Goldmund Pulp + Hub wireless speaker package is for fetishists of high fidelity
With Pulp + Hub, Goldmund Sound Systems offers high-resolution wireless sound and impressively sculptural speakers, shaped by designer Cécile Barani

This is the new Goldmund Pulp + Hub set, a complete speaker package from the eccentric and luxurious Swiss manufacturer. Pulp joins a stable of ultra-high-end packages for fetishists of high fidelity, and like the brand’s recent monumental Gaïa system, Pulp was designed in collaboration with the French designer Cécile Barani.
Pulp + Hub speaker system by Goldmund Sound Systems
Pulp now comes complete with a new optional stand system and Goldmund’s innovative self-developed ‘Hub’, which streams high-resolution music to the speakers from a variety of sources. The company suggests the WiSA (Wireless Speaker and Audio) hub can be used with conventional hi-fi equipment, or with a TV via HDMI or the usual clutch of streaming services.
Goldmund Sound Systems' new wireless Hub
Barani describes Pulp as a ‘family of pieces to be displayed in space… unfolding like a sound punctuation.’ The cylindrical speakers have a swivelling textile cover that can conceal or reveal the drivers as required. Available in silver grey with black grilles or matte black with matching grilles, there are also new floor stands that further emphasise the sculptural speaker’s presence.
The Pulp speaker has a swivelling front grille
Goldmund was founded in Switzerland in 1978 and continues to manufacture its products in Geneva. Materials and finishes are extremely high-grade, and everything is made by hand, using only the finest components. The gold-plated elements are sourced from a supplier to the region’s watch trade; its other customers are Patek Philippe and Rolex.
French designer Cécile Barani helped shape the Pulp speaker
Other Goldmund audio products include amplifiers, CD players, audio processors and home cinema systems, but it’s in speaker design that Goldmund really pushes the envelope. The Apologue speakers, which were designed by the Italian artist Claudio Rotta Loria and appear as if they’re stacked within an architectural framework, have been displayed at MoMA in New York; the current Prana, Satya, and Samadhi series are the direct descendants of this esoteric 1987 design.
The Gaïa speaker system stands 2.1m high
Barani’s Gaïa system is another case in point. A monolithic stacked array of five boxes, each unit is 2.1m high, with surfaces finished in ribbed and flat aluminium. Barani says that the speakers are ‘perceived as a monochrome monolith, by means of invisible assemblies… [they stand] in the space like a totem pole’.
The monolithic Gaïa speaker system by Goldmund Sound Systems
Goldmund is one of a select few companies servicing the world of ultra-high-end audio. Quality and fidelity come as standard, naturally, but by taking the next step and giving its luxury speakers a truly distinct set of separate looks, Goldmund makes itself unique.
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The Pulp speakers can be free-standing or mounted on the optional stand
Goldmund Pulp + Hub, £15,500, optional floor stands, £3,250, Goldmund Sound Systems, Goldmund.com, @Goldmund_Official
Pulp speakers in silver
The Gaïa speaker system in context
Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor. Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House. He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast.
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