Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Prana Ferox]

Prefer the MartinLogan Neolith?

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Wish I had the room for these beauties.

These always remind me of him:

 

[Wes]

more like ducks lips that Yos. Sam

 

[Count Arthur]

Definitely the rootinest tootinest speakers so far.

 

[BrokenEnglishGuy]

in my opinion my R7s looks handsome i need to see them sometimes without the grill

 

[Wes]

 

[Robin L]

I'm nominating my a/d/s L 400e speakers. Very simple, very classic, very Braun:

 

[richard12511]

This company makes some amazing looking showy speakers but I'd expect to find them only in one of Jeff Bezos', Elon Musk's, or Richard Branson's homes. Also because they cost like that, too.

https://oswaldsmillaudio.com/loudspeakers

IMO these look extravagant, unusual, and a bit pretentious like someone would own them just to make visitors want to start a conversation about them. The OMA Monarch.

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Good to see this thread revived. There's a lot of super nice looking speakers to get mentioned here.

Their big selling point seems to be that they are the only ones making conical horns. A throwback to the 40s when speakers had to be super efficient.

 

[Blaspheme]

500 meters to the speakers = bad sound. And what’s this thing with postmodernist minimalism and glass? No real enthusiast lives like that. Posh wankery.

Meanwhile IRL:
(Bolt those OA 51’s on the wall and call it a day)

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I'm neglecting an opportunity for arrant pedantry—looking at the examples in my post and your reply "postmodernist" would be the Oswalds Mill Mini, being an ironic rejection of the grand narratives and ideologies associated with modernism (ASR's grand-march-of-science narrative included). The Audio Physic would be "minimalist"—basic geometric form without decoration (at least the monochromatic glazed version, the woodgrain-under-glass adds some ornamental characteristics even though the execution is still sparse/geometric). But "postmodernist minimalism" is a non sequitur.

As you don't like the minimalist architecture, here's something sympathetic for period tastes:

And, speaking of Ironic:

 

[Blaspheme]

Their big selling point seems to be that they are the only ones making conical horns. A throwback to the 40s when speakers had to be super efficient.

I agree for some OMA examples, but general selling points would have to include ironic postmodernism and pricing that keeps the hoi polloi at bay.

 

[Angsty]

The Quad ESLs have gotten a bit more dressed up in recent years...

 

[King_Pin]

I always liked the Legacy Whispers and the newer Valor. Not sure what the black one is.

 

[Angsty]

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Legacy has always made fetching speakers. But, I don't know about the "Lonely Mountain" over there...

 

[MattHooper]

I have a jones for the look of the Devore O/96 speakers. Something about their sort of mid-century throw-back styling, but with beautiful craftsmanship and veneers, really does it for me:

 

[carewser]

Those Devore's remind me of Audio Note speakers which i've heard sound glorious but their looks don't do much for me:

 

[MattHooper]

Yeah the Audio Notes look less stylish to my eye too. I think Devore nailed the proportions (for a retro look) and finish quality.

 

[Pearljam5000]

I have a jones for the look of the Devore O/96 speakers. Something about their sort of mid-century throw-back styling, but with beautiful craftsmanship and veneers, really does it for me:

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The cabinet looks too big for those drivers

 

[redshift]

I neglecting an opportunity for arrant pedantry—looking at the examples in my post and your reply "postmodernist" would be the Oswalds Mill Mini, being an ironic rejection of the grand narratives and ideologies associated with modernism (ASR's grand-march-of-science narrative included). The Audio Physic would be "minimalist"—basic geometric form without decoration (at least the monochromatic glazed version, the woodgrain-under-glass adds some ornamental characteristics even though the execution is still sparse/geometric). But "postmodernist minimalism" is a non sequitur.

As you don't like the minimalist architecture, here's something sympathetic for period tastes:

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And, speaking of Ironic:

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Yep, the nouveau riche’s jank (not junk)… And the sheen in those glass framed rooms is like a scene from a cosmetics commercial trying to peddle (post) modernist ‘ideals’ to show offs and plebs alike.

I’d bet IKEA could ship competent 70’s speaker designs (OA14 and OA12) by the container loads together with their LG sourced tevee’s if they’d be wlan’d, streamer’d and plate amped. Plug and pray, no Allen key included, shove ‘em against the wall, flip the switch and call it a day.

 

[mononoaware]

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Just had time to look up the speakers and found a nice picture.

And also an evolution. . . although I prefer the simplicity of the model above.

I lack the understanding to appreciate what is going on. . .

 

[redshift]

Just had time to look up the speakers and found a nice picture.

And also an evolution. . . although I prefer the simplicity of the model above.

I lack the understanding to appreciate what is going on. . .

That speaker “philosophy” is called orthoacoustic and assumes the room as a given for a well sounding system.

The OA12’s from the 70’s seems the best. Small, affordable, well sounding and measuring updated with SB Acoustic Satori midbass drivers and Obi tweeters and replaced xovers.

https://www-carlssonkult-se.transla...x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=sv&_x_tr_pto=ajax,nv,elem

Shopping list (I’ve got no affiliation Hifi kit)

https://www.hifikit.se/od-11-oa-14-delningsfilter-satori-mod.html#horizontalTab1

https://www.hifikit.se/satori-mw16p-8.html

https://www.hifikit.se/t22-oa.html