"Their latest Sound 2 Max speaker dropped last week, and it's perhaps the clearest distillation yet of the company's design philosophy, channeling that peak Jony Ive era when Apple was still making products that looked like they belonged in MoMA. Remember when Ive was literally mirroring Dieter Rams' work for Braun and nobody cared because the results were so damn good?"
"The die-cast aluminum unibody, the perfect symmetry of those three circular drivers, the complete lack of unnecessary bullshit - it's all there. Put it next to Rams' Braun LE1 from 1960 and you'd swear they were related. Even the buttons on top are practically invisible. This is what happens when you follow Rams' "less, but better" philosophy to its logical conclusion. No stupid fabric, no quirky colors, no meaningless design flourishes. Just pure function made beautiful."
"Inside that gorgeous shell sits actual serious hardware. Xiaomi packed in two 4-inch 30W woofers, a 4-inch 30W midrange driver, and a 1.5-inch 10W tweeter in an MTM layout. That's 100 watts total with a frequency response from 47Hz to 22kHz and 101dB SPL. Translation? This thing will fill your living room with sound without breaking a sweat. I'd bet good money it sounds better at 60% volume than maxed out, like most well-engineered speakers."
Xiaomi's Sound 2 Max uses a minimalist die-cast aluminum unibody with symmetrical circular drivers and nearly invisible controls, following a strict 'less but better' design approach. The internal MTM layout includes two 4-inch 30W woofers, a 4-inch 30W midrange, and a 1.5-inch 10W tweeter, delivering 100W total, a 47Hz–22kHz frequency range, and 101dB SPL for room-filling sound. Connectivity offers Bluetooth 5.2, dual-band Wi‑Fi 6, analog RCA, and USB-C, while AirPlay and Google Cast are absent. Stereo pairing is supported and the speaker is priced at $280, presenting strong design and value against pricier competitors.
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