- Eversolo has launched the SE100 passive bookshelf speakers
- Audiophile-friendly hardware and specifications
- They are designed to fit on Ikea Kallax shelves.
One of the standout speakers of the annual CES 2026 tech festival has been the small $9.99 Ikea Kallsup, designed to be purchased and used en masse. However, new passive speakers from another brand show us what integration with Ikea furniture could really be like.
Audio hardware brand Eversolo has made an unusual foray into speakers with the new SE100. These passive bookshelf speakers come in a pair, so despite the brand name, they’re not alone forever.
Eversolo generally sticks to hi-fi gear like DACs (aka digital-to-analog converters), amplifiers, and high-resolution music players, and it’s clear that the SE100 continues the brand’s focus on audiophile gear. Their specs include a 5.25-inch paper pulp cone for textured sound, a 25mm silk dome for clarity, and a removable cloth grille designed for low diffraction, meaning they should remain “acoustically invisible” according to Eversolo, although I prefer to take them off to see those glorious offset drivers. Something decidedly ‘1830s daguerreotype camera’ about them, right?
Judging by Eversolo’s product list, another focus of the speakers is the soundstage. While they are wired and designed to be used in conjunction with an amplifier, they cannot be extended also So far, they are designed to create a holographic soundstage in a variety of spaces.
Bookshelf speakers especially for a bookshelf: Ikea Kallax
So far, sofas (and other furniture) don’t seem relevant; So why was I talking about Ikea? Well, according to Eversolo, the SE100s are designed to fit perfectly into the Ikea Kallax. If you’re not familiar with Ikea lingo, these are those grid-style shelves that organize things into boxes (see above). The SE100 fits perfectly into one of those boxes, with no dead space on the sides.
Ikea now has quite a few home speakers, ranging from cheap stand-alone Bluetooth boxes suitable for the shower to options hidden in lamps, picture frames and lights. But as far as I know, Ikea has never released a set of speakers specifically designed to fit into the gaps in their furniture. The similarly named Kallsups, for example (don’t be confused here: Kallax is the bookshelf; Kallsups are those little $10 cubic speakers), are designed to be portable, not shelf-placeable accessories.
Of course, the SE100 will be just as pleasing to people who don’t buy from the Swedish furniture giant, and the square speakers will look just as good in other spaces.
We don’t have a release date yet, but we expect them to launch sometime until 2026. They’ll set you back $399 (about $300, AU$600), so they’re expensive, but not expensive Expensive in the hi-fi scheme of things. When they come in, we’ll see if they have the Kallax that fits on our list of the best stereo speakers.
The Kallax themselves range in price, from small 2×1 box options for around $25, to gigantic 5×5 options and everything in between. Some even have built-in TV stands or tables.
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