Bang & Olufsen once again delights us with a design exercise in which one more product becomes a minimalist piece that anyone would like to have in their possession. The result is the Beosound Emerges, a speaker with a very slim design that hides a surprising power that has little to do with its refined and elegant minimalist style.
stylish thinness
You just have to take a quick look to see that we are dealing with a very special speaker, since the dimensions of the product make it hard to think that this speaker will manage to offer a volume with which to surprise us. Well it turns out that Bang & Olufsen It has achieved this with a revolutionary configuration of transducers that has allowed the thickness of the product to be reduced to carve a slender figure that passes more as a collector's item than a loudspeaker.
Its thinness is such that we could place it on a shelf among books and obtain a very elegant mimicry with which to hide the piece of technology among great literary works, however, its design is so exquisite that you most likely want to show it off. Especially the version with anodized aluminum finishes in golden tones, whose side walls are covered in oak.
It is a design that is the result of the work of designer Benjamin Hubert, from the LAYER agency, who, inspired by the lines of a book, has managed to bring this interesting speaker to life.
Where are the speakers?
The aesthetic result is spectacular, but where are the speakers that make everything sound fantastic? The manufacturer explains that a 37-millimeter (30W) midrange speaker is angled to project sound towards the front, alongside another 14-millimeter (30W) soft dome speaker.
A side-firing 60mm woofer (100W) seeks the rear to offset bass for room-filling sound dispersion, a sensation that will be delivered by active compensation technology, which will tailor the sound depending on the location of the speaker in the room.
Ok Google, make it two please
To complete its list of specifications, this Beosound Emerge has compatibility with AirPlay 2, chromecast and microphone for voice control with the Google Assistant, and as expected, it can be paired with another unit for a high-quality stereo system.
As if that weren't enough, they can also be added to an existing system such as a Beosound 9 or a Beosound Balance, for a more immersive and immersive experience. It is interesting to mention that this wireless pairing technology will soon reach more of the brand's speakers, so we can sense that Bang & Olufsen is preparing an ecosystem similar to that of Sonos.
Of course, knowing the qualities and technologies, you can imagine that the new Beosound Emerge will not have a particularly cheap price, since each unit will have a price of $599 (version in anthracite black) and $749 for the gold-tone version. The price of elegance.