Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Pearljam5000]

Wolf Von Langa

 

[holdingpants01]

not necessarily beautiful but I just didn't know where to post it, I just found out that they exist and aren't cheap - 46k€ for a pair, kind of high for 2x13" woofers and no DSP. Flush mounted mains are rather niche thing at this point so it's nice to see anything new. There's also a smaller model https://www.focal.com/catalog/pro-audio/monitoring-speakers/utopia-main

 

[MattHooper]

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Love the Marten designs

Yup. I appreciate a high-end speaker that looks like it is comprised of various high-quality materials, with a meticulous finish.

 

[pablolie]

Yup. I appreciate a high-end speaker that looks like it is comprised of various high-quality materials, with a meticulous finish.

I have an aversion against casket sized speakers. There's the distracting size factor, but also the utter impossibility of optimal placing in a real world room (as evidenced in many of the pictures in this thread).

 

[Bleib]

 

[Neekomax]

These were my Soundfield Monitor 1s. They were beautiful to me, and I spent many a happy hour in front of them for a decade or so. They have since been rebuilt into the SAM 1V2s, exchanging the coax drivers from 5.25" KEF Uni-Qs to what they now have, the 6" Tang Band W6-2313s.

 

[jhaider]

These were my Soundfield Monitor 1s. They were beautiful to me, and I spent many a happy hour in front of them for a decade or so. They have since been rebuilt into the SAM 1V2s, exchanging the coax drivers from 5.25" KEF Uni-Qs to what they now have, the 6" Tang Band W6-2313s.

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It’s too bad Parts Express stopped selling those cabinets and spare baffles. That was an easy way for a DIYer to get a nice looking speaker without woodworking expertise.

Do you have measurements? The only problem with the KEF driver was, he couldn’t get them any more! I’d be surprised if an ersatz is better.

Also which woofer is that? Mine are the TangBand woofer variant. I think he started with a JBL car audio woofer and iterated from there.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Closer Acoustics

 

[Count Arthur]

I can't un-see it.

 

[Wolf]

 

[Wolf]

Yes, these are DIY speakers by NickS. Coaxial "eye", and a bandpass woofer that exits out the rear, with denim flap covering them.

 

[Wolf]

Another DIY NickS project, originally idealized and started by DanP, the Portals:

The inner curved baffles were 3d printed. Kinda had a very directional "audible smoke ring" polar response, and were not as exciting to hear as to look at. Nick said the xover "It whooped my ass!" in terms of difficulty. More or less had to be done or adjusted by various RTA measurements.

How are you gonna know how something sounds if you don't try it?

 

[Pearljam5000]

Devon Turnbull: HiFi Listening Room​

 

[JiiPee]

Boijs Immersion.

 

[WisEd]

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They look amazing, Unfortunately they sound worse than speakers a tenth of the price. I'd take a pair of 801 D4, KEF Blades and quite afew others any day over any Wilson Audio speaker of any price. The only class leading aspect of Wilson Audios is their price, otherwise, the king has no clothes.

 

[MattHooper]

I have an aversion against casket sized speakers. There's the distracting size factor,

I feel the same way to a degree. If a speaker gets too large it becomes imposing.

Whenever I’ve set up my mini monitors or stand mountain speakers there’s always a refreshing lack of visual distraction, and a gee-wiz feeling of the music just floating in air.

My current floorstanding speakers are pretty much just at my tolerance level for a size that I don’t find imposing.

 

[Pearljam5000]

I feel the same way to a degree. If a speaker gets too large it becomes imposing.

Whenever I’ve set up my mini monitors or stand mountain speakers there’s always a refreshing lack of visual distraction, and a gee-wiz feeling of the music just floating in air.

My current floorstanding speakers are pretty much just at my tolerance level for a size that I don’t find imposing.

What are your current speakers?

 

[MattHooper]

Another DIY NickS project, originally idealized and started by DanP, the Portals:
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The inner curved baffles were 3d printed. Kinda had a very directional "audible smoke ring" polar response, and were not as exciting to hear as to look at. Nick said the xover "It whooped my ass!" in terms of difficulty. More or less had to be done or adjusted by various RTA measurements.

How are you gonna know how something sounds if you don't try it?

So how do they sound?

They look wild really cool.

 

[Wolf]

Honestly, kind of flat in terms of image/soundstage. The 'smoke ring' comment really says it all.

 

[MattHooper]

What are your current speakers?

I swap between my Thiel 2.7 and Joseph Audio Perspective 2 speakers.

I just posted some photos in this thread:

Help me replace my Genelec 8341's for the sanity of my beloved wife

Agreed pal. I saw all of the images of them in studios and they looked awesome but I didn't actually realise how badly that would translate to a lounge. I think the closest I would get to "in wall" would be when the media wall gets built....if done right, that could work/? They might not be...

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I got rid of most of my other speakers that were kicking around, but I still have my little Spender s3/5s which I still find to be magical.