Transparent speakers are innovative, environmentally conscious and attractive products which are entering the market. These speakers are made of glass, and are opaque. This makes them more pleasing than the boxy blacks. They focus on the minimalist design concept, take up less space and are durably classic. They are not only technological innovations but would blend in with most home decor as they are created keeping in mind the sense of elegance and style. Here is a list of 10 such cool top transparent speakers:
1. Horn speakers from Fergusson Hill are transparent
This was created by UK based company Fergusson Hill with unmatched quality and low amp power. Made of clear acrylic, the horn speaker is transparent, luxurious and definitely green. It is huge and without any power consuming amp, it produces loud music consuming just 3 to 50 watts. It does not require mid range drivers and separate tweeter and has a frequency response of 150Hz to 20KHz with a 12 inch woofer and 24 inch acrylic sphere. The FH002 produces the bass. The price of this speaker is $26,000.
2. The FH007
Manufactured by Fergusson Hill, this creation has the illusion of space because of its transparency and the sound is fantastic. It comes with two spherical transparent bass units and an amplifier fully range integrated. You can plug in the main lead and connect to your iPod jack or Hi-Fi phone as the amplifier allows the system connectivity directly with other devices. It has a frequency response of 75Hz to 20KHz+/-5db. These elegant speaker costs 10,000 pounds.
3. Transparent Loudspeakers made out of Graphene
Manufactured by Korean researchers, Keun Young Shin, Jin Yong Hong and Jyongsik, this speaker is still under process of perfecting by Korean researchers who have created graphene electrodes through a series of methods. These were immersed in hydrazine and ammonia solution, which was then hooked up to acoustic electronic parts. This is how the graphene speaker is generally to produce sound waves through piezoelectric effect. This produce depended on using available materials and was quite straight-forward in its process which does not speak much for its sound quality. The researchers are trying to improve the quality before their product is marketed.
4. Kenwood SP0001 transparent speakers
This has the usual neon glos of a modernistic product with more emphasis on its exterior design aspect rather than on its sound quality. They are made of glass material with matching, heavy glass block stands. It has blue or white LED lights which can fill up a dark room with cool blue light. It comes with a 2 channel speakers, 2.5 inch woofer and 1 inch tweeter and is available only in Japan at the moment. This speaker will cost you $1,000.00.
5. Crystal cable arabasque speakers
Manufactured by Crystal, a Dutch based company, this loudspeakers are handmade out of Czech crystals with three vertically stacked speakers for each loudspeaker. Its walls are made of thick glass measuring 1/2 inch and shaped from the top like a teardrop. It has a frequency response of 20Hz to 101KHz+/-3db with an impedance of 4 Ohms and 950 db sensitivity. This comes in an aesthetically challenging design of two glass towers, industrial chic steel tweeter, set of 6.5″ woofers in modernistic silver and black colors.
6. Sony Soutina glass speaker
The Soutina NSA-PF1, which is a 6 foot glass speaker, is designed for big rooms and has a frequency response of 50Hz to 20KHz. It also features a three foot organic glass tweeter in blue, purple or amber and has a digital audio and analog. It has a 13 cm sub-woofer, 7 cm medium speaker and vibrates sound to a 360 degrees. This speaker costs $10,000.
7. Lars & Ivan hybrid power amp+BoBo, cube S speaker
Aiming for the iPod speaker market which can be within budget and good quality sound, Lars & Ivan created the hybrid power amp, Bobo speakers and the cube S. The amplifier is handmade with a round, smooth shape to complement the whole amplifier design. The Cube S has eight layers of piano finishing with a simple ring in the front panel, high class speaker connectors and an aluminum molded logo. The 2.0 stereo speaker is very modern and of high quality for good clarity of sound.
8. Logisys satalite 2.1+1 multimedia clear speaker system
It comes with an independent woofer, an amplifier with easy control knobs for volumes, external fuse setting, VIO satellite speaker unit with exact positioning and high resolution, heavy duty design for wide frequency response, multi-way inputs and can be directly connected to the audio output of other devices. there is a master volume control knob and the whole system is magnetically shielded to avoid interference from the TV, PC and Monitor and has LED sound activated lights.
9. Phantasmagoric Lucite Organ and Speakers by Wersi
When this was first made in the USA in 1970 by Wersi, it was priced at $100,000 and only 5 sets were made. This organ comes with music stand, manuals, amplified speakers, control panel templates, adjustable bench, lucite dollies, chrome keys and pedal board. It is currently listed for sale at Modern One and is totally a beautiful, transparent piece with just slight scratches here and there. it measures 42.5x45x4.8 inches.
10. Harmon Audio GLA-55
With a transparent body, its bass reflex enclosure is custom chrome tubing and looks good as it does sound. It has crystal clear CMMD tweeters, Atlas woofers and touch sensitive volume controls and is versatile to work with other devices with a 56 watts power.
