If only Apple offered their own standalone speakers, we imagine they’d look something like this gorgeous DIY 2.1 speaker set-up, designed specifically to match the aluminum unibody aesthetic of Apple’s 27-inch LED Cinema Display. Finding nothing available commercially, DIY modder Brett turned to a CNC machine to make his own speaker set-up, worthy of the mind of Ive.
Originally, the plan was to integrate a subwoofer into the desk housing the display and speakers itself, complete with box paths and room in the back for a USB hub, a power supply and storage. Unfortunately, that phase of the project has yet to kick-off, and so now these gorgeous and elegant speakers pump out their bass through umbilical to a subwoofer sitting on the floor.
Of course, while undeniably attractive, this 2.1 speaker set-up isn’t really totally loyal to the modern Apple aesthetic. In particular, the gold finish of the speaker phones isn’t exactly the sort of thing Jobs would approve of, and it’s hard to imagine Apple ever releasing a pair of speakers at all… let alone a pair this ginormously room commanding. Still, for audiophiles, these are the iSpeakers of which they’ve always dreamed.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
18 responses to “These Speakers Are The Ones Your iMac Deserves”
I have to politely disagree with you. Those speakers may sound good, but they are ugly and inelegant. In my opinion, they’re not something Ive would have designed. Sorry!
These are good speakers. They kind of match the Mac aesthetic.
http://www.quad-hifi.co.uk/mod…
I will not be so polite in disagreeing with you and will have to call these speakers fugly.
Abandoning the minimalist aesthetic only works in Vegas. These speakers are an atrocity.
These speakers are the complete opposite of gorgeous
– homely
– ugly
– undesirable
Really? They are f@cking ugly!
I actually like these, the casing fits with the iMac’s Case Colour and the Gold Speakers make it stand out that little bit for the surrounding iTech.
I still think these were some of the coolest speakers apple came out with http://bit.ly/fT4pll
Not sure why everyone else hates them, I like them. You’ve got to remember these are a one-off DIY project, and they look quite high quality to me. The only thing I don’t really like is the gold speakers, but that’s not a major issue really.