MUTUAL CORE
Sculptural Ceramic Loudspeakers
Hand-built in Kingston, NY
At the center, two forces share one pulse.
A sculpted ceramic horn, ridged like eroded stone, meets a grounded wooden cabinet that carries the weight of bass. Separate forms, one living center. Their tension becomes unity, sound feels both anchored and airborne.
Mutual Core was recently recognized with a NYCxDESIGN Award,
Mutual Core bridges sculpture and sound through a slow, hand-built process
Ceramic Signatures
The Acoustic Virtue of Ceramic
Fired stoneware is naturally dense and self-damping. Inside the horn, the clay stays still; only the air vibrates. Micro-textures remain intact, imaging clicks into focus, and the stage expands. Walnut bass enclosures add warmth and weight, so clarity meets body. The mass you see is the reason you hear more—detail, depth, and music that feels alive in the room.Ceramic as Sculpture
Each horn is slip-cast, then carved and glazed like our studio vessels. Ridges, swells, and mineral speckles emerge as light shifts. Because the glaze fires into the clay—not on top—color and material fuse into one skin that ages with grace. In a listening space, Mutual Core feels less like equipment and more like a quiet sculpture that happens to fill the room with sound.
Audiophile Performance, Sculptural Presence
Most speakers give you a choice: sonic accuracy in a black box, or sculptural flair with sonic compromise. Mutual Core refuses that trade-off. The ceramic horns delivers studio-grade detail, the wooden cabinets anchor bass with authoritative weight. Yet every surface is shaped, carved, and glazed like a collectible object, meant to live in view, not under a grille.
Designed for the Listener Who Curates
If you choose your lighting, furniture, and art with intent, your loudspeakers shouldn’t feel like an afterthought. Mutual Core bridges hi-fi engineering and collectible craft, bringing music back into the centre of the room—visually and audibly.
Edition, Not Production
We build in numbered editions of ten pairs at a time. No offshore factory runs, no annual model churn. Each unit is cast, trimmed, tuned, and signed in our Kingston studio—its provenance as clear as its sound. When an edition closes, the moulds are archived and a new glaze palette begins, ensuring each series remains distinct and scarce.
Grounded in Craft
Cabinets are crafted in Kingston with Rowan Woodwork and finished in real walnut or oak, the grain carefully matched so a circular open-grain ring traces the woofer. Crossovers are hand-soldered in-house with film capacitors and air-core coils. Every element is chosen for presence, how the speaker sounds, and how it feels in the room.
Mutual Core spans 55 Hz – 18 kHz with effortless imaging. Listeners tell us vocals float in space, bass arrives with solid warmth, and cymbals bloom before fading—filling the room with a vivid sense of presence.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Configuration |
2‑way passive speakers Horn‑loaded ceramic tweeter 6” Poly cone woofer |
| Frequency Response | Approx. 55 Hz – 18 kHz |
| Sensitivity | ~88 dB / 2.83 V/1 m |
| Impedance | 8 ohms |
| Recommended Amplifier Power | 30–100 W per channel |
| Crossover |
~2,2Khz High‑quality film capacitors & air‑core inductors |
| Materials |
Horn: slipcast ceramic Stoneware Cabinet: Veneered MDF with solid‑wood details (White Oak or Dark Walnut) Stand: Solid wood (White Oak or Dark Walnut) |
| Dimensions (each speaker) |
Cabinet: 14” H × 9.5” W × 11” D Horn on stand: 12” Ø Total footprint: ~26” H × 12” W × 12” L |
| Weight | Approx. 30 lb per speaker |
How to acquire
Edition
Batch No. 1 · 10 pairs
Hand-signed, numbered, and shipped Summer 2025
Reserve
Email hello@limpatience.com
We build and deliver in the order reservations arrive.
Join the wait-list for Batch No. 2 if this run is spoken for.
Mutual Core was recognized in the Best emerging Product Designer category — honored for its sculptural presence, hand-built process, and the way it reimagines the relationship between sound and form.
