MULTIROOM
ELIPSON W35+
£799 / elipson.com
Multi-room speakers don’t get more eye-catching than the Elipson W35+. This moody ball of sound gets you all the visual impact of an esoteric Bang & Olufsen without spending nearly as much cash.
You can mount it on a tripod stand to give your home a touch of that alien Philippe Starck flair, or even hang it from the ceiling like a light fitting. Or, sure, just play it safe and plonk your 35cm, 7.6kg sphere down on a shelf. Whatever you do, this Elipson isn’t going to look remotely normal – and we mean that in a good way.
Each half of the sphere is home to one set of drivers, roughly mirroring what you get in a pair of bookshelf speakers. There are two 6.5in high-excursion bass drivers, each paired with a 1in silk-dome tweeter to provide those sweet high notes.