This translucent Japanese speaker displays animated lyrics
Japanese company COTODAMA recently made its visual lyric speaker available in the US, and the device features translucent screens that display a song’s lyrics as it plays. Cotodama says it’s “the first lyrical listening speaker available to the public.”
First released in Japan last year, the COTODAMA Lyric Speaker features slick, minimal-looking housing made of translucent TFT LCD panels sandwiched between acrylic. There are two speakers on the front with a volume knob, and two speakers on the back, housed in a circular disc that also holds the computer generating the displayed lyrics and graphics. Handmade in Japan, only 15 COTODAMA speakers are produced each month.
When music plays on the speaker, the back panel turns a milky white,…
