Unusual Speaker Designs

[direstraitsfan98]

Horns by hORNS. The first speakers is called Mummy...

I heard the mummies. sounded pretty good to me. Better then my KEF LS50 I had at the time. But somehow had even less bass.

 

[Audiotone]

Vaessen easter eggs:
and
Synthese 3
both from Belgium.

 

[Audiotone]

Etude
also from Belgium

 

[Rick Sykora]

This list would be incomplete without these...

 

[Frank Dernie]

This would be incomplete without these...

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I so wanted those when I was on my speaker quest in the mid 90s

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Etude
also from Belgium

Does it come with the turntable built in?

 

[Frank Dernie]

Does it come with the turntable built in?
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That is what I wondered before seeing the second photo!

 

[Audiotone]

Does it come with the turntable built in?
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[mhardy6647]

other than the tt shelf, kind of reminds me of big IMF TLs -- which is not a bad thing.

IMF TLS80 (ii?) -- borrowed image

I used to have a pair of IMS SuperCompact II -- they were (are) superb.

 

[maverickronin]

not particularly unsual technically but interesting nontheless.

cabasse la sphere

I suppose they're fans of Portal...

 

[Kal Rubinson]

other than the tt shelf, kind of reminds me of big IMF TLs -- which is not a bad thing.
IMF TLS80 (ii?) -- borrowed image

There were bigger ones. The Reference Monitors and this:

Similar to what I built way back when.

 

[tuga]

 

[KarVi71]

Dali had the Megaline, that was a little different.

I never got the chance to hear them in real life, but they were supposed to be really good.

https://www.dali-speakers.com/discontinued/megaline/

 

[tuga]

Anthony Gallo

 

[mhardy6647]

Speaking of loudspeakers designed for actual (domestic) rooms -- The late Roy Allison had some success playin' in that space.
His early Allison Acoustics loudspeakers weren't all that unconventional in some respects, but they were quite onconventional in others.
... and they sounded (sound) quite good, too.

http://www.classicspeakerpages.net/...brochure_2/allison_one_series_brochure_5.html

DSC_5795a by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

 

[Vincent Kars]

http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/bunaco-speaker/

 

[Martin]

Older sock covered Von Schweikert's were time aligned:

(Wish I could find a pic of my VR-4 Gen III's without the socks.)

Duevel Planets are interesting:

MBL's look alien:

Martin

 

[tuga]

Davone Audio

 

[mhardy6647]

Did youse guyses already cover Stig Carlsson's loudspeakers?
He is probably best known for loudspeakers he designed for Sonab, but his designs were sold under several brand names including (I think) his own.

I've listened to some of the better Sonabs (way back when) and thought they sounded quite good, actually.

Looks like ol' Stig's groovin' to tunes via a Fisher FM-1000 tuner! Whoo-hoo!

 

[FrantzM]

Hi


B&O Speakers fit the defintion. THe Beolab 90, 50, 20 and 5 are serious contender for superlative sound :