Every of those new audio system brings one thing totally different to the social gathering, from handcrafted cupboards to standalone solar energy. If you would like your audio supply to be one thing to shout about, uncover six methods of doing issues in another way.
Six new audio system with a twist
Nocs Mini
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The Pink Dot Design award-winning Nocs Monolith has now been joined by a smaller sibling. The Nocs Mini was designed in Sweden, with audio system from Danish specialist Scan-Converse, and assembled at a well-established Estonian manufacturing unit. Daniel Alm, who based Nocs, describes the Mini’s deliberate asymmetry as ‘dramatic and playful’, emphasising the smaller scale of this speaker, which was additionally impressed by ‘the nostalgic attraction of older radios’. At simply 270mm x 230mm x 106mm, this bespoke tabletop wi-fi speaker can nonetheless pack a punch.
Nocs Mini, £614, NocsDesign.com
The Onken by Flip Finish Audio
The Onken speaker by Flip Finish Audio
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Manchester-based producer Flip Finish Audio builds easy conventional audio system with a brutalist attraction. Styled just like the audio equal of a Donald Judd sculpture, the Onken speaker has a hefty cupboard crafted from Norwegian pine and rests on a bespoke stand made out of folded carbon metal. The right pairing with an industrial loft, the Onken gives audiophile high quality with conventional heft.
The Onken by Flip Finish Audio, £1,320 (£1,530 with stand), @turnend_audio
Urbanista Malibu speaker
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Following on from its Los Angeles headphones, Swedish tech firm Urbanista has launched the brand new Malibu, ‘the world’s first photo voltaic charging wi-fi speaker’. As with the headphones, the important thing to the tech is Urbanista’s Powerfoyle photo voltaic cell know-how. Accessible in Midnight Black and Desert Grey, the Malibu is a puck-like object with a prime panel coated by the photo voltaic cell, theoretically supplying you with limitless listening on the brightest of days. Appropriately sufficient, given its identify, the Malibu can also be waterproof.
Urbanista Malibu, £149, urbanista.com/malibu
KEF LSX II wi-fi audio system
KEF LSX II wi-fi audio system
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KEF’s LSX II wi-fi audio system are an evolution of an acknowledged traditional, and the British audio firm has added a twist with this new olive inexperienced end. Formed by industrial designer Michael Younger, the LSX collection gives simple connectivity and massive sound in a compact package deal.
KEF LSX II, £1,199/pair, UK.KEF.com
Teenage Engineering OB-4 speaker
Teenage Engineering OB-4 speaker
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Why achieve this many profitable tech corporations hail from Sweden? Teenage Engineering was once the upstart, however as of late the professional audio specialist is virtually audio royalty. The corporate has not too long ago given its OB-4 standalone wi-fi speaker a light-weight overhaul by introducing a clutch of latest colors, a up to date and complementary palette that features navy, ochre, gray and orange. Like all TE merchandise, the OB-4 does issues barely in another way, packing a 40-hour battery, an on-board FM radio, a digital ‘tape’ buffer that data the final two hours of output and in addition house for the corporate to obtain ongoing audio experiments.
Teenage Engineering OB-4, £575, Teenage.Engineering
JBL Authentics 300 transportable speaker
JBL Authentics 300 transportable speaker
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JBL is providing its new Authentics vary in three sizes, 200, 300 and 500. The 300, proven right here, showcases the vary’s intentionally retro aesthetics, with 4 speaker drivers housed in a black and gold case, full with carry deal with, for good transportable audio with an eight-hour playtime from its integral battery. The Authentics 300 streams through Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and has duelling voice assistants (Alexa and Google) for when you possibly can’t make up your thoughts who to speak to. As well as, a number of models might be paired up round the home.
JBL Authentics 300, £379.99, UK.JBL.com
