New Speaker is Totally Transparent

February 28, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

There was a time when speakers were giant boxes made by companies like Cerwin-Vega, Klipsch and JBL. But technology has come a long, long way. Look carefully at this thing.

See the curved bit of acrylic above the stand? That’s your driver. See if you can spot it in this shot.

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Or better yet, this one.

And you really have to hunt for it in this picture.

\The Clear View Clio (“the first invisible speaker”) won’t replace your high-end boxes, but as a Bluetooth speaker, it’s apparently rather good. Read more at Wired. (Thanks to Rupinder for the link.)

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