Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Audionaut]

SVS Pinnacle

A lot of speaker for the money.
Interesting visual kink in the design.

 

[Mart68]

SVS Pinnacle

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A lot of speaker for the money.

I've had a go on those and yes, they are.

 

[Lekha]

SVS Pinnacle

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A lot of speaker for the money.
Interesting visual kink in the design.

Looks like our fridge, somewhat askew though.

 

[Lekha]

I quite like the looks of these:



Walthen 'Inertia Cube'. Designed as a bridge monitor, I think there are matching 10'' and 12'' subwoofer options.

Also they use a version of the Heil AMT tweeter which I've always had a bit of a thing about, although not for any definitive reason.

Hand made in the USA by Wathen Audiophile (DiY) - 9" cube.
But for $2,950.00, not worth, except the idea...

 

[Mart68]

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Hand made in the USA by Wathen Audiophile (DiY) - 9" cube.
But for $2,950.00, not worth, except the idea...

I don't know about the value/sound quality equation, but if I was putting a studio together I'd quite fancy installing them just on the looks alone.

I like that the styling is a bit 1970s, but classy '70s rather than ugly '70s.

I have some other monitors on the bridge too though.

 

[Lekha]

I like that the styling is a bit 1970s,

Yes, I also like simple ideas. When, everyone is against cubes...

 

[cavedriver]

I feel like this speaker has been shared before, but without it's name and manufacturer. Other speakers by Oswald Mills Audio have been shared in the past, but I like this one. It was made for an exhibit at the Guggenheim even, so it's called the Museum. Described as a 4-way system with a plate amp running one of the two 15" woofers and an efficiency of 100 dB, it can be driven by a 300B SET amp. No mention of price but pehaps 50~100k USD based on their other products.

 

[Lekha]

Self-made, or otherwise DiY...

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[MattHooper]

For those who like a bit of video, here’s an older video from Jay (Jay’s iyagi channel), with some nice video overview of the design of the Sonus faber Maxima Amator.

I know the speaker has shown up earlier in the thread, but it’s kind of cool to get some video close-ups of the craftsmanship of the speaker. Even at the rear of the speaker the window view of the crossover is pretty cool:

Video of the build quality starts around 6:40.

 

[Pearljam5000]

 

[cavedriver]

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mining the history of Genelecs for new inspiration Pearljam? Those look like something they might have built 20 years ago.

 

[Pearljam5000]

mining the history of Genelecs for new inspiration Pearljam? Those look like something they might have built 20 years ago.

It's actually a modern Geithain and cost around €45,000

 

[JiiPee]

It's actually a modern Geithain and cost around €45,000 View attachment 450244

Speaking of ME Geithains, I like the RL 930K. I think it is still available at below 10 K€.

 

[Mart68]

Am I the only one who hates the look of tripod stands?

 

[Audionaut]

mining the history of Genelecs for new inspiration Pearljam? Those look like something they might have built 20 years ago.

The inspiration may have gone the other way round.
At 65 years old, Geithain is the older of the two companies, while Genelec is 47 years old.
I really appreciate Geithain's technology and acoustic innovation, but the design is generally not my cup of tea.

 

[JiiPee]

Am I the only one who hates the look of tripod stands?

For a different look, RL 930K in white and on monolith stands:

 

[Soniclife]

Am I the only one who hates the look of tripod stands?

They always look like a disaster waiting to happen to me, and I don't like the look. Plus I associate them with people thinking the 3 point thing will somehow sound better than 4 points, when it won't.

 

[Yasuo]

Am I the only one who hates the look of tripod stands?

As someone who hates stands in general, I hate tripod stands even more...

 

[Lekha]

Better and easier.
Ikea bowls are available all over the world.
If not Ikea bowls, there are all kinds of bowls.