Most beautiful speakers in the world ?

[Kal Rubinson]

Should be active with DSP included.

So should all of them.

 

[MattHooper]

So should all of them.

I will fight for the role of passives and my choice of amps to my dying breath

 

[Salt]

I will fight for the role of passives and my choice of amps to my dying breath

With little influence of DSP in between ...?

 

[Newman]

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Bose 601 (1986 - 1994)

American Sonab

 

[Lekha]

American Sonab

Amar Gopal Bose was born in the USA. Bose is actually a Bengali surname. His father fled Bengal in 1920 to escape the British colonial police, allowing for the emergence of one great mind later on.

 

[HeadDoc12]

Elac Concentro M 807 with a quasi coax. Not suited for people with trypophobia.

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I can't be the only person here who is waiting for the lawsuit from a certain company fond of - at least threatening - "litigation."

 

[Audionaut]

I can't be the only person here who is waiting for the lawsuit from a certain company fond of - at least threatening - "litigation."

Which one should that be?

Raduno 2010

 

[EERecordist]

Aforara is a bespoke wood sculpture speaker maker in the New York Catskill Mountains.

A for Ara

A for Ara makes the finest high fidelity loudspeakers for your home. State-of-the-art-engineering meets meticulous craftsmanship. Our aim is to restore the lost art of active listening.

www.aforara.com

These are from their Instagram.

I have done wood projects. Even if you use a CNC router robot, you end up doing a lot of hand sanding of curved surfaces.

 

[EERecordist]

Elac Concentro M 807 with a quasi coax. Not suited for people with trypophobia.

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That tweeter array, ups Teknon in the "circle of confusion" all kinds of novel diffraction.

 

[Salt]

That tweeter array, ups Teknon in the "circle of confusion" all kinds of novel diffraction.

In theory you might avoid interferences of tweeter and mid like in concentric arrangements , otoh there are combfilter effects to be expected.
Just theoretically. Only real life measurements would reveal this.

 

[Lekha]

 

[Kal Rubinson]

I will fight for the role of passives and my choice of amps to my dying breath

Sure. I use passives with my choice of amps but employ DSP system wide.

Aforara is a bespoke wood sculpture speaker maker in the New York Catskill Mountains.

A for Ara

A for Ara makes the finest high fidelity loudspeakers for your home. State-of-the-art-engineering meets meticulous craftsmanship. Our aim is to restore the lost art of active listening.

www.aforara.com

These are from their Instagram.

I have done wood projects. Even if you use a CNC router robot, you end up doing a lot of hand sanding of curved surfaces.

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Gorgeous ................................................. but entirely tangential to anything I would consider owning.

 

[Lekha]

 

[Salt]

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Geenee bottle ..

 

[Lekha]

 

[HeadDoc12]

Which one should that be?

Raduno 2010

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If I answer your question, I might get sued!

 

[Reddoc]

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Strong "Fifth Element" vibes for me

 

[cavedriver]

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You know, of the ~50 speakers you've shared in this thread that might be the first one that even approaches candidacy for "most beautiful".

Also, ugh, still no maker/model , although it's easy enough to see it's a Bang&Olufsen. If these were in my living room I might be concerned about my memory:

 

[Lekha]

You know, of the ~50 speakers you've shared in this thread that might be the first one that even approaches candidacy for "most beautiful".

Well, there's that "?" mark in the thread heading.
This is just a carpentry / design thread, not about how those speakers might sound. The amount of speakers out there means that the best speaker is yet to be found, that is, the one that would sound nice. The most beautiful speaker is that won't be seen, so doesn't really have to be beautiful. Sound is unseen.

The speaker box manufacturers assume that sound travels in straight lines, and that when those "waves" hit a surface, they will reflect back, much like a ball would. However, once sound is released, it moves out in every direction and reflects back in every direction as well. Therefore, the theory of "standing waves" is somewhat misguided. Consequently, circular or round internal surfaces seem to be a more effective approach. The famous Linkwitz speakers were associated with tubes.

 

[Pearljam5000]