are the best way to show the masses what real music sounds like.