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Creating the ultimate home theatre is definitely an expensive endeavor.  If you want to have premium sound quality and dynamics like the biggest movie theatres, you have to be willing to pay a premium price for the speaker system.  Home theatre speakers are one of the most important components of a good home cinema setup, so spending some extra cash on a top-of-the-line speakers system should be a priority for any home theatre enthusiast looking to build the ultimate home theatre.

Lets take a look at some of the most expensive home speaker systems known to man.  Yeah, they may be expensive, but in almost every case you get what you pay for.  Premium sound comes with a premium price tag.  Maybe your home cinema budget doesn’t quite correlate with the speaker systems here, but at least you can check ‘em out and dream about someday having an awesome sound system such as the ones listed below.  Hey, it’s good to dream!

Expensive…

Sonance Kayak Speaker System

Not only is this speaker system expensive, but it’s also an extremely attractive-looking speaker unlike any other speaker on the market.  Although the Kayak is just one speaker, it puts out stereo sound with two silk tweeters and two 5.7-inch woofers.  This means you don’t need a room full of speakers to get that full, rich sound.  The unique-looking speaker can be mounted vertically or horizontally, and it will push 60 watts of power at 8 ohms.  With its steep price tag of about £1,500, you’re looking at a speaker system that will set you back over £25 per watt!  Not the cheapest speaker system in the world, but at the very least, it’ll make an awesome conversation piece! (via)

Jamo Reference R 909 Speakers

Looking for a premium home speaker system that looks as good as it sounds?  The Jamo Reference R 909 high fidelity speakers meet this criteria and then some.  These top-of-the-line loudspeakers feature two 15-inch subwoofers, a 5.5-inch midrange speaker, and a 1-inch tweeter all rolled into an attractive state-of-the-art wooden enclosure.  Each of the 50-inch tall speakers can handle up to 250 watts with no problem at all, and they’ll hit all the way down to 25 hertz.  The R 909 speaker system will not only give your home entertainment center jaw-dropping bass response and crystal clear highs, but it will also  burn a hole in your wallet with its £7,500 price tag per pair!

Wilson Audio Alexandria X-2

The audio experts at Wilson Audio set-out to create a loudspeaker that would match the quality of a live music performance, and it may have just accomplished that feat with the Alexandria X-2 speaker system.  This amazing speaker features one 15-inch subwoofer, one 13-inch subwoofer, two 6.75-inch midrange woofers, one 1-inch tweeter, and one 1-inch super tweeter!  With a sensitivity of 95 db, this system takes full advantage of every single watt of power sent through it.  The body of this over 70-inch tall speaker looks like something from the future, and each Alexandria X-2 comes with high quality custom paint job according to the customer’s needs.  The most amazing part about this speaker system is its price tag ñ A pair of Alexandria X-2 loudspeakers start at £67,500!

More Expensive…

AvantGarde Trio Classico with Bass Horns

OK, now we’re starting to get into some seriously expensive home cinema speakers.  This set of speakers from AvantGarde are among the best sounding speakers anywhere.  The Trio Classico speaker system comes in a variety of colors, and the system’s bass horns look like something from the future with its curvy, circular design.  Needless to say, the sound that this system produces is also out-of-this-world.  The Trio Classico is one of most expensive home speaker systems in the world at a cool £94,500.  Surprisingly, though, people from around the world have purchased these speakers for their home theatre setups (very very rich people, needless to say).

Magico Ultimate

These very rare home theatre speakers epitomize sound quality and performance.  Each of these state-of-the-art speakers feature a 15-inch subwoofer, along with four Japanese ALE compression drivers.  These 5-way behemoths produce some of the finest quality music possible with their 110dB efficiency throughout the entire frequency range.  Alon Wolf was the designer of the Magico Ultimates, and he spared no expense when creating this amazing speaker.  That fact is evident when you take a look at the Ultimate’s bloated price tag of about £114,500.

Marten Coltrane Supreme

As the follow-up to the award-winning Coltrane speaker system, the Coltrane Supreme exemplifies both beauty and performance.  The main loudspeakers feature four ceramic upper-bass speakers, one ceramic lower midrange speaker, the world’s first 2 diamond midrange, and one diamond tweeter.  The subwoofer employs four long-throw subs that hit as low as 16 Hz, this is base so low that you can’t hear it, but you can sure feel it!  The crystal clear highs reach frequency levels up to 100,000 HZ, which is unheard of in the home speaker industry.  The result is sound that is exceptionally clear throughout the entire frequency range and easily covers the entire audible frequency spectrum.  With the Coltrane Supreme subwoofer’s 4,000 watt peak power handling, you can expect some major bass response ñ make sure you have strong windows in your house before you crank these things up!  These awesome home theatre speakers can be used for ‘just’ £125,000!

Ridiculously Expensive!!…

Acapella Audio Arts Sphaeron

A German speaker manufacturer by the name of Acapella Audio Arts developed the Sphaeron speaker system back in the 1990s as the ultimate in horn-style speaker design in the world.  This amazing speaker system not only looks revolutionary, but performs beyond anything you’ve ever heard before.  This speaker system features an exceptional efficiency of 100dB, which means that this system takes every last watt of power and turns it into stellar sound.  With a 1,000 watt maximum capacity, these speakers can push plenty of air around a home cinema room.  The manufacturer recommends the room to be at least 50sqm in size for best performance.  These beautiful red horn-speakers will set you back about £162,500!

CAT MBX Powered Speakers

These incredible speakers designed by California Audio Technology require some serious head-room with their gigantic 12-foot tall stature, and their weight is out-of-this-world ñ 5 tons per pair!!  It takes about 1 gallon of Ferrari red paint to deck-out these amazingly beautiful speakers.  The enclosures that house the speakers are an unheard of 8-inches thick, and it’s made from a 16-ply Avonite lamination process.  These towering floor speakers feature custom-made 22-inch subwoofers, 12-inch subwoofers, 9-inch woofers, 5.5-inch midrange speakers, and 1.25-inch tweeters.  This montage of speakers is powered by 4 custom on-board amplifiers which put out some serious wattage.  With all this amazing speaker power and fine craftsmanship, it’s no surprise that these speakers come with a very premium price - £280,000 per pair to be exact.

The Infinite Wisdom Grande

Wisdom is a Nevada-based speaker manufacturer with just one thing in mind; They want to produce the best sounding, best quality loudspeakers on the market.  Their flagship speaker design is the Infinite Wisdom Grande loudspeaker, and this thing is far from your average home speaker system.  It stands 13-feet tall, weighs about 3,800 lbs., and it is capable of producing high quality sound at pressure levels of about 120 dB.  Just as a comparison, 120 dB is louder than standing near the speakers at a loud rock concert ñ now that’s loud!  This incredibly loud sound is possible because of the system’s total of 24 low frequency drivers per pair.  These extremely well-built subwoofers can handle up to 12,000 watts!  If you do somehow have enough room in your home for these monsters (like a palace or castle!), you’ll have to fork-over more than £300,000 to get a pair of these awesome home speakers.

Kharma Grand Enigma

…And the award for the most expensive home speaker system on the planet goes to…The Kharma Grand Enigma.  This Netherlands-based speaker manufacturer is serious about speaker quality and performance.  This one-of-a-kind speaker system is just that, as there’s only one of these systems on the planet.  The lucky owner of this awesome home speaker setup is a homeowner in Belgium who wanted to have the best speaker system ever made, and I think he got it.  He paid a cool $1 million USD for this setup, and that’s just for the speakers! Pics via Gizmodo.