TDK's Xa-40 2.1-channel speaker cube

by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 19th 2006 at 9:02AM

Just like Kensington, Logitech and countless others before them, it's TDK's turn to roll-out some NXT-based flat panel speakers. The Xa-40 cuboid brings a 3.5-mm mini-jack for connecting your portable DAP and features 2 x 5W NXT panels and a 10W sub to get your wee-man thump on. Measuring in at 165 × 180 × 175-mm (6.5 x 7.1 x 6.9-inches) and 3.3-pounds, the Xa-40 is expected to pull about ¥6,000 on the open, Japanese market or right around $52 Stateside. So if you've got a thing for cubes, you'd best start saving for the August 21 drop date.

[Via Impress]

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

Tags: audio, cube, NXT, sound, speaker, TDK

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Simon @ Jun 19th 2006 11:01AM

What on Earth's the point of putting flat planel speakers in a cube? The point of flat planels is that they're, well, flat. If you're using a cube anyway, you may as well put normal speakers in it and get correspondingly better imaging.

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Nick @ Jun 19th 2006 12:18PM

Whatever next? A plasma screen in a cube?

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Donal @ Jun 19th 2006 12:25PM

this looks like a version of missions M-cube but with woofer in the speaker. Mission`s cube was very impressive so I guess this is the inspiration.
KEF does a bigger flatter version for its home cinema.

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Peter @ Jun 19th 2006 1:47PM

I take your point about the cube but I bet they get better sound per square inch of surface area than they would with conventional speakers

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pr0n* @ Jun 19th 2006 1:50PM

...yawn...

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