Just 500 of these limited-edition speaker units will be made.
Alex KiersteinWriter
Nov 3, 2022
Porsche Design has made waves with a series of feature-rich, high-end sound bars crafted out of a 911 exhaust system. These don’t just look like a 911 exhaust—they’re made out of one. That partially explains the previous model’s list price of nearly $5,000. Now Porsche Design has a new 911 Soundbar 2.0 Pro, newly crafted from a 992-generation GT3 exhaust. Unlike the previous unit, mounted on a horizontal base, this one is now wall-mounted and no longer covered in a black coating. It’s a raw, bare, beautiful exhaust system. And it has a new price tag, as well, and one that’s a bit of a jump from its 2020 counterpart: $12,000.
It is no lightweight, in terms of specs or absolute weight. At 143 pounds, you’ll want to make sure it’s properly mounted to a wall. Once installed, you can enjoy 300 watts of total power in 2.1.2 Virtual Surround System sound. It features Bluetooth 5.0, Apple AirPlay 2, built-in Chromecast, Spotify connect, and 4K HDMI ports. That means you can pump streaming audio and/or video through this sound bar to whatever screen (or screens, it has multiform and in-room multi-channel capabilities) you desire to play it on.
The unfinished exhaust, with exposed discoloration around the welds and all the imperfections you’d find on a real, production GT3 muffler—because it is one—contrast wonderfully with the monolithic gloss black base and the shiny, finished exhaust tips. There’s a certain beauty to something designed to be purely functional; taking that part and allowing it to be the visual focus of a display is a brilliant choice. It’s good to see Porsche Design didn’t try to cover it up with a glossy finish.
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It’s definitely a statement piece, albeit a functional one. We’ve sampled these units before and find they provide crisp, clear sound that will fill an entire room. For $12,000, it’d better do that, at least. The Soundbar 2.0 will be built in Germany and limited to just 500 units. Preorders are open now and it will be released in January of 2023.