Unless I’m spinning some old vinyl, I listen to music on my iPod Nano hooked through my stereo. Which has me fretting often about the tentacles of cables reaching out all over the place from amp to speakers. What I want is something neat, aesthetically pleasing and powerful – pleasant lines with decent amplification.

Herald the iHorn, or rather the MegaPhone-Satellite 2011, created by the Italian design team en&is. A crowd pleaser at this year’s 50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the passive, non-electrified amplifier has only recently gone into full production (currently only accepting pre-orders). The porcelain horn-shaped device, reminiscent perhaps of a Victorian hearing aid or inhaler, rests neatly on a supplied wooden cradle that allows it to float over the given surface and increase sound emission. Simply place your MP3 player in the spout at the tapered end and the acoustically designed porcelain surface pipes out an optimized sound.

Good for anything from classical to zombie metal, it should be noted that this stylish retro gramophone, while well made, is rather fragile. If you get one, keep it away from the reach of small children who may wish to shout through it, and aged grandfathers who say they haven’t seen one of those pipes since the war.