Joey Roth Ceramic Speakers

If you can afford it, and you promise not to break it, do yourself a favor and buy!

The Joey Roth ceramic speaker set provide a way to engage in full stereo sound without committing tons of floor space for a hi-fi stereo system. With the addition of the subwoofer, you begin to experience the fullness to instruments, and the ability to fill a small room with satisfying sound. Unlike other single source iDocks, the Joey Roth ceramic speakers/sub reproduces sound with left/right accuracy and provides bass extension close to a bona fide stereo system rather than aiming for the oftentimes artificial processing or virtual surround popular today.

If the intent is to provide a “vast improvement over built-in speakers” in laptops, then mission accomplished. At a $495 price tag to augment laptop speakers or for use as a standalone room system, I’ll have to pass. But, if it had a three channel amp with a small subwoofer; now I’m listening

Desktop Speakers have a knack for looking boxy and boring and sounding so-so. Enter: Joey Roth and his merry men. An improbable, eye-popping mix of Jetson-esque curves and rustic materials, industrial designer Joey Roth’s crockery-cum-speaker set produces a bold, crisp tone that’s great for movie-watching and MP3 jam sessions.

The truth is that I see these as the perfect speaker system for the enlightened apartment dweller. Loud, clear, and suitable for most purposes, as well as being beautiful and interesting objects. In fact, you know what these are? They’re for the person who has everything. Because they certainly don’t have anything like these.

To be blunt, if you're concerned about the existence of equally good-sounding gear at lower prices, you're probably not the intended audience. The Ceramic Speakers are about marrying distinctive minimalist design with good quality and an open-minded approach to where in the home you stick them. In any case, they look great either side of a big-ass computer display.