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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

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Usher Diamond Mini Dancer
 
At the risk of presenting myself as conceited I post the above photo of my DIY horn speakers. If they are not the most beautiful I think they are at least sorta' cute.
Absolutely stunning work.
Brazilian Rosewood Klipschorns (with tweeter upgrade)
I love this look, beautiful craftsmanship.
second photo added where you can actually see the stainless steel top on the enclosure:
Beautiful finish and I bet they sound amazing. Top notch workmanship.

Regards to all DIYers. I commend the dedication and results. Holy Cow!!
 
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Usher Diamond Mini Dancer

Nice. However it’s too bad to go for the unfortunate what I call “Band-Aid” looking grills.

This is why I prefer speakers that are design designed with the grills in mind aesthetically, which usually means that the grills are inset and don’t break up the lines of the speaker. Otherwise grills can end up looking like an afterthought.
 
Nice. However it’s too bad to go for the unfortunate what I call “Band-Aid” looking grills.

This is why I prefer speakers that are design designed with the grills in mind aesthetically, which usually means that the grills are inset and don’t break up the lines of the speaker. Otherwise grills can end up looking like an afterthought.
Probably looks better without
 
Fischer & Fischer 4 way SN 770.1's. 2 9" subwoofers, 1 9" bass, 2 7" midrange, 1 6" AMT tweeter by Mundorff. All crossovers by Mundorff. All slate cabinets. $40k.
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In my opinion, the Fischer&Fischer speakers get progressively better looking towards the smaller end of the model range. The smallest one - appropriately called "klein" is downright cute small box of slate, especially with the grille on:
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I have listened the klein and one of the smallish tower models, the SN-270. Imho, they both sounded rather nice. The measurements I have seen have been quite ok, but not state of the art.
 
Awful mish-mash.
Yes!

No offense meant, but neither the linked article, nor the video constitutes something that is usually accepted as "solid" on this forum. They are both totally subjective reviews without any objective evidence.
For a good reason, F&F speakers are just a life-style product, no more. Cheers.
 
No offense meant, but neither the linked article, nor the video constitutes something that is usually accepted as "solid" on this forum. They are both totally subjective reviews without any objective evidence.
I understand. I'm not aware of anywhere to audition them.
 
Sorry, please ignore mine, we are talking here just about "Most beautiful speakers in the world ?". All fine : )
No problem, sharing information is what these forums are all about. You can find the measurements I referred to on site: hifi-voice.com.

That site is from Czech Republic, and unfortunately not available in English, as far as I can see. Anyway, the tests can be found in "Testy a Recenze" under the home page, and with the help of on-line translators, it is possible to get the info. One word of caution however: Apparently neither an anechoic chamber, nor Klippel nfs-equipment, has been available to the testers, so the presented results are affected by room acoustics, which the testers also correctly point out.
 
I despise Rockports for being overpriced, and their granite (marble?) speakers that looked like cast offs from some quarry were an eyesore, but these things are at least obnoxious in a good way, like Lamborghini-levels of "look at my high tech speakers"
Yep. $133k/$143k custom color. But not granite like Acora. Cast aluminum shell inside, carbon fiber outside with 150 pounds of epoxy poured in between. Leads to an inert inner cabinet. Too bad they sound so amazing. Don't know if you can get their organic sound with a speaker half its price though.

BUT, Rockport just released the Lynx. Cast solid aluminum cabinet. $78k. Perhaps competing against the Magico S5 2024.
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I'm pretty sure it's a dense modeling clay type application in those grooves, not epoxy.
 
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