The vanishing stereo rack

@mceljo I showed my wife pictures of the Kii Three with bass towers (they are full range) and she thought it was one of the ugliest speakers she had ever seen. It seems like we need to hide the speakers also to get a god WAF (or PAF). Lucky for me I could not afford them anyway.

Cabasse's biggest speaker in the Perl series are also full range. See the end of the page below for a short description (but I think the price is $29k). There will probably be more brands doing this within a few years and some of them will probably go down deep in the bass.

And there is Goldmund with Prana and some other models. The Prana are the smallest in a serie but should go down to 35 Hz, the bigger ones probably lower. Looks like R2D2, you have to decide for yourself what you think about that. And they are expensive.
 

This is definitely a niche concept and not the "norm" or usual arrangement.  Wide range adoption of the "vanishing stereo rack" will be unusual and or futuristic.

This is definitely a niche concept and not the "norm" or usual arrangement.  Wide range adoption of the "vanishing stereo rack" will be unusual and or futuristic.

I love dedicated gear as much as anyone, and I am literally negotiating with my wife right now where the dedicated rack will go in our remodel. But make no mistake everyone, WE are the niche (and in many ways dying) concept, not lifestyle products. I would estimate that a single-digit percentage of my friends have a dedicated stereo at this point. Fractions of a percent if you count millennials and younger (I work with a lot of them). 

taww,

I get your point(s) about where to place the dedicated rack in your remodeled space and the fact that 2-channel systems are not commonplace.  Passions and pursuits are not the same for everyone.  I can simply wish you luck going forward.

I look at this speaker and picture the Woody Allen movie “Sleeper.”   Everything wireless.  I guess an IPad controls everything.  Could you imagine these speakers in the movie Sleeper, the iPad on the table next to the Sex ball :)

Re:  that Cabasse speaker, for $21K, seems like a great speaker for the science fiction fan or someone who loves War of the Worlds….