Sometimes, you don’t want your technology sleek, discreet and refined: you want it big, tough and purposeful instead. So if the recent glut of streamlined soundbars isn’t to your taste, how about this burly sound box instead?
https://gizmodo.com/picky-panasonic-soundbar-only-streams-airplay-tunes-5897514
Proficient Audio‘s new MaxTV MT2 speaker box is designed to have a TV sat on top of it and, capable of supporting up to 160 pounds, that can be quite a lot of TV. Its collection of purposefully uncovered speakers—two 1-inch tweeters, four 2.5-inch mid-range speakers and two 5.25-inch, down-facing subs—can pump out the soundtrack to whatever macho (action?) film you happen to watch, driven by four internal 20-watt, two-channel digital amps.
There’s also built-in Bluetooth support for audio streaming, so you can beam tunes to the thing. It costs $600—which seems a little steep, but then, it is built like a tank. [Proficient Audio via Engadget]
