- 160W Bluetooth speaker with an iconic design
- Integrated customized lighting that moves with the music
- About $300 / £230 / AU$464 before tax and tariffs
Harman Kardon has unveiled its new Aura Studio 5 wireless Bluetooth speaker in Japan.
Like all the Aura Studio speakers, its transparent dome takes me right back to the Harman Kardon SoundSticks that graced the desktops of so many Apple Mac owners from their prime onwards – speakers so iconic they’re in the New York Museum of Modern Art – but this is very much a speaker for today, with updated Bluetooth, integrated lighting and a powerful amplifier.
Harman Kardon Aura Studio 5: key features and prices
The new generation of Aura Studio speakers come with built-in lights to brighten up your room, and there are five preset nature themes – campfire, cherry blossom, galaxy, harvest and ripples – that you can customize via the companion app. The app also allows you to change the EQ, pair two speakers together and keep the firmware up to date.
Designed to produce a 360-degree sound field from its 25mm tweeter, six 40mm midrange drivers around the exterior for 360-degree sound, a 143mm subwoofer and 160W of amplification, the speaker delivers a frequency range of 45Hz to 20kHz. Harman says its Constant Sound Field technology delivers consistent sound throughout your room, no matter where you sit.
Bluetooth is 5.4 and there is a wired 3.5mm aux input for other audio sources.
For now, this is a Japan-only release with a price tag of ¥46,200 (roughly $300 / £230 / AU$464 before tax and tariffs). The current model, the Aura Studio 4, is $299 / £279 / AU$399, so similar prices are likely when the model launches elsewhere.
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