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Diamond-Encrusted Espresso Machine for the Rich and Tasteless
For almost $4,000 you get what appears to be a decent, if more or less pedestrian espresso machine:
- cup warmer in aluminum
- removable grill for the preparation of Latte Macchiato
- automatically remove of used capsules
- illuminated collecting pan for used capsules
- high pressure pump with 19 bar
- electronic temperature control (Thermoblock)
- removable water tank
- automatic functions. Choose with one push at a button between Espresso and Lungo.
The only thing that sets this apart from the pack is the unbelievably gaudy crystal facade.
From Engadget
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Guinness Names World's Most Expensive Cell Phone
So a tip of the hat to GoldVish, a Swiss company that has designed the Guinness-certified most expensive cell phone in the world. The $1.2 million 'LeMillion' cell phone is cast in 18k white gold and encrusted with 120 carats of diamonds. Otherwise, the 'LeMillion' is a perfectly unexceptional feature phone. Bluetooth, 2-gigabytes of storage, MP3 playback, an FM radio, and, of course, a digital camera.
Check out the gallery for some more absurdly priced (and often gaudy) handsets.
Gallery: Most Expensive Cell Phones
From Textually.org
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These Aluminum Speakers Will Set You Back $140,000
Our never-ending search for items at the Consumer Electronics Show that are true statement pieces continues with a visit to KEF, maker of the Muon -- perhaps ironically named since a muon is a smaller particle than a quark, yet these speakers, evidenced by the picture above, are clearly not tiny.
Nor is their price tag. At $140,000 for the pair, the Muon speakers are meant for only the most discerning audiophile, for whom price is obviously no matter.
Only 100 pairs of the speakers will be made, according to Johan Coorg, marketing director for KEF. "The one-hundred and first person who wants one will just have to be disappointed," he said.
Why make speakers like these?
"This actually started as a testbed project for our engineers," Coorg said. "British audio has always been very well respected. These speakers now are the leading edge in real cool design. It's no longer acceptable to buy a square box anymore."
Though they have a somewhat organic shape, these speakers are made of aluminum, shaped and made strong through a process called "superforming."
The result is five-hundred combined pounds of visually arresting listening delight.
From KEF.
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The Audio System That Costs as Much as a House
Binghamton, N.Y.-based McIntosh, maker of high-end home theater equipment for some truly demanding audio aficionados, is showing a $190,000 home theater system here at the Consumer Electronics Show -- a set up which they call, simply, "The Reference System." That $190,000 is just under the $240,000 national average for the cost of an entire home in the United States.
Each tweeter (the speakers that produce higher frequencies) in this system has 110 drivers, for example. Spreading the sound output among so many gives a much sweeter tweeter, so to speak. But that's hard for a system to manage, and creates the need for some seriously complex (and expensive) components.
"It takes a lot of power to produce sound that gives you the same type of experience you'd have if you were in a concert hall," said McIntosh's James Ludoviconi. "Despite this, the system itself is extremely quiet, so the only sound you hear is from the source content." Each 2,000-watt amp utilizes something called "quad-balancing" to eliminate the noise a powerful piece of equipment might otherwise make on its own. Quite a feat of engineering.
Frankly, we were impressed just looking at the set up.
Better get a bigger piggy bank.
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The World's Most Expensive Tech Toys
If you happen to be the lucky – and as yet unnamed -- Indiana native who just bought yourself a winning $314 million Powerball ticket, you're in luck: PC World has compiled an excellent photo gallery you might find interesting given your new net worth.
The list of the world's most extravagant technology products is a diverse assortment that includes some pretty cool stuff, as well as some pretty lame stuff. For example, if we were in the market for a new mansion, we'd definitely fill it up with things like a $100,000 projector, a $20,000 media server and that amazing $7,500 per year DirecTV package that would get us every single channel, movie and pay-per-view event.
Of course, then there's the gold-plated, diamond-encrusted garbage that even Donald Trump would have trouble defending the purchase of. The worst offenders on the list are the $18,000 cell phone, the $1 million laptop (which can only be started when you insert a special diamond) and a $30,000 computer mouse (pictured).
Then again, now that you're a millionaire 314 times over, you shouldn't have to point and click like the rest of us little people.
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