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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

Jordan have been claiming that for decades.
Not many people buy them for obvious reasons.
Their claim,

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No.
But I’m intrigued by the Japanese technical expertise! They typically avoid killing the sound with an excessive number of electronic components in the so-called crossover. Only one capacitor to protect the tweeters. And their speaker drivers last a long time. Just the essentials for producing sound aren’t particularly attractive without some sort of fancy cover.
What you missed is how they positioned their separate sound-producing drivers, in tubes, and on different planes. Beauty is in the sound!
They are after all, about 30 years old. :)
Couldn’t you then open a new thread for these ”beauty is in the sound” speakers? It should be clear to you that this thread is not about that kind of beauty. Your posting in this thread borders on trolling and spoils the thread.
 
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Couldn’t you then open a new thread for these ”beauty is in the sound” speakers? It should be clear to you that this thread is not abou that kind of beauty. Your posting in this thread borders on trolling and spoils the thread.
Agreed.
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Sony SS-G 9
1980 - 1982

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Now we are talking, I know and have visited one of the biggest Technics collectors in the world who also had them in his collection despite being from the "competitor", superb loudspeakers like many Japanese reference models from that era.
 
The Pioneer HPM 150 always reminded me of Alien speakers with their tweeter

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This marked the beginning of the trend towards large TML loudspeakers in Germany in the 1980s

Quadral Titan MK I

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Technics TH-800 ribbon tweeter
Isophon PSM 120 midrange driver
Isophon PSL 320 woofer

The head of development at Isophon went into business for himself after the bankruptcy and is now developing under his own name

Gauder Akustik

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Not really beautiful, but iconic - and I have many fond memories of this speaker.
However, if you were using it with a record player, you could only use it sensibly with a rumble filter, otherwise you had the feeling that the Stadion cone was jumping out of the cabinet

IMF RSPM MK IV
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