Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers

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Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers
« on: 6 Mar 2016, 03:47 pm »
My wife and I were wandering around a very large Eslite Bookstore/shopping arcade a couples days ago when I saw this small shop selling guitars. I don't play the guitar, so as my eyes began to drift away from the store, I caught sight of a pair of speakers with a small sub sitting between them placed on a shelf of a bookcase. Whoever put them there clearly wasn't trying to impress would be customers because they were so poorly placed. [It turns out the owner likes them there and has no intention of selling them.]

Rather than being produced in Taiwan or China (as was my expectation), I discovered that they came from Portland, Oregon! Hot damn! I love that city.

Here's the link to the website for anyone who is interested. I did not listen to the speakers for more than 45 seconds and they were very poorly placed, but still they sounded decent.

http://joeyroth.com/ceramicspeakers/

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Re: Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers
« Reply #1 on: 6 Mar 2016, 04:43 pm »
There was a topic from about a year ago that really didn't go anywhere, but there is a link to a fairly in-depth 6Moons review that liked the object d'art art aspect, but felt you could buy far better performance for the price.

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=134036.msg1422431#msg1422431

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Re: Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers
« Reply #2 on: 6 Mar 2016, 05:13 pm »
Steve,

Thanks. I missed that post entirely. Good to know about the 6Moons review, too. Oh, well.

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Re: Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers
« Reply #3 on: 6 Mar 2016, 05:44 pm »
Looks like the review is for Joey's first design. He is now on version 2.1.

I would think the product deserves a second look now. The guy is apparently a really serious industrial designer!  :thumb:

I could only imagine how a trip to Texas (GR Research and Rythmik) might inspire designer like this. They might all get wealthy teaming up to enter the mass market with artistic enclosures and great sound.

One can dream.

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« Reply #4 on: 6 Mar 2016, 05:52 pm »
Dealers call it Life Style.

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Re: Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers
« Reply #5 on: 6 Mar 2016, 11:20 pm »
Visually it looks like a knockoff of the Norh.

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« Reply #6 on: 7 Mar 2016, 12:33 am »
Surprised with all the coffee lovers on AC that someone hasn't put a driver in a coffee mug or coffee pot yet.   :P

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« Reply #7 on: 7 Mar 2016, 02:09 am »
Visually it looks like a knockoff of the Norh.

Didn't the guy who started Norh return to the Pacific Northwest? I think I remember some reference about that. I wonder if there is a connection - no matter how slight? Dunno.

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« Reply #8 on: 7 Mar 2016, 02:12 am »
Surprised with all the coffee lovers on AC that someone hasn't put a driver in a coffee mug or coffee pot yet.   :P

LOL! JLM, I have thought about something like this several times. Practically half the mountain range in Taiwan is marble or granite. Compared to prices in the US, it's dirt cheap here. I just haven't found an artist or grinding business and pitched the idea to them yet.

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« Reply #9 on: 7 Mar 2016, 02:31 am »
Visually it looks like a knockoff of the Norh.

The Norh looks a little more like a Smithfield ham than these little satellites, but you have a point. Wonder how many tugs on the cable/bumps/disconnects and disconnects those cork plus will take.

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« Reply #10 on: 7 Mar 2016, 11:16 am »
Shipping of those heavy yet non-resilient Norh cabinets was a challenge.  He also ventured into amps and as I recall had legal/financial problems (his factory was located on someone else's land).

I've seen several vendors selling small single driver speakers in various "organic" shaped cabinets.  Of course the Gallo sphere's are probably the most popular, but one of most thought out ones is the Munro Egg 2-way studio monitors.

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« Reply #11 on: 7 Mar 2016, 11:22 am »
Surprised with all the coffee lovers on AC that someone hasn't put a driver in a coffee mug or coffee pot yet.   :P

Ahem ...
https://www.origaudio.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29778

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« Reply #13 on: 7 Mar 2016, 01:35 pm »
Thanks for the reminder.  I recall listening to a pizza box once.   :o

My niece and nephen thought it a great idea to stick it to my hirsuite challenged dome. Didn't quite work even though they assured me it was hollow enough to work.

Kids.

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« Reply #14 on: 7 Mar 2016, 01:42 pm »
Surprised with all the coffee lovers on AC that someone hasn't put a driver in a coffee mug or coffee pot yet.   :P
Startbooks http://makezine.com/2008/11/18/coffee-cup-speaker-set/
Or Expresso Bluetooth http://gadgetsin.com/gear4-espresso-portable-bluetooth-speaker.htm
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