Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Audionaut]

Nice to see ideas from 1960s still going strong!

Graham Audio - LS 5/5
Yes, not quite my cup of tea, but the ancestors of one of the high points of classic BBC monitor design.
It's a reinterpretation of a 1967 loudspeaker.

The partial covering of the drivers is used to control the dispersion characteristics of the speakers and minimize interference or resonance in the critical frequency range. It ensures that the loudspeaker has a particularly even dispersion pattern.

The thin enclosure material used for these speakers is also a deliberate sound decision. It allows the cabinet to be used as a controlled resonator instead of completely absorbing the sound energy.

The baffle screwed to the front is another story you have to like.
Simply screwing around and possibly tightening the screws results in a different sound.

The opposite of many heavy speakers, which prevent resonances through weight, internal bracing and multi-layer construction.
Here the resonances are used.

They sound good, but the price is a bit ambitious for my taste, but with hi-fi, it's the connoisseur's limit and not common sense that counts.

 

[Pearljam5000]

Hope it’s a prototype!

I think it's not

 

[Pearljam5000]

Graham Audio - LS 5/5
Yes, not quite my cup of tea, but the ancestors of one of the high points of classic BBC monitor design.
It's a reinterpretation of a 1967 loudspeaker.

The partial covering of the drivers is used to control the dispersion characteristics of the speakers and minimize interference or resonance in the critical frequency range. It ensures that the loudspeaker has a particularly even dispersion pattern.

The thin enclosure material used for these speakers is also a deliberate sound decision. It allows the cabinet to be used as a controlled resonator instead of completely absorbing the sound energy.

The baffle screwed to the front is another story you have to like.
Simply screwing around and possibly tightening the screws results in a different sound.

The opposite of many heavy speakers, which prevent resonances through weight, internal bracing and multi-layer construction.
Here the resonances are used.

They sound good, but the price is a bit ambitious for my taste, but with hi-fi, it's the connoisseur's limit and not common sense that counts.

How much diffraction screws cause in general?

 

[Lekha]

Graham Audio - LS 5/5
Yes, not quite my cup of tea, but the ancestors of one of the high points of classic BBC monitor design.
It's a reinterpretation of a 1967 loudspeaker.

At the time, it was top-notch. There were no computers or high-quality speaker cone driver production back then, but today, it can be done as a DIY project. There’s no need to pay such a high price anymore.

By the way, they kept the screws as they were—somewhat flawed in those days. Now, they’ve almost become a sort of signature feature.

 

[Salt]

So now i've found what I was looking for (it's not Sonus Faber but Franco Serblin )

 

[Lekha]

So now i've found what I was looking for (it's not Sonus Faber but Franco Serblin )

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Not a bad idea, really!

but, not the price.

 

[Lekha]

This thread being a fun thread, something nice...

Enjoy!

 

[Muddywaters]

I think it's notView attachment 436612

Hehe

 

[MattHooper]

For me, the best looking speakers are now the ones that disappear into the room or are hidden installations.

On that note: I had the challenge of turning my two channel listening room into a high-performance projection based Home Theatre system with surround sound. I wanted to maintain my two channel speakers as a separate system in the same room. And that raised the problem of a room that would look too crowded with speakers - the two channel speakers pulled out into the room and all the speakers lined up around my projection screen doing Home Theatre duty.

My solution was to have fitted black velvet covers made for my L/C/R speakers flanking the projection screen, as well as covering their stands with black velvet, so that they all blended in to the black velvet wall and small black velvet stage area beneath the screen. After experimenting for quite a while, I chose the deepest and most light absorbing black velvet I could find.

The result is, even though the Home Theatre speakers are fairly large, they completely disappear visually into the black velvet background of the screen area. Most people don’t even know those speakers exist when they are in the room! There has to be bright daylight coming into even spot them. Worked out really really well.

Example, here’s one of my Thiel speakers in the day and you can barely see the Home Theatre speakers in the background:

Here are my Joseph speakers, with the Home Theatre speakers in the background:

 

[Bleib]

Hah, they even have model M1. Looks a bit like Guru Q10 but has two additional bass on the backside
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GGNTKT video, doesn't give a great impression

 

[kma100]

You mean the sound? Hard to make out through a YouTube video! Perhaps @roland{at}GGNTKT might weigh in.

 

[Lekha]

GGNTKT video, doesn't give a great impression

I suppose the large drivers need a good depth at the back, the shallow depth doesn't have enough time to get the back wave out.
What do you think of D&D 8C?

 

[Purité Audio]

Speakers with cameras and LED that reflect your own image, on reflection perhaps that isn’t a good idea.

I suppose the large drivers need a good depth at the back, the shallow depth doesn't have enough time to get the back wave out.
What do you think of D&D 8C?

Doesn’t quite work like that, the 8Cs and GGNTKTs are designed to work close to the wall, and every serious manufacturer recommends placing loudspeakers within 60cm of the front wall.
Keith

 

[Lekha]

...and every serious manufacturer recommends placing loudspeakers within 60cm of the front wall.

I keep my speakers quite close to the wall (5–10 cm) if they have any openings at the back. If they don’t, then they’re practically glued to the wall. That way, the bass is quite good. My walls are solid brick.

 

[Bleib]

Kef reference 3

 

[Bleib]

I suppose the large drivers need a good depth at the back, the shallow depth doesn't have enough time to get the back wave out.
What do you think of D&D 8C?

Obviously I'm aware that most videos are simply recorded with a cellphone so they won't exactly make a proper job at it.
Also in general music played on demo events tend to sound great on most speakers anyway...
So...this is why I said impression. It's not a final verdict..

Edit: As for this clip, now that I've listened with headphones. Very sparse music, it's not that difficult to reproduce when so little goes on. I'd have to be listening in the room instead to know for sure, and test some more complex music

 

[Lekha]

Kef reference 3
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Nice-looking speakers, but why are they so concerned about not standing directly on the floor? Maybe it's due to hollow floors, fear of excessive cabinet vibrations—or just a marketing gimmick?

 

[JustJones]

I think it's notView attachment 436612

Needs more screws

 

[Bleib]

Nice-looking speakers, but why are they so concerned about not standing directly on the floor? Maybe it's due to hollow floors, fear of excessive cabinet vibrations—or just a marketing gimmick?

If they are not very wide then the feet can give more stability. But the spikes are useless, I'd replace them with sonic design damping feet adjusted to the weight class.

 

[Soniclife]

But the spikes are useless

They really stop speakers from moving around if someone gives them a gentle nudge, I like that.