Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[MattHooper]

Jeff Joseph designs beautiful loudspeakers, no doubt about it. And they don’t sound half bad either … much better design/value than Wilson, to tie back to the other thread

I don’t usually like seeing speaker drivers. This is because to me most speaker drivers aren’t particularly nice looking. Also on many loudspeakers, it exposes the screws around the driver, which I find unsightly.

But also, because when I see speaker drivers, I can’t help but think of them as the source of the sound. “ that chime and the cymbals and the highs in the flute…. Are coming from those tweeters right there…”

So I generally prefer loudspeakers with the grills on, and which I get more of the impression that all loud speakers are simply a piece of furniture around which the music is occurring that it’s coming from the speakers.

That’s one reason why I like it when a company designs their loudspeakers with the grills in mind. Manufactures usually find a way to make the grills part of the design and fit nice and flush (like my Thiel 2.7 speakers).
For the manufacturer who don’t design for grills on and yet supply grills, they tend to have something of a “ Band-Aid placed over the speaker” vibe IMO.

Joseph, as far as I’m aware, it does not design the speakers to be listened to with the supplied speaker grills. Fortunately they are a pretty nice fit. But more fortunately, Joseph speakers are one of the few whose drivers I actually like the look of. To me the SEAS Excel woofers are one of the cooler looking or spiffy looking drivers. They have a bit of a luxury materials vibe. And I find a tie nicely into the copper ring around the millennium tweeter.

That said, I still have my lighting set up in my listening room such that I can have the grills off the speakers, and choose one of my lighting settings that keeps light on the screen behind the speakers and in parts of the room, but keeps direct light off of the front of the speakers so that the speaker drivers disappear in the dark. So for me, best of both worlds when I want it, without the grill, but also not having to be conscious of speaker drivers if I don’t want.

I know plenty of other, really like seeing all the drivers they can.

 

[EERecordist]

Sony SEM-5s
I have not been able, in a quick search, to find the history.
I like wood horns, we had midfield Westlake ~4350s with wood horns one place I worked. JBL was the furthest along at modeling horns and acoustic diffusers, i wonder what the Spinorama of that Sony horn would be?

 

[Bleib]

AudioSolutions Virtuoso B

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Something uglier:

Marco Serri Design Gladiator
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And something nicer

Audiosolutions:

 

[Mort]

New photo of a beloved speaker. Philharmonic Audio BMR monitors in curved ebony.

 

[Audionaut]

 

[Pearljam5000]

Probably the best looking sub ever made
YG Acoustics

 

[Waxx]

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Probably the best looking sub ever made
YG Acoustics

I actually don't agree, but my taste may be out of fashion. It seems that all now should be shiney metal or shiney plastic/resin/paint that feels like plastic to be beautifull in the mainstream taste... This looks like a factory machine, not something i want in my living room...

But of course, "des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas" (taste and colour you can't discuss objectivly) they say down here in french speaking Europe, and that is certainly the case with design of speakers or other technical devices in a home setting ...

 

[Stick Figure]

Has anyone mentioned these beauties?

Elipson sound tree.

 

[Mr. Widget]

Has anyone mentioned these beauties?

Elipson sound tree.

And particularly great at Christmas.

 

[ryanosaur]

And particularly great at Christmas.

But not if hosting a piñata party.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Any fans of this design?

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[ryanosaur]

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Any fans of this design?

Now you’re just trolling your own thread!

Might not be bad except for the sidecar super-tweet. I think they missed a fine opportunity to load the ‘P’ logo with that.

 

[Yasuo]

 

[Andysu]

Sooty and Magic sniffing the most ever beautiful loudspeakers , JBL control 5

 

[OldHvyMec]

Has anyone mentioned these beauties?

I sure like the chairs AND I do wonder how the speakers actually sounds. There has to be 1000 combinations on placement alone.

I'm not sure the chairs aren't as important as the placement of the drivers. The chairs are a collection device at the very least.

Interesting.

Regards.

 

[DanielT]

I think the Snell A3i is a cool speaker. Here in a small room with a sloping ceiling. They barely fit. It made me think of this song:

De sista entusiasterna/ The last enthusiasts
In the middle of roses and chlorophyll, in life's disciplined garden soil
We stand up with a tumultuous jump like the weed blasters
We are probably the last enthusiasts
Because if you gave in to the grief, no balloon was lifted with the basket
And no seagull was allowed to fly high above the masts
We are probably the last enthusiasts

Enthusiasts hit their heads in the poles (Well hey you!)
There is a mocking laugh from the prophet of woe ( ha ha ha)
A twist, a jerk and up the corks fly!
We want the last spasm, should be a spasm of enthusiasm

Snell A3i

 

[boxerfan88]

Interesting speaker design… it appeared in my fb feed…

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[Pearljam5000]