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Sony's designer product series lands in the US, courtesy of MoMA
Sony is bringing its Life Space UX range of well-heeled audio and projector products to the US this May. The company has partnered with the MoMA store to sell its three of its debut devices. The LED Bulb speaker can play your music through Bluetooth (and be a bulb) at $239, followed by more light-and-sound options, the stylish Glass Sound Speaker ($799). This offers higher quality sound than a mere bulb and Sony says the organic glass cylinder vibrates in a similar way to human vocal chords to produce "uniquely lifelike sound" — it'll also run for four hours on batteries alone.
Greensound's glass speakers: stunning visually and aurally, far from kid-friendly
Yeah, we've seen our fair share of glass speakers in the past, but it looks as if Greensound has hopped on the bandwagon at just the right time. In the past, these kinds of music makers were largely looked at as gimmicks, but the Floe series looks to offer a serious advantage over equally expensive conventional drivers. Put simply, audio is created at the base of each speaker, and it's distributed up (and around) the pane with the lows coming from the bottom, the mids from the middle and the highs from the top. We're pretending to ignore the fact that these things will probably be far outside the budget of every sect save for the affluent, but you can tease yourself by pressing play just after the break.
$168,000 Harion speaker set crafted from heat-resistant glass, fairy dust
We're pretty sharp on the fairy dust market, and while it no doubt goes for a premium in certain parts of the world, there's still a serious surcharge being added in here for transparency. Japan's own Hario is catering yet again to the affluent among us with its Harion speaker set, which boasts a subwoofer, two mid-range drivers and a pair of acrylic tweeters -- all encased in heat-resistant glass. Of course, the company is no stranger to pumping out exclusive glass-based kit and charging a wad for it, as this particular package will run customers a staggering 16 million yen, or just north of $168,000. Oh, but if you and ten others dial in right now, they can be produced and sold for just 10 million yen each ($105,030). Economies of scale, now that's good stuff.[Via Gearlog]
