Those goofy French. Eaters of snails, force-feeders of ducks, lovers of Jerry Lewis, inventors of the pantomime, makers of glass loudspeakers.
 

Waterfall Audio has unveiled a new floorstanding loudspeaker, the Waterfall Niagara. Setting the 3 way Niagara apart from the other loudspeakers in the Waterfall Audio lineup is the horn loaded design of the tweeter. The horn loaded tweeter is enclosed in a second enclosure that rests atop the main loudspeaker, and receives it's own crossover. The main enclosure houses two 7" drivers supplying the midrange and midbass, fleshed out by the down firing 8" woofer, which lets the Niagara boast a bottom end extension of 36Hz. Sensitive at 89dB, the Niagara will accommodate owners of amplifiers ranging from 60-250 watts. All is housed in a beautiful glass housing made from 15mm thick plates that effectively mass-load themselves: these bad boys weigh 176 pounds apiece.

 

At $53,000/pair the Waterfall Niagara is not for everyone. If however you are redecorating the Fortress of Solitude this winter these loudspeakers from Waterfall Audio may just fit the bill.