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Really I love what HiFi means because I love how music sounds. Simple as that. But there’s also sometimes the unabashed absurdity of it all. Take for instance, some photos of products from the recent Consumer Electronics Show.

Room filling speakers:

400lb, 1500watt, $90,000 amp (times two):

And a diamond-diaphragm supertweeter that fires upward at a Golden-Ratio–proportioned Swarovsky crystal.

Thanks to Stereophile.com for the photos. Crazy stuff. I’m going to go listen to some music.