Glass-to-sound Sony Sountina

Philip Wong | May 30, 2008

We blogged about some vineyard wine jug speakers a while back. Now it seems there's a new contender. It took Sony roughly a year to deliver the Sountina from concept to retail shelves. The result: A streamlined 12kg omni-directional speaker standing tall at an epic 1.825m with an attractive "organic" (sounds yummy and healthy!) glass tube.

It's no showcase, too, rated with a promising 50Hz to 20kHz frequency response, thanks to its ambitious three-way design. Apparently, Sony has squeezed into a cabinet, a 130mm woofer, 70mm midrange driver and even a funky glass tweeter. You'll also have a choice of analog and dual digital audio inputs for this 360-degree sound-radiating US$9,600 ~~glass vase~~ Star Wars Lightsaber lookalike.

You aren't seriously expecting its Asia availablity anytime soon, yeah? Oh, come on! There're better ways to burn your hard-earned cash than this.

Via Born rich | Photo credit: Sony

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