Last weekend I visited the Barnes Foundation art gallery in Philadelphia, and among my favorite pieces were the sculptures of Jacques Lipchitz. The Vox Olympian Loudspeaker hangs with them aesthetically, and it can play music, too.
The Vox Olympians, designed for superyachts, are crafted in England by a company called Living Voice. They're made with some materials you know are good, like gold, silver and bronze, and some that sound like they're good, like tellurium, beryllium and alnico. Each pair takes 1,400 man-hours to make.
The cheapest they run is £210,000, about $328,700, which is outrageously expensive, even compared to the run-of-the-mill ultra-rich-person-gear you normally come across. But if I had a boatload of money, buying speakers that were as good for looking at as they were for listening to would probably something I'd consider.
Wow thats expensive
ReplyDeletethat looks fuckin awesome..
ReplyDeleteway outta my budget though
ReplyDeleteI saw this piece in Newcastle, brass instruments flattened in a circle
ReplyDeletereally expensive 0o
ReplyDeletewow! that's sick!
ReplyDeleteeven if i have enough money, i'll never buy that! instead, i'll get the logitech z5500! cheap but the sound it superb!
ReplyDeleteHoly shit wow....
ReplyDeleteThat looks awesome. I'd so buy that if i was rich
Hey mate, I unleashed a torrent of 'excitement' upon viewing this beast of craftsmanship. Well played sire, following you as often as you pump the updates out ;)
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Holy crap, it looks nice but 320.000 bucks? :O
ReplyDeleteHah, cool post!
ReplyDeleteThat one expensive speaker, even if i had that much cash, I would never buy it, just get a pair of awesome headphones :D
ReplyDeleteholy fuck, looks sweet
ReplyDeleteFor the man-hours that go into building one of those it's not as bad as you'd think.
ReplyDeleteMy PC's Logitech Z-2300 set works fine for me!
ReplyDeletejesus christ thats expensive
ReplyDeleteReally expensive 0.o
ReplyDeleteHolyyy extrement:d
ReplyDeletewow... audiophiles have more money than sense...
ReplyDeleteI wish i had the cash for that
ReplyDeleteJeez.. a little out of my price range.
ReplyDeleteHave anything for the ramen eating student type?
Expensive but god damn stunning.
ReplyDeleteWOW, like they say "Hard work pays off" =)
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ReplyDeletebest speaker ever. i bet they get pissed when they blow a speaker!
ReplyDeleteI must say, that those speakers have a very legitimate look to them, however I care to listen to the sound quality in real life as well. Maybe someday I will go back to philly and check out those speakers.
ReplyDeleteThey have seriously gained my interest.
This is awesome I would buy one if I wanted one. Well I am following and supporting :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome
ReplyDeleteI am impressed by your blog
ReplyDeleteWork of art is no understatement, especially contrasted with ones I've seen my brother put together in a garage. Wow.
ReplyDeleteThat's insane, wonder who will buy it.
ReplyDeleteLove the design.
ReplyDeleteprodigal and lavish amenities
ReplyDeleteThey better have the best sound ever.
ReplyDeleteMy Japanese teacher is trying to make a stereo like this, its gonna look awesome when it's done :D
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Holy crap that's a lot.
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That is true beauty.
ReplyDeletethats awesome.. but wayyyyyyyyy to expensive.. and besides, im broke :P
ReplyDeleteOH MY SWEET JESUS its beauty
ReplyDeleteWhoa, it looks really nice though
ReplyDeletewow, I don't doubt it either :P
ReplyDeletethats just mental.
ReplyDeleteCool!
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i think i'll pass on a 320,000 speaker, i'd rather have a 320,000 pile of cars
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