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We love to give practical purchase advice on the latest gadgets here at Techradar. But sometimes what we love ourselves more is to pamper with the most outrageous advanced, groundbreaking, luxurious tech on the planet. That’s what we bring you in this money no object columns – you can read the whole series here.
Only recently did we discover a few luxury speakers that look like something from Elton “Rocket Man” John’s House. And today we have two pairs of luxury speakers that look like actual space rockets, or maybe robots that would chase Doctor Who around a quarry, or maybe something Jony Ive would have designed in 2003.
These are the new Rhea and Theia -Passive speakers from Swiss luxury sound mark Goldmund, and they are yours for about $ 108,000 (£ 82,000 / AU $ 171,000) and $ 215,000 (£ 162,000 / AU $ 338,000).
If you are a fan of mythology, you recognize the names: Theia and Rhea are Titan goddesses, and Goldmund also has an even more premium set of speakers named after their mythical mother, Gaia.
The GAIA speakers are currently trading in the UK for £ 650,000 (about $ 860,000 / AU $ 1,354,338), so by comparison this is super-cheap budget purchase.
Goldmund Theia and Rhea: Key features
Goldmund already manufactures speakers called Theia and Rhea, but these are new, passive models that support mono-, bee and tri cable setups. The company warns that you need very high quality reinforcement to drive them, as smaller amps will not be able to deliver the speed that speaker drivers need to perform best.
The speakers are three-way in the case of Rhea and four-way with Theia. Rhea has a soft dome-tweeter, a seven-inch mid-class driver and a 12-inch woofer, and Theia has a soft dome-tweeter, a four-inch high-mid driver, a six-inch low-medium driver and again, a 12-inch woofer.
Frequency response is 27Hz to 25 khz for Rhea and 20Hz for 25 khz for Theia.
As you would expect, when you order a few of these speakers, Chucker Goldmund not just some bubble wrap around them: Each set comes packed in a custom flight. It adds to the already significant weight: Rhea is 123 kg and Thea is 197 kg. Oh, and that’s it per. speaker.
Both sets of speakers are available today. If you would like something a little more affordable, we have a list of the best stereo speakers.
