KEF Muon: Six Feet Of Shiny Audio Sex April 4, 2007

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When a speaker looks this sexy and downright weird, does it matter what it sounds like? Of course it does and, knowing that the audio guts come from KEF, is a good sign that they'll be belters.

Designed for KEF by iconic designer, Ross Lovegrove (iMac, Sony Walkman), the Muon speakers are over 6ft tall, curvy and made out of shiny aluminium. There's a lot of talk about “aesthetic this meets audio perfection that” in the press invite to the Milan launch in a few weeks but, the upshot is this: these look stunning. And, they'll probably cost you the Earth. For instance:

“A UK based company that has strong links with the aeronautics and automotive industries milled a prototype from an enormous billet of solid aluminium. Using state-of-the–art computer-aided manufacture software the machine precisely cut away the excess material from the six foot long block of solid metal to reveal the final form – in total the milling took about a week.”

Will these ever be available to buy? Maybe. I'll let you know. More pics after the jump. -Martin Lynch

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