Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[im_gumby]

Brion Vega have reissued their iconic Bellini designed Totem stereo. Just don't be eating anything when looking up the price!

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Meh,
I wish I had a picture of my dad's old stereo. It was built into a really nice sideboard.
I forget the tube amp and the turntable. Below you had space for records.
On the sides there were these large Wharfedale speakers.

(Something like this) I think ours had a pull out draw for the turntable.

I was sorry when the speaker driver disintegrated and the cone was sucked into the magnet.

 

[MattHooper]

I’ve often found that some of the nicest cabinetry work was found in horn designs and vintage speakers. Whether it’s classic horn speakers, refurbished, DIY horn speakers, or newly produced horn speakers by enthusiasts, I just like the warmth and material luxury that I can see on these speakers. I much prefer to the colder look of the standard black gloss or whatever loudspeaker these days. For me, nice materials can go along way to make even somewhat wonky looking designs come off as beguiling.

 

[Mr. Widget]

This is definitely one of my all time favorite designs from an aesthetic standpoint. Not so much in the SQ department.
I think it is funny they felt the need to put it on a pedestal. When you stand next to one of these beasts I am always surprised by just how tall they are.

 

[im_gumby]

This is definitely one of my all time favorite designs from an aesthetic standpoint. Not so much in the SQ department.
I think it is funny they felt the need to put it on a pedestal. When you stand next to one of these beasts I am always surprised by just how tall they are.

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Uhm I think that the pedestal has rollers for moving it. Just a guess.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Billy Budapest]

This is definitely one of my all time favorite designs from an aesthetic standpoint. Not so much in the SQ department.
I think it is funny they felt the need to put it on a pedestal. When you stand next to one of these beasts I am always surprised by just how tall they are.

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That JBL speaker—I forgot the name—was a classic. It also was also a very long running product, made from the 1950’s through the mid-80’s.

 

[Duke]

That JBL speaker—I forgot the name—was a classic. It also was also a very long running product, made from the 1950’s through the mid-80’s.

"Paragon." John Wolff of Classic Audio Loudspeakers collects them. Well, he has more than one, and I think that would qualify as a "collection".

 

[TLEDDY]

But... it's Phil Collins?

Hmmm… looks deceive. This is Cooper.

I did not recall Collins being that elderly!

 

[JiiPee]

More reasonably sized horn speakers: hORNS FP12 (Yes - the brand name is hORNS)

 

[somebodyelse]

Why go to the trouble of bookmatching the veneer on the side of the horn if you're not going to bother to line up the grain on the compression driver enclosure?

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[ryanosaur]

Why go to the trouble of bookmatching the veneer on the side of the horn if you're not going to bother to line up the grain on the compression driver enclosure?

And they were so close, too!

 

[Wolf]

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They look great, but I hear they don't sound very good.

I agree about the horns..
That mismatch would drive me batty.

 

[ryanosaur]

They look great, but I hear they don't sound very good.

I agree about the horns..
That mismatch would drive me batty.

The guy that designed them probably gave them away to a friend because he just couldn't look at them after finishing and realizing.

 

[sander]

Hmmm… looks deceive. This is Cooper.

I did not recall Collins being that elderly!

It definitely is Phil Collins, here is another picture:

"Phil Collins in het Goffertpark eerder dit jaar" ("Phil Collins in the Goffertpark [Nijmegen, the Netherlands] earlier this year [2019]")
source: https://www.ad.nl/show/phil-collins-in-rolstoel-dag-voordat-hij-valt-tijdens-concert~ac8a7105/

 

[Axo1989]

And they were so close, too!

Haha, just need to screw the back on tighter?

A big plumber's wrench with coarse/rusty metal jaws should do the trick! Oh, and a pipe for extra leverage ...

 

[MattHooper]

Why go to the trouble of bookmatching the veneer on the side of the horn if you're not going to bother to line up the grain on the compression driver enclosure?

I’m kind of glad I don’t know what you’re talking about and wouldn’t notice it ;-)

 

[somebodyelse]

I’m kind of glad I don’t know what you’re talking about and wouldn’t notice it ;-)

I'll say no more in case it's one of those things you can't unsee once you recognise it. I suspect it's something that just bothers some people more than others though, like choice of fonts.

 

[Schollaudio]

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Does anyone know what woofers are used?

 

[Petronius]

Colleagues; If there is one thing this thread has proven, is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Personally I'm drawn to Scandinavian minimalism or form follows function. straight lines and furniture quality wood, mostly teak. The mid century designs of JBL, particularly the L 212 and the designs of Dieter Rams. Bauhaus maybe.

Some of these thing we've look like they are things from another world. Well to me anyway.