"Designer Anton Erbenich has created something that feels like it belongs in both a modern art museum and an audiophile's listening room. The Econik 1851 is an active loudspeaker that throws convention out the window, starting with its most striking feature: the entire enclosure is 3D-printed from quartz sand. Yes, actual sand. The result is this gorgeous, rough-textured surface that looks almost ancient, like some kind of minimalist pottery that somehow ended up with speaker drivers embedded in it."
"But this isn't just about aesthetics (though let's be honest, it's stunning to look at). The quartz sand construction serves a real purpose. That mineral texture you see? It's not just for show. The material helps reduce micro-vibrations that can mess with sound quality. Audiophiles obsess over these tiny details because even the smallest vibrations can color the audio in ways you don't want. By using this unconventional material, Erbenich found a way to solve a technical problem while creating something visually distinctive."
Econik 1851 is an active loudspeaker with an enclosure fully 3D-printed from quartz sand, producing a rough, pottery-like texture. The quartz-sand construction reduces micro-vibrations that can color sound, improving audio purity. The nearly spherical, stacked forms create interior volumes that reduce standing waves and minimize peaks and nulls in frequency response. Drivers are embedded into the sand-printed body, and the speaker hangs suspended from steel cables like a kinetic sculpture, combining visual art and functional acoustic engineering. The design aims to solve technical acoustic problems while delivering a striking, museum-quality aesthetic.
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