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SEPTEMBER 2012
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY TED MORRISON
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State-of-the-art meets
actual art in Jarre’s Lalique
Edition sound system
BY JACQUELINE DETWILER
COMPRESSION: GOOD FOR
pantyhose and Olympic swimsuits
but, as vinyl purists have repeat-
edly pointed out, not so good for
music. Unless, of course, you’re
playing that music through Jarre’s
AeroSystem One, a speaker
system that’s CD- and turntable-
compatible but really shines when
it comes to restoring rich, full sound
to the compressed audio files on
iPods, iPhones and MP3 players. It
creates such crystal-clear sound
that Jarre recently asked legend-
ary French glassmaker Lalique
to actually cover the case in lead
crystal to match. The resulting
Lalique Edition features jets of
colored water that swirl behind the
art deco–style sculpture
Masque de
Femme
—proving that even with all
that decompression, there’s still
plenty of room for beauty.
$14,930 / jarre.com