Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Count Arthur]

For that money I would expect a much more elaborate speaker design, especially the stand that looks so - plain.

One man's plain is another man's minimalist.

I've always though that the Contour 20 and 20i are some of Dynaudio's most handsome speakers.

 

[Oddball]

Absolutely true and definitely not unattractive speakers by any means.

But than apart from appearances, I find these and similar stands somewhat unsafe and not really well thought through.

Hitting one of the corners with your foot could cause some trauma that could also be a fracture depending on the force of impact. Absolutely unnecessary risk one would need to deal with - especially after parting with some serious coin.

 

[Count Arthur]

Absolutely true and definitely not unattractive speakers by any means.

But than apart from appearances, I find these and similar stands somewhat unsafe and not really well thought through.

Hitting one of the corners with your foot could cause some trauma that could also be a fracture depending on the force of impact. Absolutely unnecessary risk one would need to deal with - especially after parting with some serious coin.

If you can manage to navigate a path between a few tables and chairs, I don't see why you can't avoid a speaker.

How much are you drinking?

 

[Lekha]

But than apart from appearances, I find these and similar stands somewhat unsafe and not really well thought through.

Hitting one of the corners with your foot could cause some trauma that could also be a fracture depending on the force of impact. Absolutely unnecessary risk one would need to deal with - especially after parting with some serious coin.

And what are they doing in the middle of the room?
We can't see sound, so speakers should not be visible. They should be positioned against the wall.

 

[Oddball]

How much are you drinking?

Not nearly as much as I probably should - and obviously not enough to disregard details that are actually quite important .

 

[Oddball]

And what are they doing in the middle of the room?
We can't see sound, so speakers should not be visible. They should be positioned against the wall.

Even agains the wall you would have people (think kids) passing near them

However you twist it - it is an obvious safety issue and IMO design flaw. Two examples of better approach with rounded edges. Some people actually gave some thought to it as rounding the edges does not necessarily come easy.

 

[ryanosaur]

And what are they doing in the middle of the room?
We can't see sound, so speakers should not be visible. They should be positioned against the wall.

 

[Count Arthur]

I had some Partington stands, and when filled with sand, they probably weighed 40+ kg each. You'd have to be fairly determined to knock them over.

 

[ryanosaur]

I had some Partington stands, and when filled with sand, they probably weighed 40+ kg each. You'd have to be fairly determined to knock them over.

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Ooh, I like those.

 

[Count Arthur]

Ooh, I like those.

They're still available: https://www.audioaffair.co.uk/partington-broadside-speaker-stands-pair-black

 

[ryanosaur]

23.6”!!!! £350.00!!!!!!
Too short and way too high.

*insert spit-take here


I’ll stick with my Monoliths, thanks.

 

[Lekha]

I’ll stick with my Monoliths

Why not?

 

[Count Arthur]

23.6”!!!! £350.00!!!!!!
Too short and way too high.

*insert spit-take here


I’ll stick with my Monoliths, thanks.

 

[Lekha]

From China with love

 

[Lekha]

On the topic of unseen speakers...
I have a pair of somewhat bulky speakers (boxes) that I find quite nice, but my wife does not. They have all the drivers and the flat bass-reflex port facing forward. One day, I decided to turn the boxes up-firing, with the top side facing the room. The ceiling is about 2m away from the baffle of those boxes. The sound changed, and for the better. She placed some decorative items—vases, etc.—to cover the part of the boxes facing us. The music was present, but the speaker boxes were not.

 

[Bleib]

Q acoustics concept 500​

repeating this because it's a "real" picture (someone is selling them..)
very much to my taste, but not looking to buy them..

 

[Thighsofsteel]

The nicest finish I have seen were on a new pair of Dali Epikore7’s in Walnut.

 

[dagfinn]

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Reminds very much of Magnepan 1.7 I once owned...

 

[BeeKay]

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Q acoustics concept 500​

repeating this because it's a "real" picture (someone is selling them..)
very much to my taste, but not looking to buy them..

I wish I could get a pair of concept 300.

 

[Bleib]

I wish I could get a pair of concept 300.

In "Darth Vader-black" they do look great
Edit; added other looks as well