Silicon speakers: the future of audio?

news new technology: xM EMS ♦ Sony California-based xMEMS is shouting from the rooftops that it’s got a new technology that will radically change the world of loudspeaker technology and design for the first time since Oliver Lodge developed the first experimental moving-coil loudspeaker in 1898. “MEMS speakers, which are only now just beginning to hit the market, will soon replace literally all existing speakers, across all consumer audio products,” was the message from a breathless PR agent in New York. “With this new silicon micro-speaker, the audio quality and comfort that’s currently only available in $1000+ audiophile headphones can now be experienced in mass-market devices priced for the mainstream.” We treat such claims with enormous caution, naturally. Much the same was said about NXT flat panel speakers in the…

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