Weirdest Looking Speaker System That Also Sounded Great: Fourier Sound

There were a whole lot of boring rectangular boxes at AXPONA this year, but Fourier Sound’s Fourier Series 1 “Founders Edition” speaker system was anything but that. Featuring a tapering pyramid-like structure with horizontally mounted midrange drivers and front-firing tweeters, the Series 1 put out some of the most realistic sounding drum and percussion music I heard at the show, with outstanding dynamic punch and a wide expansive soundstage that filled the room. Vocals also came through cleanly and articulately in mellower singer/songwriter fare and the bass and synth notes of EDM tracks like “Alive” from Kx5/deadmau5 shook visitors to their core. 

The system includes two multi-driver tower loudspeakers as well as the Fourier Foundation Bass Modules, which feature 8 separate bass drivers, delivering 4,000 total watts of power to the subwoofers.

The Fourier Founders System is priced at approximately $50,000 USD for the entire set. We don’t normally grant “best in show” awards to prototype systems (the Fourier Series 1 system is not yet in general production), but we felt that this system’s unique looks, innovative design and exceptional performance earned an exception. We hope the company managed to get some interest at AXPONA to get these beauties into the hands of diehard music-lovers looking for something different from the usual black boxes.

By Ian White, with contributions from Chris Boylan, W. Jennings and Brian Mitchell

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