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Phones these days have morphed into our home office and entertainment center. They function as a camera, address book, scheduler, gaming device, web browser, music library, movie screen, and legions of other functions far beyond Alexander Graham Bell’s vision. But if you’ve ever used the iPhone’s build in speakers to add music to your personal sidecountry or backcountry paradise, you quickly realize the phone’s limitations.  Koostik offers a graceful remedy to this solution. The hand-made, all-wood speaker system amplifies the iPhone’s built-in speakers without the need for any sort of electric current.  The otherwise tinny music blaring out of the iPhone’s speakers suddenly takes on surprising resonance as the sounds flow through the channels carved into the speakers, doubling the overall audio output.  The Koostik doesn’t go to 11—and it isn’t designed to.  Instead, think of it as a graceful, aesthetically-pleasing, all-natural mood enhancer for your tent, campfire, hotel room, or backcountry yurt—one that doesn’t need batteries or an outlet.  All the touch-screen controls are accessible while it’s docked, but the phone’s speaker placement on the bottom of the device means you can’t charge the iPhone while it’s cradled in the Koostik.   Suddenly the iPhone’s variable battery life seems even more dubious (we recommend airport mode and the new Wilco album).
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