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Halekulani Resort Gets Fancy Schamncy Audio Tech In the Orchid Suite

Where: 2199 Kalia Rd [map], Honolulu, HI, United States, 96815

If you're staying in the Orchid Suite at the Halekulani Resort in Hawaii, you'd better get your ears checked out before you arrive. Otherwise you won't be able to properly appreciate their newest innovation: the Steinway & Sons Model M Architectural Speaker System.

Obviously when you've got a super fancy luxury suite (especially in a destination densely-packed with hotels), you have to do something to make it a bit different from all the other luxury suites around, and this time they've picked amping up the sound system. It's got technical features which we can't quite fathom, like "3-D room adaptation technology" (sounds good though) and the speakers are even trimmed with 24-karat gold. What's more, the Halekulani people say that installing this hi-tech system is all about having "passion and commitment to the arts and the very best in sensorial luxury." Right.

Sensorial luxury doesn't come cheap: the standard nightly rate for the Orchid Suite (which is just a one bedroom suite) is $7,000. We're considering buying really, really fancy headphones for our iPod instead. Or some noise-canceling ones to use in any of the nearby rooms.