The best soundbars are designed primarily to be heard, not seen. This new aluminum-clad behemoth from Bang & Olufsen, however, demands to be heard and seen, and it arrives with a price tag as lofty as its eye-catching “sculptural” design.

Slated to go on sale next month for a whopping $5,800, the Beosound Premiere from Bang & Olufsen arrives packed with speaker drivers—10 of them—as well as support for immersive Dolby Atmos audio.

Among the Beosound Premiere’s internal speakers are a quartet of 4 x 3-inch “racetrack”-style woofers to supply the bass, a pair of two-inch front-firing speakers, two more side-firing drivers for surround effects, and an up-firing driver sitting beneath 1,925 milled perforations, which pay “tribute to B&O’s 100-year heritage,” according to the company.

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