A months ago we marvelled at the cashmere-cloaked Libratone Live AirPlay speaker. It’s so pretty! So European! Well now that the Denmark-designed speaker has hit US soil we’re cutting up our credit cards to avoid the splurge.
With its colourful furry coat and chrome handle, the Libratone Live looks like a weird nouveau-design object until you realise it has five sweet drivers under the hood: one bass, two midranges and two ribbon tweeters. Ribbon speakers are thin and lightweight so they provide excellent high-frequency response. Ribbon speakers are also rare because they’re usually very expensive. Not that this $US700 unit is cheap, but at least you know you’re not just paying to put a fancy sweater on your sound. [Libratone]
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