American hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan recently made the news by producing the most expensive album ever made-- but few reports mention the album comes complete with a pair of bespoke speakers from British audio maker PMC.
A mystery collector paid an undisclosed sum reaching the millions for the album, a strict one-off with no other physical or digital duplicates in existence. Titled "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin," it was sold on the condition no content or artwork will be released to the rest of the world for a period of 88 years.
In order to enjoy to be enjoyed the way the Wu Tang Clan intended the album includes the aforementioned pair of hand-built MB2-XBD studio speakers. Each unit is 1.8m tall, carries two 12-inch diameter woofers and pushes 2000W of power, allowing the listener to "experience the audio exactly as its producers intended."
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The three radios feature an updated contemporary design complete with a larger display. The One Midi and Maxi also offer a 50% increase in audio output, new digital sound processor and the option to use either AA batteries or a Pure rechargeable battery pack.
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The line offers 150, 350, and 550 product series featuring polypropylene cone woofers capable of a wide range of highly responsive, mid to low frequencies. The ½- to ¾-inch teteron and mylar tweeters provide increased sound clarity at higher volumes, while the pivoting tweeter function on the 350 and 550 series allows for tailoring of sound to the room.
Featuring technology from the Klipsch Reference series, the R-4B soundbar carries a pair of 3/4-inch horn loaded textile dome tweeters (with 90° x 90° Tractrix horns) together with two 2.5-inch woofers. A DSP-controlled crossover handles the tweeter and woofer through separate amplifier channels.
The ClairAudient 1+1-V2 has a bi-pole (front- and rear-radiating) design and the A3S2-16, an Audience full-range driver featuring a higher-quality neodymium magnet. The driver uses OHNO oxygen-free copper (OCC) leads between the motor assembly and speaker lugs, as well as one 16-ohm voice coil, eliminating the jumper wire and associated connections needed to parallel the dual-8-ohm voice coils found in previous Audience drivers.
