Bang & Olufsen has a book-shaped speaker that'll fit your shelf perfectly #rwanda #RwOT

Do you want a speaker that blends into your home environment so well that no one will notice it? Bang & Olufsen might have a solution. 

The new Beosound Emerge speaker is designed to look pretty much like a book. I say "pretty much" because the speaker does get wider on the back, but you'll probably still be able to squeeze it amongst the actual books on your shelf. 

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The cool thing about such placement is that it should actually work sonically, because the higher sound frequencies come through the front, via a 14-millimetre tweeter. The lower frequencies are pushed by a 100-millimetre, side-firing woofer which is guided to the back (it's harder to hear where the lower frequencies are coming from, which is why subwoofers can be placed pretty much anywhere, while main speakers have to face the listener). Bang & Olufsen says the combo creates a sound dispersion "wide enough to fill the room with sound." Read more...

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