This $12,000 soundbar features an actual Porsche 992 GT3 exhaust system - Digital Trends

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Simon Cohen

By Simon Cohen November 2, 2022 12:31PM

Sure, immoderate soundbars diagnostic exotic materials similar hand-matched wood panels and extruded aluminum, but thing adjacent comes adjacent to the precise constricted variation Porsche Design (PD) 911 Soundbar 2.0 Pro, which, I kid you not, features a existent exhaust strategy from 1 of Porsche’s much susceptible sports cars, the 992 GT3.

Only 500 of these outrageous speakers volition ever beryllium made, truthful if there’s a hard-to-buy-for Porsche fanatic successful your life, and you emotion them capable to driblet $12,000 connected a gift, this mightiness solidify your spot successful their hearts for years to come.

If the sheer plan audacity of this happening isn’t capable to get your centrifugal running, possibly its different specifications will. Under the hood (which mightiness beryllium the archetypal clip that look is really pertinent to a speaker) you’ll find a 300-watt dependable strategy that uses a virtual 2.1.2-channel configuration. PD hasn’t indicated what benignant of drivers are lurking nether that stunning car part, but the talker is compatible with some Dolby Atmos and DTS-HD.

There are 4K-compatible HDMI inputs — but nary connection connected whether they besides passthrough Dolby Vision, HDR10, oregon HDR10+ — and the talker is besides Wi-Fi connected with enactment for Apple AirPlay 2, Chromecast built-in, and Spotify Connect. Bluetooth 5.0 is besides available. PD besides says the talker tin beryllium included successful a multiroom dependable setup, but we don’t cognize if that volition beryllium controlled by a dedicated app, oregon simply done Google Home and Apple HomeKit.

The 911 Soundbar 2.0 Pro tin beryllium wall-mounted, which is intelligibly the preferred mode to amusement disconnected this brainsick portion of automotive/audio artwork, but support successful mind, it weighs a hefty 65 kg (143 pounds), truthful take your determination and mounting hardware accordingly. It tin besides beryllium table-mounted utilizing an included stand.