Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[jtgofish]

Gale 401a still.Circa 1975.
They sound superb too.

 

[Frank Dernie]

The decision to go for aluminium was genius both from a business and acoustic perspective. The only thing I would like to see is Genelec anodising their speaker enclosures. This would give it the nicest finish possible. Nowadays you can also anodise and colour it to get beautiful results. For example: https://linetec.com/anodize/color-charts/

IME, and I have been using colour anodising for 45 years, the problem is colour matching. All the parts that come out of a single batch are the same colour but getting the colour exactly the same on a batch later seemed to be beyond any of our suppliers.
Also the Genelec speakers are diecast and getting an even colour would require other surface treatments first IME.
Paint is much more consistent.

 

[Marc v E]

IME, and I have been using colour anodising for 45 years, the problem is colour matching. All the parts that come out of a single batch are the same colour but getting the colour exactly the same on a batch later seemed to be beyond any of our suppliers.
Also the Genelec speakers are diecast and getting an even colour would require other surface treatments first IME.
Paint is much more consistent.

Thank you for this insight!
Do you have any idea then, what B&O are doing to have copper and brass tones? Examples here: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beosound-edge?variant=beosound-edge-brasstone-bundle-us

 

[Helicopter]

Thank you for this insight!
Do you have any idea then, what B&O are doing to have copper and brass tones? Examples here: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beosound-edge?variant=beosound-edge-brasstone-bundle-us

Film coating.

 

[Tovarich007]

While i agree that these are beautifull, there are also Jamo R909 and Jamo R907 which look better, used Seas and Peerless drivers and are very well engineered. Last good speakers from that company in my opinion. Everything after that looks and sound awful.

R909 et R907 are large dipole, the biggest and the most expensive speakers Jamo has ever done. They're quite in a different league than the two way reflex loaded Concert model viewed above.

By the way, R909 and 907 used a SEAS driver for the midrange and Peerless for the twin bass drivers, but the tweeter was a ScanSpeak Revelator.
As for their look, it's all a matter of taste. They're good looking to my eyes but all in all I prefer the classic look of the compact Concert model.

I have no idea about the sound of the more recent Jamo products. I don't find them awful, but less classy than the dipoles or the old Concert series.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

R909 et R907 are large dipole, the biggest and the most expensive speakers Jamo has ever done. They're quite in a different league than the two way reflex loaded Concert model viewed above.

https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/jamo_reference_r_907_loudspeaker/index.html

 

[Frank Dernie]

Thank you for this insight!
Do you have any idea then, what B&O are doing to have copper and brass tones? Examples here: https://www.bang-olufsen.com/en/us/speakers/beosound-edge?variant=beosound-edge-brasstone-bundle-us

Probably anodising. The difference will be nothing if the bits are from the same batch. If you want to add another item later, like adding more speakers later the difference may be noticeable.

 

[Koeitje]

https://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/jamo_reference_r_907_loudspeaker/index.html

I don't know what the in-room response would be, but that is probably the most v-shape frequency response I've ever seen .

 

[Zvu]

OB dipoles behave differently in room and can not be designed as regular loudspeakers.

And you don't measure loudspeakers that are 1.2m high from 1m distance. 3x largest dimension of the loudspeaker is enough to be able to measure how drivers couple to the baffle.

 

[thewas]

OB dipoles behave differently in room and can not be designed as regular loudspeakers.

And you don't measure loudspeakers that are 1.2m high from 1m distance. 3x largest dimension of the loudspeaker is enough to be able to measure how drivers couple to the baffle.

Exactly and thus also the v-shaped nearfield measurements become quite flat at the listeners position:

Fig.7 Jamo Reference R 907, spatially averaged, 1/6-octave response in JA's listening room with (blue) and without (red) front grilles.

Source: https://www.stereophile.com/content/jamo-reference-r-907-loudspeaker-measurements

 

[King_Pin]

Is there a most ugly speaker in the world because I want to vote for the Genelec's.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Is there a most ugly speaker in the world because I want to vote for the Genelec's.

Tell me it's not beautiful

 

[thewas]

Tell me it's not beautiful
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I agree, Genelec can be very beautiful

 

[King_Pin]

Tell me it's not beautiful
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Not at all.

 

[chad2]

Ha ha well, there are others in that category.

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some one told me these sound like crap!

 

[mononoaware]

Usher Audio D2 (which seem to be heavily influenced by JBL Project K2 M9500).

 

[mononoaware]

The following is maybe more interesting design than beautiful. . .

The Klipsch Stadium. A short-lived modern Boombox?
(1-inch titanium compression drivers + 3.5-inch aluminium mid-range + two 5.25-inch long-throw woofers: active 400w bass-reflex system with AirPlay/Bluetooth wireless audio, claimed 26-24,000 Hz)

 

[Pearljam5000]

I can somehow see the beauty lol

 

[King_Pin]

I always wondered what happened with these.

 

[richard12511]

I always wondered what happened with these.View attachment 144467

Wow!

Reminds me of the newest 4 way speaker creation from JTR. You picture looks even crazier though.

Coax mid and tweeter loaded into a 21" horn, crossed to 4 10" woofers, crossed to 2 21" active woofers. I wish the whole thing were active.