Omnipresent Audio...

... but minimalistic in design. That's Bang & Olufsen's BeoSound 1 wireless speaker.

- Tushar Kanwar

BRING UP THE name Bang & Olufsen in any conversation and you are bound to think of those exquisitely designed and frightfully expensive living room audio systems from the 1990s… the kind that looked more an exhibit from a modern art museum than something from which you would expect to hear music. The BeoSound 1 from Bang & Olufsen Bluetooth speaker is no different, but then again, you wouldn’t expect the Danish kings of style to follow their peers and make a normal-looking wireless speaker, would you?

So, what do you get for dropping Rs 2 ,00,000 on a wireless speaker? Well, visually, a treat for the eyes for sure — the BeoSound 1 is somewhere between a stainless steel thermos and a Dalek from the science fiction TV series Doctor Who, the kind that will fit right in place on the glossy pages of a thick coffee table book or in the stylishly minimalist living room of a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist!