Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[JustJones]

 

[Ken Tajalli]

Timelessness? Now that I'd debate, to me they're the definition of a modern art design that will end in next month or year.
YMMV

You mean a few years AGO!
Goes lovely with a Samsung plasma TV.

 

[Mr. Widget]

Pitt & Giblin Superwax, active hypex powered weird animal, waveguide cast out of solid bronze green sand method, very low volume exclusive production, sadly titanium compression driver instead of beryllium, weird at this level

While very cool, and I love authenticity and process... that is a very costly way to achieve a fairly simple solution.

 

[Andrej]

I find most speakers uninteresting. The interesting ones are mostly not attractive. But since I build them myself, it is not a problem
And beauty is not only skin deep! I include a few of my designs, including some images of the construction of the internals. You be the judge of how weird my taste is!
The first one can have the front plate rotated so that the tweeter is below the midrange (the two versions have been nicknamed by my friends as the cobra and the swan).
The next one is the center channel attempting laminar air flow in the first 6in or so keeping cross-sectional area constant - thus the cone on the speaker magnet, followed by a logarithmically tapering cross-section. The satellites, with the "matching" bass boxes in the following images. The final pair of images show mini horns at the ends of a slot vent in a small, 2ft3 subwoofer.

 

[milezone]

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And yes, they are speakers

Different strokes for different folks...

 

[Mr. Widget]

Most beautiful speakers?

About ten years ago I thought these were amazingly cool and beautiful... but times and tastes change. Today I am not so smitten and would rather have something with a lot less drama.

 

[Count Arthur]

Most beautiful speakers?

About ten years ago I thought these were amazingly cool and beautiful... but times and tastes change. Today I am not so smitten and would rather have something with a lot less drama.


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These have cropped up a few times.

...They still look like Yosemite Sam.

 

[Mr. Widget]

I wouldn't harsh on them that much, but if I squint...

 

[norman bates]

I'm getting visions of pink floyd "the wall", the animation parts..................

 

[norman bates]

Model 5

www.electromotive-laboratories.com

 

[Sal1950]

This design classic has been going strong for 30 years. I can see these easily fitting modern interiors for the coming 30 years too.

I think they’re basically past the point you mention.

You may be right IDK, Probably just my extreme dislike of modern interior design showing thru. LOL
Speaking strictly aesthetically I much prefer something like this La Scala, a real man's speaker.
That woodwork is incredibly beautiful.

 

[Wesayso]

I could nominate my own speakers, and even though I love how they turned out, it certainly won't be for everyone. It is mine, build with my own two hands, a labor of love.
I can't help but love it but I don't expect others to feel the same way.

Somehow I got them a "WAF" certification though, it is very much a form follows function concept that does way better than many could ever imagine.
It was the best compromise I could come up with that would do what I wanted it to do on such a small floor space. It fits on an A4 size paper.
Let's see a Vituixcad simulated Harman prediction:

It's a frequency shaded array that started as Vifa/Peerless 25x TC9 FD18-08 but got promoted to 25x Scan Speak 10F 8414G10.

But if I didn't need to save the floor space, I would have liked to combine the OS waveguide with the Synergy technology, much like what was done here:
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...he-easy-way-ath4.338806/page-552#post-7203648

Very much a "form follows function" design, it may not be the prettiest, but the Engineer in me will definitely be able to fall in love with it.

 

[MattHooper]

For speakers I generally dislike seeing too much technology in front of me. For me the perfect speaker is one that is very attractive and adds a nice aesthetic bit which also allows me to “forget” it is creating the sound.
So all the speakers that display a bunch of drivers - especially brightly coloured drivers (eg white, I’m looking at you Revel) - are distracting. So I prefer it when a speaker is used with the grills.

Speaker drivers CAN look nice on rare occasions to me. But that brings in another pet peeve: I hate seeing any screws! (Eg around the drivers or anywhere on a speaker).
Screws always give me an unfinished “made in shop class vibe” like the person couldn’t be bothered to find any solution to exposed screws.

 

[fpitas]

I could probably be happy with these:

Although Salon2s or K2 S9900s would work for me. Most of the exotic high-end stuff just looks silly to me.

 

[Mr. Widget]

You may be right IDK, Probably just my extreme dislike of modern interior design showing thru. LOL
Speaking strictly aesthetically I much prefer something like this La Scala, a real man's speaker.
That woodwork is incredibly beautiful.

I too am fond of both the original La Scala and the Belle Klipsch and especially the new dressed up version of the La Scala. One of my clients has an original pair of Belle Klipschs in Brazilian rosewood... spectacular!

 

[Count Arthur]

So all the speakers that display a bunch of drivers - especially brightly coloured drivers (eg white, I’m looking at you Revel) - are distracting.

I totally agree, I don't like my furniture staring at me.

Black is the right colour for speaker drivers.

 

[Dan]

I'm biased but I think my current speakers are gorgeous.

 

[Digby]

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There is something about offset drivers that I find disquieting, anyone else?

 

[Digby]

Some people on this thread have quite horrendous taste. No doubt they'd feel similarly about me.

Perhaps beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[fpitas]

There is something about offset drivers that I find disquieting, anyone else?

I know it helps spread the diffraction signature. I'm sure that influences my opinion.