Guess what Sony’s latest bluetooth speaker looks like… - Yanko Design

Yous may constantly need to explicate yourself to your parents or conservative family members when they first accept a look at the Sony LSPX-S2 Glass Sound Speaker, because trust me, it looks uncannily similar to something y'all'd detect in a college-going teenager'southward room.

Mary Jane reference bated, this production, weird every bit information technology may wait, is classic Sony. Sony equally a company is famed for creating products that are land of the fine art, but likewise weird (Verge has chronicled most of them down)… and the LSPX-S2 or the Glass Sound Speaker is the latest entry into that category. Designed to look similar a candle stand (I believe that was the original intent), the Glass Sound Speaker was made to serve equally an all-circular piece of audiovisual entertainment as it packs a low-cal into information technology likewise. Made to sit down on tabletops or bedstands, and to serenade ane with music while cozy in bed or while preparing a meal or having a romantic dinner, the calorie-free inside flickers with the intensity of a candle flame, but what's more interesting is the audio setup that sits underneath.

The speaker, correct beneath the glass tube, comprises a 35 mm mid-range driver and a passive radiator to deliver the mids and the low-ends. Nevertheless, for the higher frequencies, the speaker relies ON the glass tube. "The organic glass body itself vibrates afterward being tapped by the actuator nether it to spread the sound vertically in a 360-degree direction. The organic glass tube tweeter has a wider surface (compared to conventional speakers) to create crystal clear sound with minimal loss of volume.", says Sony. Innovative, for sure, but I still tin can't shake off the overall shape that Sony decided to go with… and priced at $700 that'due south a mighty expensive water-pipe looking piece of tech correct there.

Designer: Sony