The $140,000 loudspeakers
(Credit: Pocket-lint)Yes, we know. Life as a media technophile can be so tiring sometimes.
It took forever for you to find the right home theater projector, but persistence paid off because you snagged a $10,000 model for only $99,995. And then there's the $150,000 turntable you stumbled across at a neighborhood garage sale.
But what, praytell, will you do about speakers? Apple industrial designer Ross Lovegrove has just the answer for you with his "Muon" masterpiece, which goes for a mere $140,000 a pair. These auditory wonders employ a technology that "doubles the available volume through absorption of air molecules by activated carbon--aka 'magic dust' by the audio industry," Pocket-lint says.
Shockingly, this is a limited edition--only 100 pairs have been made. Perhaps that's because British manufacturer KEF ran out of space: Each Muon is 7 feet tall. Given the speakers' "super-formed aluminum" casing and Evard Munch-looking curved design, the warehouse must look like something like a cross between a modern art museum and an alien rave.
But no matter, for your uber-media center is now complete, and no buyer remorse is necessary. Wait... What's this thing they call "La Sphere"?
I bet they sound very little tonality-wise when put up against some classic speakers like the ATCs (DSOTM was mixed down on ATCs and we have some at uni) or some B&Ws.
In fact, I'd probably buy B&Ws over those KEFs because I'd still have money left to build a NICE-ass HTPC setup replete with HD projectors (PLURAL :D) and all that lovely 7.2 goodness...
... In fact, I'd probably have enough money to buy 7 B&W floorstanders and two subs, AND biamp all of them, for less than two of those KEFs.
God, I've become so cynical in my 21 years of living.