Model: Force
Origin: Sweden
Price: $277,000 per pair
www.perfect8.com
Just to give you an idea of the amount of work involved in making a pair of the Perfect8 Force loudspeakers, a Bentley Continental GT automobile has an assembly time of 250 hours. The Perfect8 Force loudspeakers take nearly that long with an assembly time of over 200 hours. The loudspeakers are made with a proprietary type of glass that deadens as well as preventing any of the negative characteristics that normal glass would exhibit. The use of this extra thick glass adds on the pounds though, each speaker weighs over 350lbs and stands 6'7" tall. The loudspeakers use a single 63" true ribbon with FEM-optimized neodymium magnet system for the upper frequency range, and eight 7" proprietary drivers for the midrange/bass. The Force speakers have a 6-12 month wait time for delivery from when they are ordered because of the complexity involved in their assembly. The proprietary glass used in the loudspeakers can be tinted to an assortment of colors at the buyer's request and four matching glass encased subwoofers are included in the price.
Model: Dimension TD12
Origin: Scotland
Price: $8,350 per pair
www.tannoy-speakers.com
The Tannoy TD12's have a very unique look that comes from a mix of different materials used in their construction. The cherry veneer and polished alloy trim already look beautiful together, but when you add in the black velvet used around the tweeter and woofer they are just stunning in appearance. The TD12's use a 12" Tannoy Dual Concentric drive unit mounted into a multi-faceted trapezoidal cabinet made completely of birch ply. The tweeter housing is machined from a solid block of alloy and it actually uses the acoustically inert velvet to prevent re-radiating of the high frequencies off of the top of the enclosure.
Model: D2-XCT
Origin: Ireland
Price: $17,000 per pair
www.oheocha.com
It is not an accident that the Oheocha D2-XCT loudspeakers appear to be some sort of alien spacecraft. The engineer behind the design, Aonghus O'hEocha is a former BMW and Land Rover drive train engineer who has quite a fascination with aerospace designs. The D2-XCT enclosures are made from an aluminum composite with a multitude of internal bracing and an interior lining of DuPont's ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) for sound deadening. The "head" of the loudspeaker that houses the mid-range driver and tweeter is mechanically decoupled from the rest of the enclosure as part of the resonance control system. The D2-XCT's have also achieved a bit of a celebrity status as they were featured in the 2002 blockbuster movie Men in Black II. The crossover design is aerospace inspired as well, and if you look closely you can see the turbine blades that appear ready to spool up. The D2-XCT's also offer a $4,275 option to make them active and wireless using O'hEocha's proprietary O-Link HD Amplifier and HD Wireless System that was designed to be free from the interference that commonly plagues other wireless systems. The D2-XCT's take about 4 weeks to build and are hand made on the West Coast of Ireland.
Source : audiojunkies.com
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