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This isn’t strictly B&O, but KEF is following the dubious B&O trend of using Kvadrat fabrics on their new small "LSX" speaker:
https://m.int.kef.com/products/lsx
Merely wrapping Kvadrat fabric around a sleek industrial design, is lame. I'm not a big fan of Kvadrat fabrics with the homespun look, but these look worse, like a Christmas gift scarf you might file in the back of your drawer. B&O fans who complained about the plastic-ness of the A6 should re-examine how nicely the fabric was integrated into that design... KEF's fabric "sock" also means the logo now has to go bang on the front of the speaker instead of stealthily etched into the top like the original LS50's. Love those subtle B&O logos...
P.S. The designer, Michael Young, looks about as engaged as those models B&O photographed for their Fall colors!
I agree, not good looking, though I suppose it doesn’t show fingerprints.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
if only you knew about design too MY
[[N.B. I take back one complaint: The final product fabric looks more like hard-wearing furniture upholstery, not like a scarf. (It has a multi-color stippled look.) Still not a fan of a sock with plastic front cap, but the Kvadrat choice itself looks more appropriate.]]
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Thanks for the info. Very staid, charcoal & grey only (for now). Similar weave though. The Citation 100 looks again like a sock with a large plastic piece acting as a clamp, though the larger tower models have a multi-piece seamed casing. But I guess it demonstrates another aspect of the KEF LSX one mustn't complain about: At least KEF didn't put the fabric over the speaker driver! Since HK doesn't say it's acoustically transparent, merely "dirt repellent and flame retardant"... Covering "sprinkle-them-around-the-house" speakers up probably doesn't matter, but that tower model is pretty expensive. Maybe nowadays they simply tweak their DSP to counter any effects of tight-weave woolen upholstery?