Ross Lovegrove: MUO

Ross Lovegrove designed for KEF an affordable wireless speaker that inherits its sculptural aesthetic from the visual style of the Muon, still regarded as an industry standard.

Ross Lovegrove, MUO
  • 29 September 2015
  • London

During the London Design Festival KEF launched the MUO affordable wireless Bluetooth speaker, designed by Ross Lovegrove.

KEF engineers worked with Lovegrove to create a strong molded internal enclosure to house MUO’s innovative drivers, high-performance digital-to-analogue converter (DAC) and other internal components. These are encased in an acoustically inert outer shell of extruded aluminium, with soft rubber feet optimally positioned for MUO to be sat at exactly the right angle for desktop use.

This structure effectively eliminates unwanted cabinet vibration and the internal design features high standards of acoustic engineering, designed to ensure the best possible level of sound reproduction at the price.

Unlike the small drivers in ordinary portable speakers – which inevitably sacrifice both bass depth and high-end clarity – the MUO’s miniaturised Uni-Q driver array decouples the tweeter dome from the outer cone by a flexible membrane. This means the whole diaphragm is free to pump out midrange frequencies as powerfully as a conventional driver, while allowing the tweeter dome to move independently, thus reproducing the higher registers with pinpoint accuracy.

MUO was presented during the London Design Festival with an installation at the Somerset House that featured 100 anodised speakers.

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