This is Bose CineMate 1 SR, a home-theatre system featuring a sleek soundbar speaker (for full simulated surround sound), a wireless subwoofer (mmm.. one less cable to worry about) and a programmable IR remote control. Besides that it can analyze the room’s dimensions and determine wether it’s mounted on a wall or put flat on a table to automatically adjust the sound parameters to make it as wide and spacious as possible.
Buy @ Amazon: Bose CineMate 1 SR ($1,499)
This is the Ozaki iSuppli Gramo iPhone Charger / Speaker, equipped with a working, old-school gramophone style speaker for music or Facetime sessions even your grandparents would approve of. Available in white, black and red.
Buy @ Audiocubes ($69.99)
More docking speaker goodies: here’s JBL On Air Wireless AirPlay Speaker Dock allowing you to play all your music over WiFi from any iTunes running computer (Mac/PC), iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with iOS 4.2 or later. Besides that it sports a color display showing the album artwork along with album / artist / song information.
Other features include HALO (horizontal acoustic level optimization), USB port, dual alarms, playback control buttons and digital FM-radio with 10 station presets.
The speaker will be available this spring, no price tag yet though.
(via tuaw)
When Harman Kardon launched SoundSticks II it became a permanent part of MoMA’s collection in New York, now it’s updated to version 3 (III) and while this 2.1 sound system still feature 40 watts (20 watt sub woofer and 10 in each speaker) it now comes with a white LED light and black feet to match the new iMac better. It was launched in Japan earlier this year but now finally available in the states.
Other than the fancy looks you get a speaker system with 3.5mm stereo jack input (so it’s suitable for most mp3 players and computers), touch controls for volume and mute, a six inch down-firing subwoofer and four transducers in each speaker.
HarmanKardon.com: SoundSticks III (Product page)
Okay. There’s big speakers and there’s huge speakers, but I think Arcadian Audio’s Pnoe Horn deserves its own category (I had to publish this under “furniture” as well as “audio”, hah). After 10 years of development they’ve created a horn speaker designed to create “the smoothest, roundest path for the sound wave front, without any obstructions, so that there are no sources of standing waves and spurious reflections”. How about that now. It’s made out of shiny fibreglass (both in- and outside) with special damping materials and it uses the AER MD3B driver for “ultra detailed presentation and warm sound”.
There’s no word on pricing, but I think it’s safe to assume they’re crazy expensive.
(via technabob)
Boston Acoustics announced that the midrange SoundWare XS 5.1 will be available as of July 2009; a speaker set with five ultra-compact speakers (measuring less than 4 inches) plus a compact subwoofer sporting a 100 watt amplifier. Each polyhedron-shaped satellite performs as a two-way speaker with a 2.5-inch woofer and a 0.5 inch tweeter.
Perhaps not enough juice to shake the foundations of a huge room, but it looks very interesting for someone like me, looking for a set of small yet-good-looking speakers able to provide decent sound for movie-watching in a small apartment.
Link: Boston Acoustics
(via crunchgear)
Here’s LHT888 by LG Electronics. A stylish DVD home theater system in that piano black finish some of just can’t get enough of these days. Besides offering 1080p upscaling via HDMI and support for media via USB you get DTS / Dolby Digital 5.1 / Dolby Digital 2 channel, XTS Pro and an AM/FM tuner.
Oh, and did I mention that the rear speakers are wireless?
LGE.com: LHT888 DVD Home Theatre System ($649.95)
(Via Slippery Brick)
Converting vinyl figures into speakers is something people like Jason Siu has done for a while, but I really like this home made Munny speaker by Flickr-user Fungus amungus.
There’s no word on what kind of speakers he put in these, but considering the look of ‘em I hardly care. I just want them.
Update: I completely missed the link to the DIY guide on Instructables.com, the speakers in the Munnies are indeed Tang Band 3″ bamboo cone drivers. (Thanks Michael!)
(Via Make)
Vestalife will launch the Ladybug iPod / iPhone Speaker Dock at CES International in Las Vegas in January 2008 (it won the CES Innovation Design and Engineering Award you know). This amplified speaker system sports stereo speakers, a subwoofer, LED volume level indicators, a USB port for synchronization and a remote control – I guess I don’t have to mention that it looks like a ladybug, do I?
Vesta-Life.com: Ladybug iPod Dock
(Via Prylfeber)
AudioJunkies has put together a list of what they think is the world’s top 15 sexiest speakers. While most of them are insanely expensive they still work well as eyecandy.
(Glad to see that they have my favorites in there, KEF Muon. 2 meters tall, ubershiny and just $140,000 per pair…)
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