Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Lekha]

Spheres, bowls and tubes... Siegfried Linkwitz promoted tubes.

 

[Lekha]

The only "box" Linkwitz promoted was an open box. LX521

LX521.4 Reference loudspeaker

There's also an interesting discussion here.

 

[thewas]

Very promising coaxial design. Would love to hear one of these.

Those TangBand coaxials are unfortunately not on the level or Genelec,KEF/TAD ones, probably the reason their datasheets don't show any angular responses.
If I wanted a good and affordable compact two-way 8" coaxial I would go for the Mofi Sourcepoint 8 engineered by Andrew Jones:

MoFi SourcePoint 8 Speaker Review

MoFi SourcePoint 10

www.erinsaudiocorner.com

 

[Audionaut]

They no longer exist, but I always found these Philips Fidelio very visually appealing.

 

[lddo133]

If you configure it with a high-performance SEAS or SCAN SPEAK unit and an 8th-order network, you will get a sound that is comparable to that of those speakers.

 

[dagfinn]

Those TangBand coaxials are unfortunately not on the level or Genelec,KEF/TAD ones, probably the reason their datasheets don't show any angular responses.
If I wanted a good and affordable compact two-way 8" coaxial I would go for the Mofi Sourcepoint 8 engineered by Andrew Jones:

MoFi SourcePoint 8 Speaker Review

MoFi SourcePoint 10

www.erinsaudiocorner.com

It looks like they put a modern, black speaker inside an oldfashioned wood box, which ruins the looks. Otherwise I'm with you, interesting speaker.

 

[Lekha]

OD-11
Stig Carlsson legacy. One on the right is the original from 1974.

 

[somebodyelse]

The only "box" Linkwitz promoted was an open box.

That's not entirely true - the Thor sub was suggested for augmenting dipole bass at very low frequencies. The Pluto+ is still there too, although arguably superseded by LXsub2 dipoles. The bass section of the Pluto and LXmini is sealed and wouldn't behave much differently if it was a long box instead of a pipe - I think some like that used to feature in the page of Linkwitz-inspired builds.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

What a mess to keep clean with wires routed and noise-free. I bet it's a horrible hiss factory. Look at the mess just in that picture. That would drive me nuts. NO THANKS.

It's more likely to be an offense to the eyes than to the ears.

 

[thewas]

Revival Audio Atalante 7 Evo, for my taste quite old school style beautiful and relatively fair priced (pair 10000€) huge 15" loudspeakers which have also decent drivers and measurements (slightly V shaped for fun):

Source: https://www.hifitest.de/test/lautsprecher-stereo/revival-audio-atalante-7-evo-24003

 

[Audionaut]

I'm surprised that the woofer they show on the website is apparently not the same woofer you see in the sectional photo.

 

[Lekha]

I'm surprised that the woofer they show on the website is apparently not the same woofer you see in the sectional photo.

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If that something is 10000€/pair, they know for sure that the buyer won't open it up to check...
He could, of course, buy a necklace or a ring for his better half...

 

[Audionaut]

If that something is 10000€/pair, they know for sure that the buyer won't open it up to check...

I wouldn't be too sure about that

Wharfedale Elysian 4

I think I know why they plugged the port on the front and back. Remember how those bass drivers play up to 8-9Khz loudly? Well, that sound comes out of the bass reflex port and without those port plugs you can hear it. :facepalm: Even without the bottom plate, there is no bass. Those bass...

www.audiosciencereview.com

 

[olegtern]

is apparently not the same woofer

To me look like the same woofer: diaphragm material, shape of screw holes, ribs on the magnet. Probably the magnet itself inside the speaker covered with some kind of acoustic foam, but otherwise they are very similar (and may just be differently drawn by the designer).

 

[Audionaut]

Probably the magnet itself inside the speaker covered with some kind of acoustic foam

Could be
Or it's maybe a shield

 

[Lekha]

I wouldn't be too sure about that

If he was foolish enough to squander some hard-earned money instead of purchasing jewellery for his better half...

 

[MattHooper]

I don’t know how they sound, but I think the look of these open baffle speakers with a full range driver is beautiful:

One pair | 15 Inch Open Baffle Speaker | ZF15L - Lii Song (丽颂), unique speaker, amplfier, quality and cost-saving parts for HiFi DIY

Speaker type: Open baffle Material of baffle: Piano MDF + Veneer + Piano Lacquer Material of base: Metal Driver unit: Fast-15 Recommended amplification: Tube amplifier Notice: The binding posts in the picture is upward as for our demo pair we installed like that for facilitating switching...

www.lii-song.com

 

[ryanosaur]

I don’t know how they sound, but I think the look of these open baffle speakers with a full range driver is beautiful:

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One pair | 15 Inch Open Baffle Speaker | ZF15L - Lii Song (丽颂), unique speaker, amplfier, quality and cost-saving parts for HiFi DIY

Speaker type: Open baffle Material of baffle: Piano MDF + Veneer + Piano Lacquer Material of base: Metal Driver unit: Fast-15 Recommended amplification: Tube amplifier Notice: The binding posts in the picture is upward as for our demo pair we installed like that for facilitating switching...

www.lii-song.com

Very classy appearance.

 

[Lekha]

I don’t know how they sound, but I think the look of these open baffle speakers with a full range driver is beautiful:

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One pair | 15 Inch Open Baffle Speaker | ZF15L - Lii Song (丽颂), unique speaker, amplfier, quality and cost-saving parts for HiFi DIY

Speaker type: Open baffle Material of baffle: Piano MDF + Veneer + Piano Lacquer Material of base: Metal Driver unit: Fast-15 Recommended amplification: Tube amplifier Notice: The binding posts in the picture is upward as for our demo pair we installed like that for facilitating switching...

www.lii-song.com

Li song Fast 15 is 350US$/pair at Aliexpress, the rest is up to you.
You can even use some real nice wood, and you'd still have a pair of speakers at ~500US$ or less.

 

[MattHooper]

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Li song Fast 15 is 350US$/pair at Aliexpress, the rest is up to you.
You can even use some real nice wood, and you'd still have a pair of speakers at ~500US$ or less.

Don’t care. Not into DIY. Happy to let the manufacturers do it for me.

(thanks though)