The iHome 2 in 1 speakers/headphones are a unique and useful take on a portable speaker system.You’ve probably had your MP3 player and headphones along sometime when you really wished a set of speakers were handy as well. With iHome’s iHMP5 headphones, it will be taken care of.

These 2 in 1 headphones are like most good quality headphones – but with a twist. There is a compartment for 2 AAA batteries, allowing you to play amplified sound. The speakers are built to be compatible with higher volume levels – and voila, you can take of the headphones, turn up the sound, and play for the whole room.

As you might guess, these headphones are no match for a real speaker system. They do, however, give many of the miniature portable speaker systems a real run for their money (we’ve even looked at some passive speaker sets, which just use the MP3 player’s power, and these headphones can easily overpower those).

If these iHome headphone/speakers sound like something you could use, check them out at Amazon.