$200,000 Speakers Weigh 3,600 Lbs Edit
MBL 101 X-treme

Got a couple hundred grand for speakers? These are the ones you should get.

MBL will build only two systems of the 101 X-treme. Hugeness in size and sound. The system weighs a friggin’ 3600 pounds. Like parking your car in your media room. 

“The main tower houses a pair of mirror-imaged omni-directional Radialstrahler driver arrays, supported by an armature of acrylic, steel and wood while the lacquered woofer columns house a quartet each of proprietary 12-inch bass drivers,” MBL said.

“As it demands huge amounts of amplifier power, the 101X-Treme System needs bi-amplification by four MBL 9011 Reference Series monoblock power amplifiers ($39,000 each) that deliver 480 watts of incessant power and 5,000 watts of peak power.”

They are unusual looking, and promise to be significantly better that previous systems. Ya think?

Birch Wood Ear Buds - JVC HP-FX500

They are wood earbuds, and they are real. JVC, a leader in audio, has made these designer buds from birch wood. Real wood is used in cases for large speakers, so why not small ones too?  But JVC says the HP-FX500 buds use a special driver and gel to reduce jittering. They’ll begin selling in Japan … [More]