Brand: KEF
Model: Muon
Origin: UK
Price: $140,000 per pair
www.kef.com
The four-way Muon loudspeakers were designed by Ross Lovegrove for KEF and are limited to only 100 pairs worldwide. Each enclosure is made from a 6ft long block of solid aluminum that is machined in a week long process to reach the final form. The speakers use KEF's Acoustic Compliance Enhancement technology to effectively double the available volume through the absorption of air molecules by activated carbon. The 6mm thick enclosures are also heavily damped to minimize any vibrations. Each speaker weighs in at 253lbs.
Model: Model 3.2
Origin: USA
Price: $44,000 per pair
www.scaena.com
The Scaena Model 3.2's utilize Iso-linear Array Technology and advanced enclosure manufacturing methods to create one of the most incredible looking loudspeakers ever made. The individual mini enclosures for each driver are created using a quartz/stone/glass/elastomer hybrid material that is fused together by a computer controlled laser and formed into a 3D object (think hand scene in The Fifth Element). The independent enclosures are used to greatly reduce resonance levels and by coupling them together, Scaena claims that the speakers create a large effective mass that erases nearly all back wave coloration. The Scaena loudspeaker is also scalable and up to 6 additional drivers can be added per side.
Model: Loreley MK II
Origin: Germany
Price: $199,995 per pair
www.german-physiks.com
The Loreley MK II loudspeakers are quite the expensive pieces of eye candy that German Physiks is known for. Radiating a full 360 degrees, the Loreley's are a scaled-down version of the $250,000 Gaudi and even use four of the same proprietary DDD "Bending wave" drivers in a line source array. An adjoined woofer section houses four 10" passive radiators and two 12" inverted dome subwoofers, with a massive 3" of maximum excursion per driver. At 925lbs. each the Loreley's are not small or lightweight, but knowing German Physiks they will deliver what you would expect from a speaker in this price range and more.
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