You know Bang & Olufsen. The legendary Danish audiovisual manufacturers have created beautiful pieces since 1925, and have long understood that in-home equipment doesn’t need to—actually shouldn’t—look like a giant, grey apartment block.
The BeoPlay A9 Nordic Sky speaks to this philosophy. The A9 is a wireless sound system designed to play music from your device of choice. No extra amplifiers, no additional speakers, no cables; any phone, tablet or music player that streams music through Apple Airplay or the open streaming standard DLNA is good to go. It’s totally portable, too, which makes it great for entertaining. The three Nordic Sky editions of the A9 are inspired by the colors and textures of the Scandinavian summer at dawn, dusk and twilight. Slayer never sounded so pretty.
beoplay.com; $2,699