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 put your ‘buds into the ears of total strangers. Eeeewww.

Unless, of course, you’d thought ahead and packed the Virgin Boomtube Portable Speakers. Unscrew ‘em, hook ‘em up to your personal MP3 player, CD player, or laptop, and proceed to teach the world to sing. Running for up to 12 hours on four included AA batteries, this tubular sound-pusher features two two-inch aluminum speakers 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 tube form with a high-quality aluminum finish, they travel light but they sound heavy. When screwed onto their base, the speaker cones are as safe as a joey in a mama kangaroo’s pouch. And the included nylon drawstring carrying bag makes them easy to tote all over creation. We give a big “boo! hiss!” to the lack of an AC adapter, but it does have a jack for one, so if you can find one yourself, you’re golden.

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 Virgin Boomtube Portable Speakers are the best way to show the masses what real music sounds like.

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