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What's the cost going to be? Because if it's not cheap, it's certainly not worth it. If the thing ends up being like, $400, then I might as well put that money into a pair of Shure headphones and get that awesome quality on ANY device, wherever and whenever I want. I suppose it's a novelty. ]]>Sep 21st 2006 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/Sep 21st 2006 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/
My guess is that the customers for this speaker have VERY small living rooms, e.g. center-city apartments. A couple sitting on a couch would probably nicely fit in the "near field," and they could move the speaker from the coffee table back to the TV stand when done.

Maybe has a niche, but certainly not for those lusting after their very own 100-seat theaters. I wonder how it sounds compared to the Yamaha?]]>Sep 21st 2006 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/Sep 21st 2006 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/21/jvcs-quiet-1box-speakers-shhh/Still the idea is rather interesting, I like listening to music/sound effects fairly lound, especially if I can crank the bass, but the sound does tend to carry so I can't be doing it late at night. If it works as well as claimed then I should be able to enjoy my beats and explosions without getting a noise complaint from the apartment below me.
And as for multichannel, that really sounds kinda gimmicky, with only one unit it seems unlikely to be full 5.1 It feels like anything other than mono could be called "multichannel" like it's stereo or 2.1 therefore its "multichannel".]]>Sep 21st 2006 1:35PM