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Edge Sound Research Unveils ResonX Core: Invisible Speakers That Make Your Couch Feel the Full Audio Spectrum

Edge Sound Research’s Embodied Sound System turns surfaces into full-range audio, delivering immersive tactile and music experiences without visible speakers.

Edge Sound Research ResonX Core Installation Diagram

At CEDIA Expo 2025, while the usual big names were showing off incremental upgrades, Edge Sound Research teamed up with Sweetwater to shake things up—literally. Their Embodied Sound demo ditched visible speakers entirely, letting you feel the full audio spectrum through surfaces, proving that audio innovation doesn’t always need a grille cloth or a logo.

Edge Sound Research, in partnership with Sweetwater, has taken the Bass Shaker and Tactile Transducer idea and blown it out of the subwoofer range. Embodied Sound doesn’t just rattle your chair with low frequencies—it reproduces the entire audio spectrum.

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Edge Sound Research ResonX Core

At the heart of it is ResonX, a patented tech that marries high-fidelity planar speakers with pure tactile audio. Translation: you don’t need a traditional speaker to hear—or feel—your music. The transducer assembly can hide under floors, inside walls, under coffee tables, or beneath couches. Basically, if it’s a solid surface, it can become a full-body speaker.

The goal is simple: make sound a full-body experience. While typical shakers tap out at around 250Hz, Embodied Sound handles everything, turning tables, walls, windows—hell, almost anything—into a living, vibrating audio environment.

Pair that with intelligent software that reads metadata in real time, and you’ve got the Embodied Sound ecosystem: a system that thinks ahead, adapts on the fly, and actually makes your body part of the mix.

Applications aren’t limited to your home theater, either. Think stadiums, cinemas, restaurants, houses of worship—anywhere sound and physical immersion collide. And yes, it works at home too, so your couch finally earns its keep.

Embodied Sound runs on the Edge Sound Research ResonX Core, a tech platform that:

  • Combines pure-haptic audio with high-fidelity planar speakers
  • Turns virtually any surface into a full-range tactile experience from 7Hz–5kHz
  • Keeps the audible spectrum smooth and detailed from 80Hz–17kHz
  • Lets you tap a seat with your phone to unlock personalized soundscapes, tailored to exactly how you like to feel—and hear—it

The Bottom Line 

At CEDIA, the Embodied Sound demo in a small living-room-style booth—transducers hidden in the walls, under the coffee table, and inside the couch—proved surprisingly effective despite sound leakage from the exhibit hall. The system delivered both tactile vibration and a full-range listening experience, though vocals weren’t as forward as they could be in the mix.

Even in the cramped, imperfect space, it was clear how well Embodied Sound could fit into home entertainment setups, saving room by eliminating visible speakers and reducing wire clutter.

With a properly isolated demo room, like the one planned for CES 2026, the full potential of the ResonX Core and its immersive, surface-driven audio experience should be undeniable.

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Price & Availability

The Edge Sound Research ResonX Core is available through Sweetwater for $800.00 (each).

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