February 16, 2007 11:04 AM PST
Speakers from Mars
(Credit:
Hammacher Schlemmer)
If H.G. Wells had envisioned a set of speakers that could take over the planet, they would have looked like these.
This Martian-impersonating pair hails from Western Ireland, created by former BMW designer Aonghus O'hEocha. Hammacher Schlemmer says the hand-crafted 200-watt isobaric speakers "provide the clearest three-dimensional soundstage performance available." They'd better, when you see the price: $9,000.
Then again, as eyeball-shaped alien speakers go, that's a lot cheaper than Cabesse's $150,000 "La Sphere." Talk about the end of the world.
