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‘rithm’ speaker is misspelled but looks gorgeous

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Davone Rithm Speakers

Danish company Davone’s Rithm speaker combines top-quality sound with a parabolic work of art.

The speaker offers an 8-inch coaxial driver with a 1-inch dome tweeter placed in the center of the woofer. Davone claims that the many layers of glue and wood that build up the frame provide extra damping and reduce unwanted vibrations for superior sound quality…

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August 1st, 2008 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

mbl 101 x-treme speakers cost more than a ferrari

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MBL 101 X-Treme Speaker System

Ok, they only cost more than a “low-end” Ferrari, say an F430 — but at $180,000 for the system, these monstrous speakers certainly aren’t for the frugal.

MBL’s 101 X-treme speaker system cranks out sound using a set of four custom built towers…

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November 24th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

radialstrahler speakers: dramatic design + sound

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MBL 101 E Radialstrahler Reference Speakers

I’ve written about some out of this world speaker designs in my time, but never anything quite like these speakers from Germany’s MBL.

Their 101 E Radialstrahler Reference speakers offer a striking sculptural design that makes them look more like something you’d see at a power plant than something that would crank out world-class audio…

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August 20th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lg invents new term: 5.3 channel home theater

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LG 5.3 channel home theater

LG is showing off their new HT702TN home theater setup which they’re calling a “5.3 channel” system.

LG is using the term as a result of additional woofers in the front left and right channels which are supposed to improve low frequency response…

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October 19th, 2006 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

these woofers are for the dogs

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Woofer Speakers

Looking for speakers that really make a statement?
Dutch designers Sander Mulder, Dave Keune from Buro Vormkrijgers have created these surreal speakers that are so wrong, they’re right. I’ll just let the picture do the talking (or woofing)…

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October 5th, 2006 18 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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