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Most beautiful speakers in the world ?
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cavedriver
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visually at some point we are just talking about circles inscribed on a box, and it is just how you dress that concept up. While I find speakers like Vivids to be ugly, I would add that many of the "sculptural" speakers here inherently have the problem that if the speaker becomes a piece of artwork, then just like any piece of artwork in your home, it has to work with everything else, and ultimately limits what you can change and what directions you can go with the rest of the room. The more of a "piece" the sculpture is, the harder it is to ignore it's influence on the rest of the room. Things like sticking to Mid Century Modern, as just one example (and that we have done in our house), gives some freedom to work within that vocabulary, but it also means that you judge any speaker design with how well it fits within that language. It may be a bit boring but wood boxes with drivers covered in fabric are very easy in that setting. Vivids, MBL's, B&W Nautilus, and a whole bunch of more sculptural speakers, do not. This doesn't mean they are ugly, only harder to put in a room. Lesson- boxes are easy.
If one has the experience—Sonodyne, for example, have been doing that since the 1970s. However, I prefer Klaus Reck's ideas, the bowls, and especially the cylindrical one (not shown here).
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I don’t think this brand has actually made an appearance in this thread yet.
Kudos.
I was led to this brand from an audio show in Toronto, where I was really impressed with the liveliness of one of their loud speakers.
It really grabbed me.
Later on when I was in the UK where they are made, I got an audition of the Titan 606 floor speakers. They also had a very lively sound - they design, or finish their design “ by ear” and they clearly go for a certain sound.
Which I can find engaging on plenty of material, but ultimately, I found them a little bit too hot in the trouble for me.
But I really like the design, the lines, the material, the discrete contemporary look:
Kudos.
I was led to this brand from an audio show in Toronto, where I was really impressed with the liveliness of one of their loud speakers.
It really grabbed me.
Later on when I was in the UK where they are made, I got an audition of the Titan 606 floor speakers. They also had a very lively sound - they design, or finish their design “ by ear” and they clearly go for a certain sound.
Which I can find engaging on plenty of material, but ultimately, I found them a little bit too hot in the trouble for me.
But I really like the design, the lines, the material, the discrete contemporary look:
i've known women like that...
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I always liked this design
I like the aesthetics sadly they are a ‘tuned by the designer’s ear design’.
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Certain experienced speaker manufacturers have their own group of specialist listeners, who check the sound in their own homes before they release a product. That group's reports are taken into consideration before adjusting the final product for the market.
What happens when one comes back and reports 'speaker sounds too bright' and another reports that it sounds dull and shut in?
why all the uninteresting boxes
Interesting: https://www.indiqaudio.com/. Not many (any?) Indian loudspeaker manufacturers. Hopefully they are measurements focused.
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You're absolutely right, that's misleading.
I'll try to explain it clearly:
There are principles and measures that are perceived as beautiful by the vast majority of people in a cultural area.
A kind of universal beauty whose principles can be researched and passed on.
On the other hand, there is an individually perceived beauty that someone feels.
A craftsman who is proud of his shelving unit, which is ugly as hell by general standards, but which will probably outlast the next millennium, much to his wife's horror.
A boyfriend or girlfriend who someone is in love with and finds beautiful, everyone else rather less so.
Parents who think their child is beautiful and everyone else...
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I currently believe these to be the most beautiful… for now
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