MBL’s new X-treme Speakers may look mighty impressive, but that has nothing to do with their ability to deliver “acoustically brilliant” sound, their ridiculously huge 6ft tall deep bass towers containing four 12″ subwoofers, or the immense one month assembly/delivery time. No, the reason for their brilliance lies in the implementation of two vibrating element omni-directional drivers, which are seated on a platform constructed from wood, steel, acrylic and aluminum. The Steampunk feel the speakers exude is fantastic, but here is the shocker; they cost $US180,000.