{"id":718097,"date":"2026-03-21T16:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T13:15:13","slug":"when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/","title":{"rendered":"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9430a331\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23e9430a331\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Most speaker designs ask a pretty simple question: how do we make this thing louder and smaller? Merge asks a completely different one. How do we make music something you can actually take apart?<\/p>\n<p>Created by a five-person design team, Junchuan Shi, Junhao Lv, Xiangzhao Meng, Ping He, and Genghao Ma, from a cross-institutional collaboration across Sichuan Vocational and Technical College, CityU Macau, TUT, and QZUIE, Merge is a conceptual speaker system that just picked up a 2025 European Product Design Award in the Consumer Electronics category. It\u2019s the kind of student concept that makes you wonder why no major brand has thought of it first.<\/p>\n<p>Designers: Junchuan Shi, Junhao Lv, Xiangzhao Meng, Ping He, Genghao Ma<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-07.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"4d994f1d34dcd46f61f7f9a8-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"4d994f1d34dcd46f61f7f9a8-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The central idea is deceptively clever. Merge physically separates music into its component layers: the accomp<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/anime-manga\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"6\" title=\"Anime || Manga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anime<\/a>nt on one module, the vocals on another, and the full combined sound handled by the complete assembly. You choose what you hear depending on how the pieces are arranged. Pull the vocal module away, and you\u2019ve got an instant karaoke track. Keep just the vocal module, and you hear a singer s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped back from all the production. Snap everything together and you get the whole song. It sounds gimmicky when you describe it that way, but it really isn\u2019t. It\u2019s an intuitive way to interact with music that streaming <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s, for all their data and algorithms, still haven\u2019t cracked with the same sense of physical satisfaction.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The three modules connect via electromagnetic induction, which also handles charging between units. That detail matters more than it sounds. It means the product doesn\u2019t rely on fiddly clips or pins; the connection is seamless and the experience stays clean. When you hold all three pieces assembled, they sit together like a solid little object. When you pull them apart, you\u2019re not wrestling with latches. You\u2019re just\u2026 separating music.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"4d994f1d34dcd46f61f7f9a8-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"4d994f1d34dcd46f61f7f9a8-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visually, the design is confident without being loud. The modules are geometric and compact: a rectangular flat piece, a squared speaker body, and a triangular wedge that caps the top when assembled. The whole thing sits in your palm like a premium toy, which is very much the point. The team describes the tactile experience of rearranging the modules as analogous to playing with building blocks, and that framing is spot on. Listening becomes a physical act rather than a passive one. You\u2019re not adjusting a slider on an app; you\u2019re literally picking up a piece of the song and putting it somewhere else.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The color language is considered too. The renders show options in slate blue, orange-coral, silver metallic, and white-grey, each colorway with its own character but all sharing the same graphic vocabulary: pixel waveform icons and quiet typography showing floating lyrics directly on the module surface. It reads like something between a well-designed toy and a serious piece of consumer electronics, which is an interesting space for a speaker to occupy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be upfront: Merge is still a concept. It won in the EPDA\u2019s conceptual category, and it hasn\u2019t crossed into production territory yet. That\u2019s a long road, and the audio <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> behind splitting tracks in real time at the hardware level would require serious engineering. The images are renders and physical prototypes, not retail-ready products. But the best conceptual design has always worked like that. It shows an industry where something should go, even when the technology and the business case haven\u2019t fully caught up yet.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>What makes Merge genuinely compelling is that it treats the listener as someone with curiosity rather than just convenience-seeking habits. The assumption baked into most audio product design is that people want everything done for them, simplified, smoothed over. Merge assumes the opposite: that people might actually enjoy engaging with the layers of a song, touching them, moving them around. Given how obsessed the current cultural moment is with stems, remixes, and stripped-back sessions, that assumption feels exactly right.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Whether it ever becomes a product you can buy, Merge is already doing the thing good design is supposed to do. It makes you look at something ordinary and ask why it was never done this way before.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-614772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-614772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"When Your Speaker Is Also a Puzzle, Music Hits Different\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"yanko-preferred-source\" style=\"margin: 24px 0 16px; text-align: center;\">\n        <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=yankodesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background:#000;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:0;padding:12px 20px;font-size:11px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase;transition:background 0.2s\" onmouseover=\"if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; this.style.background='#1a73e8'\" onmouseout=\"if (!window.__cfRLUnblockHandlers) return false; this.style.background='#000'\" data-cf-modified-4d994f1d34dcd46f61f7f9a8-=\"\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\"><path d=\"M22.56 12.25c0-.78-.07-1.53-.2-2.25H12v4.26h5.92a5.06 5.06 0 0 1-2.2 3.32v2.77h3.57c2.08-1.92 3.28-4.74 3.28-8.1z\" fill=\"#4285F4\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 23c2.97 0 5.46-.98 7.28-2.66l-3.57-2.77c-.98.66-2.23 1.06-3.71 1.06-2.86 0-5.29-1.93-6.16-4.53H2.18v2.84C3.99 20.53 7.7 23 12 23z\" fill=\"#34A853\"><\/path><path d=\"M5.84 14.09c-.22-.66-.35-1.36-.35-2.09s.13-1.43.35-2.09V7.07H2.18C1.43 8.55 1 10.22 1 12s.43 3.45 1.18 4.93l2.85-2.22.81-.62z\" fill=\"#FBBC05\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 5.38c1.62 0 3.06.56 4.21 1.64l3.15-3.15C17.45 2.09 14.97 1 12 1 7.7 1 3.99 3.47 2.18 7.07l3.66 2.84c.87-2.6 3.3-4.53 6.16-4.53z\" fill=\"#EA4335\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n            Add as a preferred source on Google<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SHARE\"><\/span>SHARE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"sd-content\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-facebook-614763\" hidden>Share on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Facebook<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-x\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-x-614763\" hidden>Share on X (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>X<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-pinterest-614763\" hidden>Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Pinterest<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-reddit\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-reddit-614763\" hidden>Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Reddit<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-linkedin-614763\" hidden>Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>LinkedIn<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tumblr\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-tumblr-614763\" hidden>Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Tumblr<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-email-614763\" hidden>Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Email<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-print\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-print-614763\" hidden>Print (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Print<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharing-hidden\">\n<div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-telegram\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-telegram-614763\" hidden>Share on Telegram (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Telegram<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-threads\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-threads-614763\" hidden>Share on Threads (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Threads<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-whatsapp-614763\" hidden>Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>WhatsApp<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-mastodon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-mastodon-614763\" hidden>Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mastodon<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-bluesky\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-bluesky-614763\" hidden>Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Bluesky<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-nextdoor\">\n\t\t\t\t<span id=\"sharing-nextdoor-614763\" hidden>Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Nextdoor<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-end\"><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Ida Torres<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/03\/20\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most speaker designs ask a pretty simple question: how do we make this thing louder and smaller? Merge asks a completely different one. How do we make music something you can actually take apart? Created by a five-person design team, Junchuan Shi, Junhao Lv, Xiangzhao Meng, Ping He, and Genghao Ma, from a cross-institutional collaboration&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":718098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/03\/when-your-speaker-is-also-a-puzzle-music-hits-different\/merge-01.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[122731,119436],"class_list":["post-718097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-bluetooth-speaker","tag-concept-designs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}