Like the SS-AR1, the SS-AR2's cabinet design was developed as deftly as its base materials.

ENGADGET: Sony reveals SS-AR2 loudspeaker, wants an invite to your next house party

Like its larger sibling, the SS-AR2 loudspeaker is a 4-unit, 3-way floor-standing vented box speaker system.

ENGADGET: Sony reveals SS-AR2 loudspeaker, wants an invite to your next house party

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The SS-AR2's incorporated drivers support a maximum input power of 100 watts through a 25 mm (one inch) soft dome, a 130 mm (five inch) sliced-paper cone and a 165 mm (six and a half inches) aluminum cone (double-drive system), producing a frequency response from 42 Hz to 60kHz.

ENGADGET: Sony reveals SS-AR2 loudspeaker, wants an invite to your next house party

Created through exhaustive processes testing countless samples and configurations, the AR1 and AR2 loudspeakers feature a final front cabinet baffle laminated to a thickness of 50 mm and 40 mm respectively from hand-selected maple cultivated from Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, whose cold climate produces maple of a tight grain, contributing markedly to the R's beautiful sound.

ENGADGET: Sony reveals SS-AR2 loudspeaker, wants an invite to your next house party