PARTS CAN BE
SWAPPED OUT AS
NEW WIRELESS
AND AUDIO TECH
IS LAUNCHED
from £450 / transparentspeaker.com
Is that really a transparent speaker
called Transparent Speaker?
Perhaps the Swedish makers were
worried things would get lost in
translation, but at least the name
ensures you won’t confuse it
with any opaque devices on your
discoverable Bluetooth list. It also
means we can concentrate on the
more important things at play with
this gorgeous creation, like the
aluminium uniframe combined
with tempered glass panels
I mean, it’s pretty clear what
they’ve done here...
Yes, very good. But before you
go thinking you can see through
what looks like a pretty standard
wireless speaker, there’s more
to it than that. You see, the folks
at Transparent Sound claim this
device has been designed to
become better over time, thanks
to a modular system whereby
components can be swapped
out as new wireless and audiotechnologies become available.
There’s also the ability to add
plug-in upgrades like an Amazon
Echo or a Sonos Connect.Perhaps things aren’t quite so
transparent after all.
Just stop. If this is right up your
minimalist Scandi street, the
30W Small Transparent Speaker
(with white cones and controls)
is yours for £450 and the 100W
Transparent Speaker twice its size(with black cones and controls)
is £900. And if you don’t like the
see-through aesthetic... well, firstly
we appreciate you sticking with
us this far down the article, and
secondly your patience has been
rewarded because the brand’s
Uncrafted range swaps glass
panels for wood, steel and
stoneware editions from £1350.
Lastly, we also like that every
Transparent Sound speaker can
be wall-mounted.TRANSPARENT SPEAKER