Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Audio Science Pal]

The invisible speaker, https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...l-conceal-c62-invisible-speaker-review.52277/, for when beautiful is not good enough.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Short38]

Love child of JBL Paragon and Klipsch with a touch of big Genelecs.

 

[dagfinn]

Altec Lansing A7 VOTT, Voice of the theatre. Not sure if it's original, but very pretty and also quite resembling the KIangfilm Bionor posted by @Pearljam5000 .

 

[dagfinn]

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I found a quote on a Norwegian forum (which also dates the speaker to 1957, when several was purchased to the new Odda cinema where one remains): "OK, so it isnt a commercial product, but the Siemens Bionor horn loaded cinema speaker made by Klangfilm in Germany and dating back circa 1960 was for me a fantastic experience...one of the greatest speakers of all time. Visitors were treated to glorious horn sound with stupendous dynamics and unbelievably tactile voicing. Relative to a modern audiophile favorite such as the Wilson Audio Grand Slam, the Bionor is of course a different cup of tea, but if I had the room and could find a pair, thats what I'd be drinking." Dick Olsher

Klangfilm Home!

 

[Pearljam5000]

I found a quote on a Norwegian forum (which also dates the speaker to 1957, when several was purchased to the new Odda cinema where one remains): "OK, so it isnt a commercial product, but the Siemens Bionor horn loaded cinema speaker made by Klangfilm in Germany and dating back circa 1960 was for me a fantastic experience...one of the greatest speakers of all time. Visitors were treated to glorious horn sound with stupendous dynamics and unbelievably tactile voicing. Relative to a modern audiophile favorite such as the Wilson Audio Grand Slam, the Bionor is of course a different cup of tea, but if I had the room and could find a pair, thats what I'd be drinking." Dick Olsher

Klangfilm Home!

Nice thanks

 

[Kal Rubinson]

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Altec Lansing A7 VOTT, Voice of the theatre. Not sure if it's original, but very pretty and also quite resembling the KIangfilm Bionor posted by @Pearljam5000 .

And smiley-face EQ.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Wolf]

Rockport's cabs are incredibly heavy and dead. 2 piece aluminum housing with modeling clay between the pieces. And no, those are not Satori Textreme drivers. Rockport has been building their own drivers in house for a long time with that material before anyone else was using it. They also sound very good and refined, but the cost is way up there reflecting the quality of the components within.

 

[Anton D]

I like those pixilated looking drivers, in general!

 

[MKR]

Rockport's cabs are incredibly heavy and dead. 2 piece aluminum housing with modeling clay between the pieces. And no, those are not Satori Textreme drivers. Rockport has been building their own drivers in house for a long time with that material before anyone else was using it. They also sound very good and refined, but the cost is way up there reflecting the quality of the components within.

You are paying a lot for that cabinet silliness, same for Magico and Acora ... well braced MDF is just fine to control resonance

 

[Short38]

Amen to MKR. If after the mdf cabinet is built there is/are resonances(s), hit the interior with modeling clay. A 25lb block per side applied to the offending panels should kill anything audible.

 

[Audio Science Pal]

Rockport's cabs are incredibly heavy and dead. 2 piece aluminum housing with modeling clay between the pieces. And no, those are not Satori Textreme drivers. Rockport has been building their own drivers in house for a long time with that material before anyone else was using it. They also sound very good and refined, but the cost is way up there reflecting the quality of the components within.

Had not seen Rockport speakers before so I checked out their website. "custom formulated, high hysteresis, high mass (115 pounds per cubic foot) damping compound".

That is dense! Compare to MDF @ 50 pounds per cubic foot. I sometimes use MIL SPEC mass loaded vibration damping material @ 75 lbs/ft3 for some damping projects.

The Rockport speakers engineering is a bit extravagant, but it is interesting that those folks are willing to go to such extremes. They also look good, if you like that style.

 

[Descartes]

Lol
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Aliens have landed

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Anton D]

Good call.

 

[ryanosaur]

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That horn reminds me of… something…

 

[Wolf]

Shameful plug, but i love the look of these...

 

[Wolf]

Another from me, quite a while ago, say 2006?

 

[Anton D]

That horn reminds me of… something…

Mick Jagger?