Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[cavedriver]

The title is: The Most Beautiful Speakers in the World. Not some freaky $hit someone had a nightmare about. Most of this stuff is the result of
a CnC because NO craftsman would ever make it. The second thing, most of these are purely AI-generated. I doubt that they even exist except
in the virtual world.

It's probably worth reiterating again that while this thread is titled "Most Beautiful", it has been a long running joke that it is also the thread for "Ugliest Ever". For every speaker shared, I think we have all been drawing our own conclusions...

 

[Bleib]

It's also basically impossible to say that speaker X, Y, Z are the best looking. No-one will agree.
A better title for the topic would be "interesting speaker designs"

 

[Lekha]

A better title for the topic would be "interesting speaker designs"

Most people wouldn't consider something less than the size of A4 paper (210 x 297 mm), or just a bit larger, and approximately 20mm thick as beautiful—perhaps only if we cover it with an appealing image, like the car above. If two of them were placed on the sideboard or hung symmetrically on both sides of the TV, they might even look nice. If the image isn't a car, then that picture-speaker could be even more WAF.

The idea of beauty comes from the sound that the speaker emits, especially when no one would even suspect it to be a speaker, rather than just a box containing that sound-emitting "something." Boxes won't receive any WAF at all! And especially those that must be kept away from the front wall, blocking everything.

 

[Vladimir Filevski]

Boxes won't receive any WAF at all! And especially those that must be kept away from the front wall, blocking everything.

Your beloved thin dipole/open baffle loudspeakers must be kept away from the wall even further , blocking more than everything.

 

[Lekha]

Guasouh, French-made

 

[Lekha]

Also, from France...

 

[Ken1951]

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Guasouh, French-made

My first thought was of Barn Owls.

 

[thewas]

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YG Acoustics Hailey 3, same color as Dodge Viper green

And Vivid Audio Kaya S12:

Source of photo: https://www.hifinews.com/content/vivid-audio-kaya-s12-standmount-speaker

 

[Lekha]

Most people wouldn't consider something less than the size of A4 paper, and approximately 20mm thick as beautiful...So, I thought it would be better to place one of them in a nicely designed box—one that won't displease the eye, especially that of the wife. Perhaps it could resemble a vase... there are so many examples in this lovely thread to draw inspiration from. Of course, not from those massive ones that look like they belong in a barn.

 

[dagfinn]

Most people wouldn't consider something less than the size of A4 paper, and approximately 20mm thick as beautiful...So, I thought it would be better to place one of them in a nicely designed box—one that won't displease the eye, especially that of the wife. Perhaps it could resemble a vase... there are so many examples in this lovely thread to draw inspiration from. Of course, not from those massive ones that look like they belong in a barn.

I wish I had a barn .

 

[Sokel]

Tidal makes probably the most beautiful tilted speakers

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Nope,if you want nice looking tilted ones which are actual speakers ( =measures nice) that would be Rockport.
The rest is like they drink a little too much and are about to fall.

 

[Sokel]

Visible screws on woofers and tweeters is a disqualification in the category “Most beautiful speaker in the world”.

And lazy engineering on top of that.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

Also, from France...

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“The Cotton-Eyed Gimp Mask Speaker – Bringing the party to your dungeon!”

 

[Lekha]

Zingali

 

[Lekha]

Fram Arte, made in Poland

 

[Lekha]

Cube Audio Lotus 10. The full-range driver is also manufactured by them. Notice the "old-fashioned" spider, and the "basket." Made in Poland

 

[ckernel8]

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Cube Audio Lotus 10. The full-range driver is also manufactured by them. Notice the "old-fashioned" spider, and the "basket." Made in Poland

Filing cabinet vibe.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

@Lekha How do you know about all these speakers that, at least to me, seem quite obscure and unknown? Some of them have really interesting designs and aesthetics.

 

[Theta]

@Lekha How do you know about all these speakers that, at least to me, seem quite obscure and unknown? Some of them have really interesting designs and aesthetics.

I am in Europe, they are not main stream, but not at all obscure.

 

[Old_School_Brad]

I am in Europe, they are not main stream, but not at all obscure.

I thought I knew about speakers and could recognize most of them in this thread, but most of what @Lekha posts is completely unfamiliar to me.