For years, Samsung has made merchandise that attempt to camouflage what they’re by displaying artworks. The Frame TV is essentially the most well-known instance, however the firm additionally launched the Music Frame, a speaker disguised as an image body, ultimately 12 months’s CES. Now, as a substitute of hiding a speaker with a bit of artwork, Samsung labored with designer Erwan Bouroullec to make a speaker into a bit of artwork.
In response to Samsung, the Music Studio line of audio system, debuting at CES 2026, draw inspiration from the “timeless dot idea” discovered all through music and artwork. As a musician, the Music Studio 5 jogs my memory of a fermata, the image meant to carry a word or silence. It has a 4-inch woofer and twin tweeters with built-in waveguide.
The bigger Music Studio 7 is a 3.1.1-channel speaker that can be utilized by itself, in a pair for wider stereo sound, or with appropriate Samsung Wi-Fi audio system, soundbars, or TVs utilizing the corporate’s Q-Symphony expertise. The Studio 7 is able to taking part in high-resolution audio as much as 24-bit/96kHz, and it and the Music Studio 5 use AI Dynamic Bass Management to increase bass response.
Generally these aesthetic-first audio system neglect about crucial a part of a speaker — its sound high quality. However Samsung has completed a powerful job over the previous few years with its audio tuning which makes me optimistic for the Music Studio’s efficiency.