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My next stop is the Earthquake Sound demo, which is showing off its 400-pound Titan speakers encased in cherrywood cabinets the size of coffins. Joseph Sahyoun, Earthquake's lead designer and president, is proud of - even smug about - his mammoth creation: "When we were done with this thing," he says, "even we were impressed."

And I have to admit, I am too. I'd never given Norah Jones a second thought until I heard "Come Away With Me" pumped through the Titans. Their 800-Hz supertweeters reveal the subtlest nuances - the piano's minor-key timbre, the cymbals' shimmer. Discerning the seductive way Jones smacks her lips between measures, I instantly develop a schoolboy crush.

As if such rich sound weren't enough to sell the Titans, Sahyoun brags about the speakers' ability to take a punch. He repeatedly pounds one of the exposed woofer cones with his fist while telling me, "Our market is anyone with an annual income of $1 million." (Wham!) "Football players." (Wham!) "Baseball players." (Wham!) At that point he trails off, unsure who else might pay $25,000 for speakers and then beat on them.

By Brendan I. Koerner, "Wired Magazine"
Earthquake's Rhea Sounds and Looks Beautiful
This center-channel loudspeaker is truly revolutionary. It contains three 1.5-inch soft-dome tweeters, each of which is rated for 30 degrees of dispersion. The outputs do not overlap until a distance of exactly 15 feet. In addition to the tweeters, the Rhea has four 6-inch full-range high-speed drivers powered by massive magnetic motors. The motors are specially designed to produce long and accurate excursions that are critical for a high-SPL system such as this especially one that is delivers such deep bass. Earthquake engineers uniquely tuned the combinations of drivers for uniform dispersion of sound waves over a large area with a broad frequency range. The drivers are mounted in a horizontal array, based on a classic design theory developed in the 1960s.

With its aerodynamic cabinet finished in ten layers of piano-black lacquer, the Rhea is a unique speaker. This unconventional aerodynamic design reduces or eliminates internal and external reflections and refractions found in typical rectangular designs. The cabinets' smooth and curved surfaces allow air to move non-turbulently around and within the cabinet, delivering the smoothest and most accurate mid- and high-frequency effects that you will ever hear.

Line Array System for extremely wide and precise frequency range
10 Layer piano lacquer finish
Aero dynamic reflection and refraction limiting enclosure, which results in near perfect vocal and high frequency reproduction
Three 1" enhanced response silk dome tweeters
Four 6 1/2" silk coated pulp cone midbass/midrange
Power Range 150 to 1500 Watts RMS
Impedance 8-ohm
Sensitivity 90dB @ 1W/1M
Frequency Response 23Hz to 30kHz
Gross Weight (113.6 Kg) (250 Lbs)
Net Weight (60 Kg) (132 Lbs)
Dimensions (HxWxD) 31.5cm x 92cm x 54cm" 12 6/16" x 36 3/16" x 21 1/4"
Tough shell coated stand with gold Titan name plate