“We’re treating audio system with the identical care as the remainder of the house, so that they contribute to a room’s ambiance and persona not solely by way of sound but additionally by way of type, color and character,” says Ikea product developer Sara Ottosson. The corporate collaborated with designer and colorist Tekla Evelina Severin to realize that, leading to gadgets that look nothing like what sometimes involves thoughts whenever you consider Bluetooth audio system.
The Solskydd is a household of spherical audio system in three totally different sizes that could possibly be mistaken for serving trays. The smallest 8-inch mannequin ($79.99) encompasses a single 2.5-inch driver hidden behind a cloth wrap with an orange checkerboard-inspired sample. Regardless of its dimension, it will possibly output as much as 80.5dB of sound and is the one moveable choice with a chargeable battery that’s rated for as much as 25 hours of playback.
A barely bigger 11-inch model ($99.99) of the Solskydd pairs a 1-inch tweeter with a 4-inch woofer for as much as 83.6dB of sound hidden behind a inexperienced cloth facade with brown and beige diagonal stripes. Like its smaller counterpart, it may be held on a wall or connected to an included show stand. The most important 18-inch Solskydd mannequin ($139.99) hides a 1-inch tweeter and two 4-inch woofers (producing as much as 93.6dB) behind an orange textured end and is completely designed to be wall-mounted. The 2 bigger choices supply three totally different EQ settings, whereas all three variations of the Solskydd are additionally out there in clear white finishes if you happen to favor your audio system with a subtler design.
Along with Bluetooth connectivity, Ikea’s audio system assist Spotify Faucet so you can begin enjoying music from the place you left off within the streaming app, in addition to multi-speaker connectivity. You should utilize two of them in a left-and-right stereo configuration to spice up a TV’s sound, or join as much as 100 of them collectively and have all of them play in sync to fill a bigger house.
If you need much more performance, Ikea’s new Kulglass ($129.99) pairs a whimsical lamp that includes an ice cream-inspired swirl-shaped shade with a Bluetooth speaker in its base, packing a 1-inch tweeter and three.5-inch woofer producing as much as 82.6dB. In contrast to the Solskydd audio system that depend on a pair of buttons for adjusting quantity, the Kulglass lamps, out there in two variations completed in shades of inexperienced or pink, embrace a quantity knob.
Particular launch dates in December 2025 will fluctuate by nation, however within the US the brand new audio system aren’t anticipated to be out there till January 1st, 2026.
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