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Monolith

Bookshelf speaker

Monolith is milled from a solid walnut block, a speaker that reads as a piece of furniture. The drivers and amplifier unscrew from the back for repair or upgrade; the walnut cabinet is made to outlive them.

Category: Electronics
Materials: Solid walnut, Recycled aluminium
Processes: CNC milling

Monolith bookshelf speaker in solid walnut with a microperforated aluminium front, on a dark background

Proportion sketches of the Monolith speaker cabinet with an exploded walnut frame and drawing pencils — Proportion studies of the cabinet and drivers, plus the exploded walnut frame.

Close-up of a walnut corner of Monolith meeting the microperforated aluminium front — Walnut grain meets a microperforated aluminium front.

Unfinished CNC-milled walnut Monolith cabinet on a workbench with wood shavings and a hand plane — A CNC-milled cabinet on the bench, before the front is fitted.

Monolith walnut speaker on a wooden bookshelf in a bright living room — On the shelf, the technology disappears behind warm, solid wood.