More bass for the buck in less than a cubic foot – That's the 10x8x10" HxWxD LC1 from Chesky Audio [$996/pr] which mates a 6½" 2-way face with 1" dome tweeter to two horizontally opposed 8" passive radiators on the cheeks and a single-wire terminal on the bum. With claimed bandwidth of 50Hz-20kHz, thinking shoppers know to expect low sensitivity in trade – 83dB to be exact. But the LC1 also promises a particularly inert cabinet built from "high-density polymer" to "embody the sound of a speaker 10 x its size". Built in the US, there's a 1-year warranty on all parts. The fractal-grooved surface treatment bracketing the tweeter is for diffraction control. Applying basic math, the surface area across which the passive radiators share bandwidth with the mid/woofer compounds to that of a single 13" woofer. Despite its puny size, this box should be capable of moving some air.
