Excellent Russian Fire Extinguisher Speaker Mod

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It's a fact: all the best hardware modders come from Russia. Perhaps its a genetic imprint left behind by 70 years of Stalinism forced everyone to cludge together a solution from flotsam pieces of state-branded tech, everyone in Russia seems to be a maker at heart. Some more proof to add ...

technabob.com - 10/30/2008

fire extinguisher speakers are hot, hot, hot

— technabob.com — These candy apple red cylinders started out life innocently enough as a couple of fire extinguishers. But... after they ran out of foam, they got a second life as a pair of speakers. While it may seem like a simple idea, Russian modder Strannik put ... (more) fire extinguisher speakers are hot, hot, hot

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