Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Pearljam5000]

I kinda like the unique Wilson colors

 

[Purité Audio]

You can’t polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.
Keith

 

[Tell]

Sure I do like that we get more colours into ours lives, but damn those speakers are ugly!

(Do appreciate your posts though @Pearljam5000 no matter what I personally think about them, always nice to see random design speakers I've never seen before )

 

[Pearljam5000]

Sure I do like that we get more colours into ours lives, but damn those speakers are ugly!

(Do appreciate your posts though @Pearljam5000 no matter what I personally think about them, always nice to see random design speakers I've never seen before )

Thanks, I appreciate your kind words

 

[Ken Tajalli]

Sure I do like that we get more colours into ours lives, but damn those speakers are ugly!

(Do appreciate your posts though @Pearljam5000 no matter what I personally think about them, always nice to see random design speakers I've never seen before )

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder!
Also sheer strangeness can be construed as beauty.
If you are a Sheikh or an oil baron or a drug lord, then ordinary won't do! At $370K , they are show pieces, statement architectures, not functional speakers. Though I have heard them personally, and can sound amazing.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Ken Tajalli]

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How the freaking hell, did they get them in through that door?

 

[Gringoaudio1]

Only 30.25” deep.

 

[Mr. Widget]

You can’t polish a turd but you can roll it in glitter.
Keith

Is that an original? It is apropos of so many situations... love it!

 

[juliangst]

I never understood the hype around huge horn speakers like those Klipsch Jubilees. The whole point of a horn is efficiency and high SPL, which you do not need in a residential environment.
They do look imposing though

 

[Mr. Widget]

I never understood the hype around huge horn speakers...

Have you ever given any a serious listen. Some can be quite compelling.
They will not scratch the "disappearing speaker" itch, but they can offer a sonic experience that most highly regarded speakers can't.

 

[juliangst]

Have you ever given any a serious listen. Some can be quite compelling.
They will not scratch the "disappearing speaker" itch, but they can offer a sonic experience that most highly regarded speakers can't.

We don't have a lot of Klipsch here in Germany but I think my local Hifi dealer has Avantgarde horn speakers. I might give them a try and see if there is truth to the horn speakers magic everyone talks about

 

[Mr. Widget]

We don't have a lot of Klipsch here in Germany but I think my local Hifi dealer has Avantgarde horn speakers. I might give them a try and see if there is truth to the horn speakers magic everyone talks about

There are a number of very good large horn systems from Germany... many that are far better than the Klipsch speakers (subjectively at least). The larger Avantgarde may surprise you. They can be quite impressive.

 

[Ken Tajalli]

Only 30.25” deep.View attachment 393102

Yeah, but it is 127cm wide, how do you manoeuvre it in the hallway?
That room is no more than 3m wide, this is a small house!
OK, next question, how the freaking hell can you get a bunch of people through that same door (on the left) after you got the speakers in?

 

[Ken Tajalli]

Then you might like my ageing (20+ years) Sonus Faber Piano Home:

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By the way:
The side cheeks are solid hardwood! not veneered.

 

[Gringoaudio1]

By the way:
The side cheeks are solid hardwood! not veneered.

My Sonus Faber Venere 3.0 are made from the finest virgin MDF.

 

[jeffaegrim]

The JBL paragon and Everest DD55000 have already been posted, but I’d like to add my voice to the ones that consider the cabinetry beautiful.

I personally love most of the higher end stuff JBL made back then. Attached are two pictures of the B460 18“ subwoofer as well as a picture of a L300 & 4430 that I found, for your further aesthetic consideration. That sub is incredible. I’d love to own one so bad, but it’s just so… unfeasible, economically. Space is a whole different issue.

There was also a smaller one -JBL B380 - but with decidedly worse optics.

 

[Broadcast_Eng]

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Looks like it would be a hit with the kid playing a Gene Autry song at a Christmas party.

 

[Waxx]

I never understood the hype around huge horn speakers like those Klipsch Jubilees. The whole point of a horn is efficiency and high SPL, which you do not need in a residential environment.
They do look imposing though

it's (when done right) about directivity and low distortion because the driver is only used for a fraction of it's possibilities (headroom kinda like)

 

[Petronius]

IIRC.......The primary industrial designer at JBL was Ken Ashcroft. In my way of thinking he set the bar for design that not only would not only provide performance but had a high WAF. Sadly lacking in many designs.