Speaker

More than a year after it was first announced, Germany's Kemper has treated its Profiler Amp to the "ultimate cabinet solution" in the shape of the Kabinet, which rocks a full-range speaker that comes with profiled tones of its own.

More than two years ago, Ikea announced a collaboration with Sweden's teenage engineering to develop a range of lighting and speaker modules. The limited edition Frekvens collection will now go on sale from February.

Bang & Olufsen has upgraded its wireless Beoplay A9 speaker (again), retaining the tried and true form, but building significantly upon the technology, including adding Google Assistant integration and Adaptive Room Compensation. Oh, and the power cable is now fabric coated.

After making a splash at last year's CES expo with a monster 88-inch 8K OLED screen, LG Display has embedded a sound system into the panel of a huge display and is taking aim at motion blur with a UHD screen boasting the world's fastest moving image response time.​

The microphone of Panasonic's GA-10 speaker mightn't be the most responsive of similarly equipped devices, but when you leave it to do the talking rather than listening, this stylish speaker is more than capable of coming to the party.

Sometimes there’s nothing nicer than curling up in front of the window with a coffee and staring out at the rain or the sunset, but the weather can be notoriously uncooperative. SmartTerra could act as your personal app-controlled window, simulating rainstorms, sunrises and sunsets on demand.

​​Bold they may be, but most burglars would avoid an encounter with an angry homeowner when they can. Billed as virtual roommate, Kevin is a light-emitting speaker designed to ward them off in your absence by simulating the sights and sounds of a real person.

Originally slated to come out before the end of 2017, after a brief delay the HomePod smart speaker finally goes on sale on February 9, at a price of US$349. If you're in the US, the UK, or Australia, you can preorder the speaker from Friday, January 26.

The roar of a Porsche 911 GT3 is music to motoring enthusiasts' ears, but you can't really dance to it. Rather than forcing fans of the brand to play their tunes through a regular speaker, Porsche Design has turned a GT3 exhaust surround into a compact wireless audio system.

Having a high-end audio setup connected to your TV is nice, but not everyone has space for bulky speakers and subwoofers. Sound bars have emerged as a way to deliver big sound from a small footprint, so cable provider Sky has paired with Devialet to create an affordable one for the masses.

​Back in December, researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) demonstrated their ferroelectret nanogenerator (FENG), a paper-thin device that can generate energy from motion. Now, they’ve added a new trick to FENG’s repertoire, turning it into a thin, flexible microphone and loudspeaker.

Amazon kicked off the smart speaker race with the Echo, but the competition is fast closing in. Google followed up with its Home speaker, and ​Microsoft has now put Cortana in a Harman Kardon speaker. To keep it ahead of the curve, Amazon has updated its Echo so it can make and receive calls.