Silence Please and Kouros Maghsoudi unveil a $6,600 sculptural speaker

Only 10 pairs of Hum exist, and that scarcity is the point. Silence Please and Kouros Maghsoudi have priced the sculptural bookshelf speaker at $6,600 per pair, turning it into the kind of gift that lands somewhere between a milestone wedding present, a serious housewarming gesture, and a patron-level purchase for someone building a room around design as much as sound.

The collaboration debuted during NYCxDesign 2026 inside Silence Please’s Bowery listening space in Manhattan, a venue the company describes as part listening room, part tea house inside a former art gallery. That setting suits Hum, which has been framed as a brutalist audio object inspired by New York nightlife, techno culture, large club systems, and the hard edges of Brutalist interiors. It looks like sculpture first, and that is exactly why it works as a collector’s gift: it can sit in a living room, loft, or media space as a conversation piece long before anyone presses play.

Silence Please calls Hum the “middle voice” of the brand, positioned between its Hush model and its larger three-way speakers. Under the surface, it is a passive 2-way bookshelf loudspeaker built around a 6.5-inch woofer and a horn-loaded tweeter based on the Jean-Michel Le Cléac’h profile. The enclosure is 15 liters, bass-reflex tuned to 45 Hz, with an official frequency response of 42 Hz to 20 kHz, 90 dB sensitivity, 4-ohm nominal impedance, and a recommended 30 to 80 watts per channel. Bone and Black are the launch finishes, with custom lacquer options available for buyers who want the pair to disappear into a room or stand out against it.

For the right recipient, that mix of restraint and theater is the appeal. Hum is not a casual upgrade for background playlists; it is meant for someone who cares how an object sits against a wall, how it reads under light, and how it changes a room’s mood. Maghsoudi’s background helps explain the draw. The New York-based furniture designer studied sustainable architecture and urban design, and his earlier work, including the Mehmooni collection, pulls from Persian cultural references while leaning playful, hedonistic, and postmodern.

At a time when many luxury gifts chase scale, Hum offers a sharper kind of status: not more volume, but more intention. The pair’s limited run, the custom finishes, and the studio’s polished industrial language make it a rare fit for the buyer who wants the gift to feel curated, architectural, and just a little impossible to duplicate.