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Object No.01 — desktop speaker

Sound,
taken apart.

The Monolith M‑01 is a single machined column that fills a room and then disappears into it. Six honest layers, nothing glued shut. Scroll to pull it open.

$399$349
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Six layers.
One obsession.

No mystery box, no potting compound. Every part is named, torqued to spec, and replaceable with a hex key you already own.

01Anodized capA single billet of 6063‑T5, bead‑blasted then hard‑anodized so the amber never chips to silver.Ø 116 · 4h dye bath
02Control ringCapacitive touch with a machined detent you can feel through gloves. Volume lives on the surface, not in an app.3‑zone · haptic
03Full‑range driverA 76 mm paper‑and‑glass cone tuned for the human voice first and the low end second.76 mm · 40W
04Micro‑perf grille218,000 holes drilled at 0.6 mm so the driver breathes but your fingertips never find an edge.0.6 mm · 218k
05Acoustic chamberA sealed aluminum column that turns the desk it sits on into part of the cabinet.sealed · 0.4 L
06Cast base1.9 kg of zinc keeps it planted through the loudest chorus and the clumsiest reach for coffee.1.9 kg · felt
Macro study of the four finishes: bead-blasted slate, warm sand, hard-anodized amber and matte ink aluminium under raking light
— Materials, chosen once

We picked four
and stopped.

Trends age badly, so the Monolith doesn't follow any. Four finishes, each engineered to look better after five years of desk life than the day it shipped. Fingerprints wipe off. Colors don't.

Every unit is finished by hand in a shop of eleven people who will happily tell you which one they touched.

Slate
bead‑blast / grey
Sand
matte / warm
Amber
hard‑anodize
Ink
midnight / black

The honest spec sheet.

Measured in our room, at your desk distance. No asterisks.

0dB
Peak output at one meter, distortion under 1%.
0hrs
Battery on a single charge, at the volume you actually use.
0layers
Every one serviceable with a 2.5 mm hex key.
0plastic
Grams of it anywhere you can see or touch.
"It's the first speaker I've wanted to unscrew just to see how honest it is inside."
RT
Rina Tomassen · Editor, FIELD & FREQUENCY

Take one apart
at your own desk.

Ships in the Slate finish within two days. Thirty nights to change your mind, and a hex key in the box.

$349 / free shipping