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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?
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Any fans of the design?
What's the yellow thing behind the amt?
Can we keep to the car theme and try to colour-match?
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Nonsense! Signal with 50 Hz has 6.9 m wavelength, so half-wavelength is 3.45 m - much higher than the speaker itself, so no cylinder wave is formed there!
Vertical axis? But people who imagine bass notes don't exist in small spaces should think about headphones and ear canals.
*otoh, can't actually see where the quartet of 15" bass drivers stack in that setup
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Fabric on the front is masking them - two are above horns, other two below.
On this photo they can be barely seen:
https://6moons.com/wp-content/uploads/audioreviews3/acapella.hyperion/04.jpg
Ahhh yes, I can see it now.
For any real world example floor and ceiling reflections have to be taken into account. You definitely get a cylinder wave or a wave between a sphere and a cylinder wave if you got really high ceilings.
While the 50Hz case is still interesting and a cylinder wave provides benefits due to the better distribution of bass in the room. The room still dominates the frequency range since the room is acoustically small.
More interesting is the case of the bass higher than about 200Hz, where the transition between room dominated sound and direct sound domination happens. Especially in this frequency range a cylinder wave has some significant advantages. E.g. the cancelation due to the first floor and ceiling reflections doesn't happen.
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Looks like a high-school wood shop project.
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No, you don't get a cylinder wave with only a four 15" drivers vertically stacked, even if you take into account floor and ceiling. In the middle of the Acapella Hyperion there is a huge gap between the two groups of 15" drivers (right where the horns are).
With really high ceilings it is even worse - there will be a huge gap between the top of the loudspeaker (top 15" driver) and the ceiling.
The gap is about 80cm so you get a perfect cylinder wave at 100Hz and below. Going to higher frequencies you get a mix between cylinder an spherical wave with some cancellation at positions near the ceiling and floor. This behavior is much better compared to any standard tower or even bookshelf speaker in a real room. The discussion gets of topic here maybe start a discussion in a dedicated thread?
Since most of the speakers shown here look like Dr. Fred's creations, here is the original:
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After 166 pages, something that actually looks good.
I guess it's for people who (still) have that poster on the wall, but somehow came into a lot of money.
As a post-script, I missed the family outing when it was in the cinemas, but I really must watch Barbie. Those are her speakers, yes?
I am pretty simple when it comes to most beautiful speaker.
Either HUGE or something really small - huge is more fun.
My list includes the ones i have listend to in home environment.
Cabasse Atlantis - function over form - 3 way coax with ports from 2 x 12" just above/below the "ball"
I have also listend to La Sphere, sound Great looks Awfull
Usher D2
Mcintosh xrt 2K
Mindblowing good, imo
Audiotronic - Megatrend in its third (?) iteration
Open baffle
Either HUGE or something really small - huge is more fun.
My list includes the ones i have listend to in home environment.
Cabasse Atlantis - function over form - 3 way coax with ports from 2 x 12" just above/below the "ball"
I have also listend to La Sphere, sound Great looks Awfull
Usher D2
Mcintosh xrt 2K
Mindblowing good, imo
Audiotronic - Megatrend in its third (?) iteration
Open baffle
I have never heard one but Davone speakers always look good to me.
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