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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

These 1972's Pioneer CS-05 omnidirectional speakers are something special. I heared a pair last night, while replacing the broken amp from the owner (an older lady in my village). And with the Yamaha R-202D that she bought (on my advice) this speakers sound surprisingly good. She had a Quad 405 power amp/Quad 34 preamp combo before that needs a big service (which will happen, so we can sell them).

The speaker has an 20cm (8") downfirering woofer and 3 3" cone tweeters set 120* apart so they cover the whole 360*. It was in surprisingly good condition as far as i could see.

The pictrue is not from there, it's from the internet. The lady did not want me to take pictures as too many wanted to buy this speaker in the past and she's fed up with all the nagging about it.

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It seems to be relatively popular with round speakers in the 1960s-1970s. Luxor/Skantic made this one which has 4 pieces of 5 inch bass drivers and 4 pieces of 2.5 inch mid/tweeter. I think they can be considered to be fairly omni. I have not heard any such round Luxor/Skantic speaker, unfortunately. They would have been fun to listen to. :)
They are usually sold for around $60, depending on the surface condition of the wood and speaker fabric. It is not possible to get hold of replacement drivers, so if it does not work as they should (very likely that one or a few drivers are bad or even broken) it is a complete DIY replacement project in front of you.

They ooze late 1960s, so if you like that style, they might be something to think about. Beautiful? As usual, in the eye of the beholder so they can be.:)
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This lady bought them back in the days because they don't look like speakers, more like furniture and she can (and does) use them as stands to put flowers (in pots) on it. They are standing in the living room between the seating area and the dinner table. And if you don't know that they are speakers you won't even notice it. The amp is sitting in a cupboard and the cabling goes under the suspended wooden floor to the speakers (who have connectors on the bottom). I also replaced the 50 years old speaker cable btw... (with generic 1.5mm stranded OFC wire)

Those luxor still look like speakers and won't fit her living room to her standards i think. certainly not with that white cable comming out of it. Could they not hide it in the feet?
 
Luxor/Skantic made this one which has 4 pieces of 5 inch bass drivers and 4 pieces of 2.5 inch mid/tweeter. I think they can be considered to be fairly omni.
Its funny that nowadays similar configurations with multiple small angled drivers have a comeback in smart loudspeakers.
 
Or why not ASR's own DIY globe speaker expert Ppataki with Ikea Blanda Matt bamboo salad bowls and CHN110 drivers:

I think it looks really futuristic.
Feels like being in the Jetson family's living room :)
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Maybe I will call this project the Spaceball-project :)
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JAMO Oriel
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