- 160W Bluetooth speaker with an iconic design
- Customizable integrated lighting that moves with the music.
- Approximately $300 / £230 / AU$464 before taxes and duties
Harman Kardon has presented its new Aura Studio 5 wireless Bluetooth speaker in Japan.
Like all Aura Studio speakers, its transparent dome takes me back to the Harman Kardon SoundSticks that graced the desktops of so many Apple Mac owners from the 2000s onwards, speakers so iconic they’re in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, but this is very much a speaker for today with updated Bluetooth, built-in lighting, and a powerful amplifier.
Harman Kardon Aura Studio 5: Key features and pricing
The new generation of Aura Studio speakers come with built-in lights to brighten your room, and there are five preset nature themes (campfire, cherry blossoms, galaxy, harvest, and waves) that you can customize via the companion app. The app also allows you to change the equalizer, pair two speakers, and keep the firmware updated.
The speaker is designed to produce a 360-degree sound field from its 25mm tweeter, six 40mm midrange drivers on the outside for 360-degree sound, a 143mm subwoofer and 160W amplification, and offers a frequency range of 45Hz to 20kHz. Harman says its Constant Sound Field technology delivers consistent audio throughout the room, regardless of where you’re sitting.
Bluetooth is 5.4 and there is a 3.5mm wired auxiliary input for other audio sources.
So far, this is a Japan-exclusive release, priced at 46,200 yen (approximately $300 / £230 / AU$464 before taxes and duties). The current model, the Aura Studio 4, costs $299 / £279 / AU$399, so similar pricing is likely when the model launches elsewhere.
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