Razer’s $230 Clio headrest speaker did not appreciate the shape of my home gaming chair. I own a cheap chair—technically a hand-me-down from my father—and the speaker likely fetches more than the chair itself. But the Clio didn’t reject the bum support. It simply did not fit around the back of the chair. The device would sit too far down, and sound literally blasted into my upper back, rather than my ears—which is where you want the sound to go.

I’ve used plenty of odd speaker setups, including neck speakers like Sony’s Bravia Theater U that promises to offer personalized audio without the need to sandwich your head between two cans. There’s certainly an audience that is looking for high-quality, room-filling audio that doesn’t actually fill the room—further incentivizing angry neighb

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