Morel Introduces BIGGIE. A Portable Bluetooth Speaker That is Big on Sound and Features

Morel attended the High End show in Munich to showcase how the company's speaker drivers can be at the core of both flagship high-end products but also innovative consumer designs. BIGGIE is the latest design from Morel, a more compact and portable speaker that expands on the brand's Högtalare, now adding a headphone-like handle and the latest Bluetooth BLE wireless technology. And Morel says that the BIGGIE will be also ready to support Auracast later in 2023.

This month’s Test Bench includes a very high-end 6″ home audio driver, coming from Morel. This is a hybrid neodymium/ferrite motor, the 6.0″ carbon fiber/Nextel sandwich cone SCW 636, a by-product of the Fat Lady project, Morel’s flagship loudspeaker. Similar to the cabinet utilized in the Fat Lady, the Morel SCW 636 uses a three-layer composite cone and dust cap that combines carbon fiber/Rohacell/carbon fiber that is both lightweight and very stiff. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, May 2010.

Högtalare is the Swedish word for speaker and that was a deliberate choice since Sweden is the home-base for IKEA, the multinational company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture. Yes, this new speaker concept comes from Tel-Aviv-based Morel Hi-Fi and, like IKEA's furniture is intended to offer the benefits of high-quality wireless sound for everyone, in a modular, affordable and creative way. The Högtalare is designed and manufactured by Morel and is now being promoted on Indiegogo.