Killingbeans
Major Contributor
Look at those Danley monstrosities that just came out:
They should sell an acoustically transparent set of paper bags for these - one for the speakers and one for you in case the ones on the speaker fall off.
Is that the final design of the Hyperion? Looks very PA/utilitarian. Almost brutalism. I know a few goths who'd might love them.
The old concept renders weren't pretty either, but at least they had a bit of fun 'killer robot' aesthetics
It's just interesting to me that in all these audio reviews which are full of subjective nonsense, the level of discourse on the subject of the design and decor-function of the speakers is so bad. Maybe I'm biased as a design professional, but most of the commentary I see about appearance of gear basically says 'it looks cheap' or 'it looks expensive'. Ironically, a room full of random expensive gear doesn't look expensive, it looks cheap.
That's one of the things that really baffles me about high-end audio. I often see the old Braun designs being mentioned, but the top dollar brands hardly ever seem to do collaborations with highly respected industrial designers. Instead we get "sculptures" that look like something from a 3nd grade arts and crafts class, trying to picture the concept of pomp and circumstance.