MUJI CD player in Kuwait
I left Marina Crescent after meeting up with a friend and was on my way home when I decided to pass by Brands for Less. I hadn’t been there in ages and since Nat was at the gym I could kill a bit of time there checking out what they had. I got lucky!
While browsing through all their electronics section I noticed something, the MUJI CD player! Its a beautifully designed CD player designed by the famous Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa back in 1999. It has built in speakers and just two buttons on the top, very minimalistic. I had originally seen it at a MUJI store in Munich and although I found it beautiful, at nearly $200 it was too expensive for me to justify the purchase. So here out of the blue I was at Brands for Less standing in front of an item that no one around me had a clue what it was. I looked at the price and it was just KD7.850!
So I picked up the box and headed to the cashier. Before I paid the employee asked me if I wanted to try it out to make sure it works. He plugged it in and we put a CD but nothing happened. After a few minutes we declared it dead until I remembered that the CD player design was influenced by a kitchen fan and to turn on a kitchen fan you tug on the cable underneath which I did and the player came to life. I then decided to see if I could get the price reduced to KD5 because the package was ripped but I only managed to get the price dropped down to KD6. Basically, I bought a $180 MUJI CD player for just $20! I am going to drill it into my kitchen wall and use it to listen to Radiohead while I bake.
For those of you who were interested in the “Ethernet over Power” adapters I had posted about previously. They had some more in stock and they’re still selling a box that comes with 3 adapters for KD13.700.
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23 Comments, add your own...
1. :D | September 11th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
<3 MUJI
2. i don't think it's required | September 12th, 2009 at 12:04 am
i love bargain
3. Tata Botata | September 12th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Oh yeah CDs are so alive these days.
4. Mathai | September 12th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Do they have more of these ?
5. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 1:49 am
nope got the last one
6. Mathai | September 12th, 2009 at 2:04 am
damn!
7. SWOS | September 12th, 2009 at 6:36 am
same brand box n everything?!
8. Wazza | September 12th, 2009 at 9:30 am
“I am going to drill it into my kitchen wall and use it to listen to Radiohead while I bake.” .. hahaha dude .
9. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 10:45 am
SWOS same everything. I actually recognized it as a MUJI product first from the box.
10. aaa | September 12th, 2009 at 11:49 am
power of ethernet was a break-thru for many people, but i just dont think it got enough publicity and marketing value. it would have been very helpful and convenient for many.
and i think the MUJI player looks pretty cool actually and the fan-like idea is great.
11. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 11:53 am
i use the power over ethernet at home. it allows me to get ethernet to parts of the room where i dont want to run a wire or where a device doesn’t have wifi. for example i run power over to ethernet over to my dreambox and also to my audrey in the kitchen. its practical and at kd13 for 3 units thats a good deal.
12. Krishna | September 12th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I made my own replica this way :
http://www.vvank.com/09/make-a-muji-wall-mounted-cd-player/
| Interesting , must say | :)
13. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Hey Krishna, I paid for my MUJI Cd player less than it cost you to make your own ;)
14. Eli | September 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
She MIGHT have paid more but believe me she will enjoy better than you Mark ;) good job Krishna if you really did it and not just Googled it!
15. Mark | September 12th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I am sure, I was just highlighting the fact that link has been going around the web for a week now on how to build your own “cheaper version” of the MUJI CD player.
16. Bu Yousef | September 12th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I paid full price a few years ago now…
Mark, tug on the cable carefully – once it’s loose it stops working. You’d think they would make it more sturdy since this is the ‘on’ button – but I guess it’s more design than function. Sound quality is lovely though.
17. Reno Halamer | September 12th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Last piece? Damn. But will be picking up the ethernet over power adapter. Cheers Mark.
18. N | September 12th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
What is a CD??
19. Krishna | September 12th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Haha =D .
That certainly is true , Mark ! But i didn’t know it was available right in Salmiyya ! Lucky You :P
@Eli : Yeah Yeah , It was Funnn :)! And I ain’t a She . I am a Male . Note the point , LOL!
20. Marzouq | September 13th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Good job on getting the deal!!
21. saeef | September 13th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
radiohead ftw, mark. (im on a radiohead acoustic learning spree as of yesterday. learned 7 songs yesterday and 3 more today =P)
22. Aliman | September 16th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Well Mark
I went to Brands for less when youposted about the store ages ago looking for the ethernet through the power sockets and couldnt find them cause they were sold out, and I found the muji wall player, they had 2:
I bought the sealed one in a heartbeat
and left the one with the box a bit torn
guess your the one who knew what he was picking up
I have mine in the guest bedroom with a small selection of lounge cds for our house guests
Enjoy
23. Mark | September 16th, 2009 at 10:27 am
ah thats pretty cool. Yeah i picked up the torn box one :)
If you still want the power over ethernet when I posted this there were 3 available, not sure if they are still there but you could check.
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